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💥 2024 has been a HUGE year! Check out our year in review wrapped video... 💥 📺 +11 new shows! 📺 🎧 +52,000 podcast listens! 🎧 🚀 ~700 new followers on LinkedIn! 🚀 💬 +200,000 social impressions! 💬 ⭐ A big shout out to our star hosts this year: ⭐ Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter from First Cheque Podcast  Joan Westenberg from Unfunded Georgie Healy from In a Blink of A.I Will Richards & 🚀Gemma Clancy from The Startup Retro Chris Titley from FinTechFun ✅ Congrats to our top episodes all on First Cheque with: ✅ Elicia McDonald - Airtree Craig Blair - Airtree, ⚡️ Michael Batko - Startmate 🦄 A sincere thanks to our sponsors for all your support this year: 🦄 Vanta, Galah Cyber, Rocking Horse Group - R&D Advance Funding Rippling, Google Cloud, Teamified, Turo, CSIRO and Scendar 💫 A big thank you to all our listeners and supporters in the Day One community! 💫 🎯 Day One is on a big mission to support founders, operators and investors across the startup ecosystem to learn lessons, share insights, and build businesses with better decisions. 🎯 👀 And the Day One team has MASSIVE plans for 2025! 👀 📧 Make sure you sign up for the Day One email newsletter to stay up to date with the latest from us: 📧 https://lnkd.in/eMGGgYAS ⚡ A special thanks from the Day One team, happy holidays and we'll see you in 2025! ⚡ Adam Spencer, Andy Jones, William Tjo, Sanjay Chhabaria, Anj Ikalina, Lana Weal 🌈  

"If there’s any time to jump into AI, it’s now - don’t wait until everyone else is ahead." – Annie Liao 🇦🇺, Founder of Build Club 🚀 Catch up on one of the best episodes of In the Blink of A.I. with an inspiring leader - Annie Liao, founder of Build Club - who shares her journey from weekend tinkering to building a thriving global AI community. 🌍 AI is breaking barriers for startups and creating incredible opportunities for anyone ready to dive in. Whether you're a tech founder or just curious about this rapidly evolving field, there's no better time to start learning and building. 🛠️ Annie's advice? Don't wait. ⏰ The AI wave is here - ride it before it becomes too crowded. 🌊 Download the episode to tune into the In a Blink of A.I where host Georgie Healy interviews Annie for more insights on: 💡 Turning side projects into funded ventures 💡 Building a global community of passionate action-takers 💡 Partnering with cutting-edge AI tools 💡 The future of AI education 

Startups thrive on chaos - but what makes Leonardo.Ai truly magical is how aligned everyone is. 🎯 Even with rapid growth building from 50 to 150+ team members in less than a year, every team member is rowing in the same direction. 🚀 Thanks to visionary leadership and a relentless focus on quality, Leonardo doesn’t just “move fast and break things.” 🛠️ Instead, they move fast and build exceptional products users love. ❤️ Mistakes? They’re all a part of the journey. But here, they’re just stepping stones to innovation. 💥 Catch the latest interview with Leonardo's Riccardo Grinover with a welath of insights on startup magic and the power of alignment in this episode of In the Blink of AI with host Georgie Healy. 💡

Have you caught up on First Cheque Podcast? 👀 Co-hosts Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures dive into the state of venture capital as 2024 wraps up and predictions for 2025 take centre stage. 🚀 In the episode, they explore,  ⚖️ Resurgence of investor risk appetite  🐨 Surprising differences between the US & Australian investor landscapes 💸 Rates of IPOs and fresh liquidity for 2025 🤖 The future of AI adoption 💰 Challenges of graduating from seed to series A funding Download the episode to tune in for insights, laughs, and some bold predictions for the year ahead. 🎧 Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this episode of First Cheque possible. Vanta, Rocking Horse Group - R&D Advance Funding, Galah Cyber

Speed vs. quality? Leonardo.Ai says why not both! 🎨 “Speed is essential – but not at the expense of quality. We strive to hit that balance every day.” - Riccardo Grinover, Leonardo AI 🎯 Leonardo AI has mastered the art of moving fast without breaking things. 💥 By delivering tools that inspire from day one, they've set a new standard in generative AI. No clunky first drafts - just innovative, high-quality solutions that work. 🚀 Ready to see how innovation thrives at the crossroads of speed and quality? 💡 Tune in to this episode of In the Blink of AI with host Georgie Healy and discover the secret behind Leonardo’s game-changing success. 🎧

Replay Episode - One of 2024’s Most-Loved Conversations! 🎉 Missed our chat with Startmate CEO ⚡️ Michael Batko? Now’s your chance to dive into how he and his team are shaping Australia’s early-stage ecosystem with: • A mentor-driven model where advisors have real “skin in the game” • Bold bets on unexpected ideas like non-alcoholic beer that turned out to be huge wins • Tactical insights on productivity, because who doesn’t want more leverage over their time? • A fresh look at equity & carry in Australia and why it’s often undervalued • The question at the heart of Startmate’s approach: “What if it does work?” Michael’s optimism and hands-on leadership shine through, offering a masterclass in staying ahead of the curve as an investor or founder. If you’re curious about community-based investing and want to harness the power of possibility, this replay is for you. Tune in to learn: 💪 Why pioneering founders need communities that truly back them ⚠️ How to balance risk and return in the earliest stages 📋 The essential metrics Startmate tracks to scout & nurture tomorrow’s standout startups 🎧 Download this First Cheque Podcast episode with Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures to learn more from Michael Batko on Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcast. Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this episode of First Cheque possible. Vanta, Rocking Horse Group - R&D Advance Funding, Galah Cyber

