Fundabl helps founders turn their MRR into ARR. They offer software and other subscription-based businesses the ability to convert their monthly subscription payments into a lump sum cash advance. Fundabl simply advances customer contracts for a fixed discount and period. No dilution. No hidden goodies. That’s it!
Founded in Sydney, by a passionate team, they are on a mission to support the Australian start-up ecosystem.
Dexter chats to co-founders Ethan and David on:
- How their solution is changing the game for founders - The importance of retaining equity whilst scaling a Fintech - The importance of getting out to market quickly and winning the first client - Fundabls approach to hiring - The importance of relationships in a startup - Shared values and defining the behaviours everyone expects from each other - The health of the Aussie Fintech startup ecosystem
For more info www.fundabl.com
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BetaCarbon is a climate tech start-up at the intersection of environmental impact and blockchain technology.
Their mission is to increase the demand for high-quality Australian carbon credits, in turn bringing new green projects online and accelerating the path to net-zero.
They have created a digital carbon credit (BCAU) that represents 1kg of carbon removed from the atmosphere by quality, monitored green projects.
These digital credits are tokens that can be bought and traded as an investment, like crypto, or can be accumulated and kept to help balance your emissions.
Dexter chats to Guy about:
- The challenges of tokenising Carbon credits - Empowering every Australian to help reduce carbon emissions - Leaving the safety of a Big Bank career for a startup - Embracing and elevating the next generation of talent - Dealing with regulators in a pioneering asset class
For more info on BetaCarbon https://www.betacarbon.com/
About Tier one People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com
Steve Vallas, Blockchain Australia: https://blockchainaustralia.org/
Niki Ariyasinghe, Chainlink: https://chain.link/
Fintech Chatter TV
Welcome to the first-ever Fintech Chatter TV show.
It’s a show where we invite friends from the Fintech community to connect, have a natter and discuss news, events, opinions, and a bit of gossip.
We’ll be bringing more shows like this to you over the next few months, so make sure you hit subscribe and get alerted when we post new shows.
2021 was a record-breaking year for Fintech.
Dexter Cousins is joined by three awesome guests and friends of Tier One People to talk about the year that was 2021 and their Fintech predictions for 2022.
Rebecca Schot-Guppy: Ex-CEO of FinTech Australia and now Director at IAG’s Firemark Ventures.
Ben Ford: Head of Growth for Frollo, and owner of Fintech’s premier T-Shirt collection
Bosco Tan: Co-founder of one of Australia’s OG Fintech startups, Pocketbook and now an advisor and investor for the next generation of Fintech startups
97: Sympli, Philip Joyce
In Episode 97 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins talks to Philip Joyce, CEO of Sympli.
Sympli is a next-generation e-settlements solution delivering much-needed competition, reliability, security and value to the property industry.
Sympli entered the e-settlement market in 2018 with a clear purpose of representing industry’s need for a secure, reliable and efficient e-settlements service.
Prior to Sympli's entry, PEXA had a monopoly on the e-settlements market.
I chat to Philip about the challenges of breaking a monopoly, how Sympli is leveraging the support of their JV parents InfoTrack and ASX and what it takes to scale a tech business.
Philip shares his own experience of making the switch from Big 4 Bank to Fintech. And he shares his advice to others wanting to make a similar move.
https://www.sympli.com.au/about-us/
96: Lendi Group, David Hyman
Episode 96 of Fintech Chatter Podcast and Dexter Cousins is joined by David Hyman, CEO and co-founder of Lendi Group.
David is one of Australia's Fintech pioneers and he kindly shares his experience and wisdom in scaling businesses successfully.
It's a welcome return to the show for David who last appeared on the show in May 2020, episode 8. Fast forward to May 2021, Lendi and Aussie Home Loans merged to form the Lendi Group.
The last we interviewed David, Lendi was Australia’s leading home loan platform with a team of 470 people, a loan book of $7.5 billion and a customer base of more than 25,000 Australians who had settled more than $12 billion in home loans.
Lendi Group - Australia's biggest distributor of home loans outside the Big 4
Today, Lendi Group is home to the industry's leading platform technology, a network of over 1200 brokers, a head office team of 600, a loan book in excess of $80 (eighty) billion and a retail footprint of more than 225 stores across the country.
Both the Aussie and Lendi brands enjoyed record-breaking performance in FY21.
Dexter chat's to David about Lendi Group’s innovation in proprietary technology and the huge growth opportunities in 2022.
David also talks about Lendi's approach to a running remote-first business at scale, with the added complexity of retail stores.
For more info on Lendi Group - https://www.lendi.com.au/
Finnies 2021 WeMoney
WeMoney Winners of People's Choice Emerging Fintech of the year.
