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Tribe Talkin' Ep 51: Canva Hunting A Snitch? Go1 CEO Swap. 'Diabilical' 18 Months For Crowdfunding. Outbound Is Dead. Sharts.

In this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin': 
Blackbird and Canva not to happy about leakers of Leonardo.ai deal details.
Jesse Wu departs Afterwork Ventures.
Investors back ‘unicorn’ Go1 CEO swap, as IPO plans emerge. 
Edtech LoveHeart AI schools up on $2.3 million Seed round.
Crowdfunding firm Equitise seeks survival funding after ‘diabolical’ 18 months.
Outbound is dead.
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 50: SaaS Metrics. Exec's Leaving Canva. Breakthrough Victoria Sued. Decelerating SaaS Growth.

On this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin':
Man baby owner of X/Twitter is suing a group of advertisers and major companies, accusing them of unlawfully agreeing to "boycott" the site.
Flippa's CEO says he's been told not to publicise VC exits that aren't fund returners because they don't fit the narrative.
Is it easier to get $200million than $2million? Shunned by banks and major funds, Sircel managed to secure $5 million. 
Loan Bio lays off the majority of its staff in the US after six months. 
5 execs have left Canva ahead of IPO.
Start-up founder Dr Dean Freestone is suing the Victorian government’s troubled venture capital fund Breakthrough Victoria.
Companies becoming more product led to arrest falling growth. 
Atlassian has a weak quarter. 
Public SaaS metric benchmarks by Matt Aird. 
Tech unicorn SafetyCulture is on the hunt for a new Chief AI office. 
Venture backed startups take a decade to build. 
The best vintages of VC is when its hard. 
10 startup lies. 
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Tribe Talkin Ep 49: AUS VC's Face Battle for Future. TEN13 Passes $100M. OneVentures Fund VII $200M. Leonardo.ai Was Finding It Hard. Hivery To Zero. Sharts

In this weeks episode: 
TEN13 passes $100M invested. 
OneVentures launches new $200m fund to address the lack of growth stage funding in Australia.
Australian venture capital firms face a battle for their future. 
 Leonardo was finding it harder and harder before the Canva acquisition.
Hundreds of millions of people have tried ChatGPT, but most of them haven’t been back. 
Retail AI start up Hivery backed written down to Zero.
Big players will continue to ramp up investment in AI capacity. 
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 48: Canva And Leonardo.ai. The ATO's Coming. It's Tough Out There. Pre-mortems. It's Also Great Out There. Offsites: A Waste? Sharts

Founder Focus Ep 14: Wayne Gerard- QLD Chief Entrepreneur, Co-founder of Redeye, Founder of Prtnr Ventures.

In this great episode of Founder Focus, we are joined by Wayne Gerard. Wayne is the Co-Founder and former CEO of Redeye, a cloud-based Engineering Drawing Management System that enables organisations to securely store, markup, and collaborate on engineering drawings and documents from any device. Redeye was acquired by Accruent.  Accruent is a global provider of solutions for unifying the built environment.Wayne founded Prtnr Ventures (pronounced Partner) is an investment and advisory company focused on creating a sustainable and vibrant future. Prtnr invests in climatetech and healthtech to enhance the health and longevity of our planet and people.Whilst CEO of Redeye, Wayne appointed as Queensland’s 4th Chief Entrepreneur and worked tirelessly to support entrepreneurship throughout QLD. In 2015, Wayne was named Queensland Entrepreneur of the Year. Wayne has also been a serving member on several boards, including StartUpAus and the Premier’s Business Advisory Council.Wayne is authentic and deeply honest of the ups and down of the Redeye journey, and there are many lessons for entrepreneurs and investors in this episode. Wayne give so much to the QLD innovation ecosystem, and we appreciate the time he spent with us. hello@tribeglobal.vc 

Tribe Talkin' Ep 47: The Eye Of The Tiger. Canva v Microsoft. Liquidity Options.

In this weeks episode:
ESOP fine print. 
"Losing money is an under-appreciated asset with our strategy" 
 Ubers early backers.
 Microsoft has become Canva’s most dangerous competitor? 
Construction safety scaleup HammerTech nails $105 million raise.
Workplace talent management platform SeenCulture has raised $1 million.
Eye of the tiger in founders by Phil Morle.
Airtree: IPO’s and exits.
Entrepreneurial activity on the Gold Coast is among the highest in the world. 
 
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Tribe Talkin Ep 46: Nice Finishes Last. Failure Is Baked In. Harsh Investment Terms. Being Ready For Investment. Fable. MILKRUN.

In this weeks episode:
Federation's Sendle deal draws intense VC scrutiny as fresh terms offered.
US on track to cut interest rates. 
“Investment ready vs ready for investment” - Marc Orchard
Timing between seed and series A.
Tesla tumbles on report of delayed Robotaxi unveiling.
Behind the scenes of the Archegos collapse.
Behind Eucalyptus' big bet that men will spend $1,000 a month on their health.
Failure is built into the system.
Michael Fox moving to London. 
Why is Woolies having success where Milkrun wasn't after investing $80m+?
Vu Tran Post: "I’d be terrified about the idea of starting a new B2B SaaS business in the current environment". 
Sold for $1, Scyne claws back a third of PwC’s revenue.
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 45: AI Removes VCs? PE Taking On VC. PE's Aggressive Terms. Companies Going Into Administration.

In this weeks episode:
Cut Through Quarterly 2Q 2024.
Mega VC deals are back - but new founders face a big problem. 
Rise of the robot investors: is AI about to eat VC's lunch?
Can we be better than a monkey throwing darts? 
The greatest angel investment in history: Forrest Gump.
Using AI shows you have a low IQ? 
PE eying startups as VCs abandon later stages. 
PE terms are far more aggressive than VCs. 
Booktopia goes into VA. 
Universal Hydrogen goes into VA. 
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