The top listened episodes on the entire Day One network were from the First Cheque Podcast! 🦄 With 24 episodes released in 2024, the First Cheque co-hosts shared 16 inspiring interviews with leading investors - along with 8 further co-host only episodes deep diving into topics like follow on rounds, a fund of funds, portfolio allocation and decision making. ✅ The top interviews for 2024 from First Cheque all had over 1,000 listens each. 💥 Catch up on the interviews with leading Aussie investors, including: 🎙️ ⭐ Elicia McDonald, Partner at Airtree ⭐ Elicia joined the Airtree team in 2016, significantly impacting the firm's growth and the ANZ startup ecosystem. The Airtree team has $1.3B funds under management with 100+ portfolio features the region’s breakout tech companies, including Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable and Linktree. In the episode Elicia shares insights into her investor mentality, what’s healthy stress, endurance in careers and investing, and maintaining an admirable work-life balance. 🌳 Craig Blair, Partner & Co-Founder of Airtree 🌳 Craig has been investing since 2002 and co-founded AirTree Ventures - one of the leading VCs in Australia. Within their portfolio, Craig has led investments in Canva, Pet Circle, Go1, Employment Hero, Brighte, and Archistar.ai. Craig shares about balancing intuition with data, raising $60M, learning how to manage risk, and how time gives you valuable perspective. ⚡️ Michael Batko, CEO at Startmate ⚡ Startmate is known as the epicentre for startup ambition across Australia and New Zealand with over 250+ startup investments and a collective portfolio value of over $3.5 billion. Learn more in the episode about community-building, portfolio construction, how Startmate evaluates founders, how many of their funds have returned money to investors already, and how many cheques they write each year for early-stage startups. Download all the First Cheque episodes with co-hosts Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures for more insights into the world of early-stage startup investing. 🚀 Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make all episodes of First Cheque possible. Vanta, Rocking Horse Group - R&D Advance Funding, Galah Cyber

Did you notice any investor trends in AUS vs the US? 🦘 Both countries have painted very different pictures of investor activity in 2024. 👀 US highlights: 🔻 Active investors dropped from 15,000+ in 2023 to just over 11,000 in 2024. 🔺 But here’s the twist: round valuations, sizes, and numbers are climbing. ✅ Fewer investors, but they’re deploying more capital. Australia highlights: 🌱 Angel investment is booming! 💲 More first-time investors and a surge in smaller, diversified checks. ⭐ Cheryl: “It’s pointing to a maturing ecosystem - investors are embracing portfolio theory.” While the US leans on fewer but bigger players, Australia is growing its angel community. Two markets on two very different paths. 🦄 Download the episode to dive deeper into these trends with Cheryl Mack from Aussie Angels and Maxine Minter from Co Ventures and learn what this means for founders on the latest First Cheque Podcast. 🎧 Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this episode of First Cheque possible. Vanta, Rocking Horse Group - R&D Advance Funding, Galah Cyber

Taryn Pieterse never misses - so when she recommended that I interview Riccardo Grinover from Leonardo.Ai.... I listened I begged the Day One team to release this just before Christmas! Peaking behind the curtain at the fastest growing Aussie startup and Riccardos deep insights into the different AI models and their features. My personal favourite bits: 🦄 What it was like to learn about the Canva acquisition for the first time as a Leonardo employee 🤖 Will we see AGI in our lifetime? ✨ The approach to building the revolutionary Phoenix model 👾 How Meta's open source models democratised the industry as a whole 💌 Teasing the just-released Ultra Mode which allows users to upscale and generate larger and higher-quality images than ever before A huge thank you to the incredible guests that have been on the show so far, Jada Andersen, Nicole Gibson, Alexander Valente, Angela Shi, Dr Christina Maher, Annie Liao 🇦🇺 Thank you to everyone who has given 5 star reviews, sent a message and listened, if you have loved the show so far, you are in for a treat in 2025! 💚

One of the biggest In a Blink of A.I episodes yet!!! 🤖 In this massive interview, host Georgie Healy speak with Riccardo Grinover, Senior Product Manager and AI Specialist breaking down the innovation, advancements and traction at Leonardo.Ai. 🎨 Download the episode to learn more about the phenomenal growth of Leonardo AI: 🦄 🚀 The intricate balance between rapid innovation and maintaining high-quality outputs for ~20 million users 🌱The impact of Canva acquiring Leonardo for +$320 million 📸 How real-time image generation is revolutionising user interaction 🔮 Envisioning a future where generative AI tools are even more accessible and integrated into creative workflows 💻 The strategic role of AI researchers in pushing the envelope of what's possible Listen to In a Blink of A.I for more insights into one of the leading AI companies in the world. 🌏 This episode is packed with lessons and some of the best AI stories in Aussie startups right now. 🎧