Wednesday 13th October 2021 Fintech Australia held their Gala awards event, The Finnies.
Now in its fifth year, The Finnies were more competitive than ever. With 21 awards up for grabs as well as the new 'hall of fame' awards, the Australian Fintech community gathered over Youtube to watch an entertaining and well-produced awards ceremony.
The winners are decided by a public vote. Each finalist is interviewed on Fintech Chatter Podcast with unique downloads counting towards the vote count.
And from a very, very competitive field we are delighted to announce the winners of Emerging Fintech as WeMoney.
Take a listen to our interview with Co-Founder and CEO Dan Jovevski. Congrats to Dan and the team from the Tier One People team for a fantastic first 12 months in operation.
Through their open banking platform, Truelayer enables Fintech like Revolut, Stake and Monzo to build better financial experiences
TrueLayer officially launched in Australia last week, announcing a funding round led by Tiger and Stripe which now gives them Unicorn status.
Dexter Cousins chats to Brenton about the plans for Australia, the key differences between open banking and Australia’s CDR and what the latest funding round means for TrueLayer globally.
Dexter digs deeper into the TrueLayer culture and Brenton shares some great insights on hiring and building teams for startups.
Brenton also gives outstanding advice for anyone looking to break into Fintech, sharing his thoughts on the qualities leaders look for and how to get their attention.
In his first term as an elected official, Senator Bragg was appointed Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Fintech
As Senator Braggs 18 months in the role comes to a close we look back on his time in Fintech.
The inquiry, one of the first in the world, has been a great success leading to real change. Many recommendations in the report were actioned at the last budget.
The way in which Fintech and Government have worked successfully together is a blueprint for the rest of the startup community in Aus.
Senator Braggs support for the industry during Covid-19, especially his pushing for job keeper saved hundreds of jobs.
He's a big believer in the strategic importance of Fintech and shares Tier One People's own mission of making Australia a world-class Fintech innovation hub. Senator Bragg continues to call out for increased competition, standing in our corner against the big banks and superannuation funds.
In episode 93 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Caroline Bowler, CEO of BTC Markets, Australia’s largest and most trusted cryptocurrency exchange.
BTC is Australian-owned and operated. With over 300,000 traders, and more than $16.5 billion traded on the BTC Markets platform.
Caroline joins me to talk about their partnership with Australian NeoBank - Volt Bank. We dig into the debanking challenges facing Crypto exchanges in Australia and the opportunities we can expect to see in the future.
And no chat on crypto would be complete without delving into the world's of Defi and NFT's
You can connect with Caroline on LinkedIn or go to https://btcmarkets.net
In episode 92 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by a very special guest, Simon Monk co-founder of World Nomads, Australia’s first Insurtech.
In this new feature show, Dexter interviews a Fintech pioneer from a time before the word even existed. Guests share their journey and how they launched, scaled and successfully exited a Fintech business when there were no iPhones, no Stripe, no Facebook, no Twitter and no AWS!
Travel has always been a big part of Simon’s life, he’s been dreaming about what's over the horizon for as long as he can remember.
Originally from the UK, he trained in design before getting involved in the very early days of the internet
As an avid traveller, he ended up in Australia, where he founded World Nomads, an online travel insurance service for people who loved travelling and exploring.
After a successful sale of World Nomads to NIB in 2015, Simon has focussed his time on the energy and renewables sector.
Tier One People has never been busier and we are super grateful for the calibre of clients and talent who continue to approach us after listening to the show.
If you want to show your support, you can subscribe, leave us a review or just tell your friends. It really helps us continue to provide high-quality content for free.
And if you’re a world-class fintech looking for tier-one people reach out to Dexter on Linkedin or email info@tieronepeople.com
90: Chainlink Labs, Niki Ariyasinghe
In episode 90 of Fintech ChatterDexter Cousins is joined by Niki Ariyasinghe, Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific at Chainlink Labs.
It's been almost 18 months since Niki was last on the show for our Blockchain Special
Chainlink is the industry standard oracle network for powering hybrid smart contracts.
Managed by a global, decentralized community, Chainlink Labs currently secures billions of dollars in value for smart contracts across decentralized finance (DeFi), insurance, gaming, and other major sectors.
Niki shares his thoughts on Defi and how the technology is poised to bring a revolutionary change to banking and insurance.
There's a discussion on the actual application of the technology such as parametric insurance and their partnership with Marsh, the world's biggest insurance brokerage.
And Niki also shares Chainlink Labs 'remote first' policy on hiring and how it opens up a global talent pool.
For more info or to check out https://chainlinklabs.com/
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