A snapshot of the ecosystem in our final episode.


Since 2013, Australia's Startup Muster report has been an eagerly-awaited snapshot of the state of the national startup ecosystem. Murray Hurps - who oversees Startup Muster under one of the many hats he wears - joins TWISTA to talk through the insights in the report - which can be downloaded at startupmuster.com. As you can imagine, there's a lot of AI - but which states are doing the best? And how can the ecosystem do better?

And finally - after more then a decade and two hundred plus episodes, I've decided to call time on THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS AUSTRALIA. This will be our last show. Big thanks to all the folks who helped me through the years to keep it going - you all know who you are. 

On to other challenges!


Series 2025 Episode 9 - Startup Muster

Getting harder to raise funding? We ask the experts.


In the three years since TWISTA's last investor special we've seen the end of the zero-interest rate environment, a severe inflationary shock - and much more besides. For at least two years raising investment as a startup was harder than it had been in nearly a generation. Is that tumult over? And what have we learned from it? We talk to Aussie Angels founder Cheryl Mack and Jelix Ventures co-founder and CEO Andrea Gardner - and get some great answers.


Series 2025 Episode 8 - Investor Special

Going airborne for adventures deep tech


The biggest change in Australia's tech ecosystem over the last decade has been the rise and rise of 'deep tech' - products and services from the frontiers of research. It's slow, expensive - and world-changing. Burl Aerospace co-founder and CEO Crighton Nichols reckons it's about time for a revolutionary rethink of air transportation - and Burl's transformative designs demonstrate of what's possible in aviation, when you come at it with a clear mind and deep domain knowledge. Getting from prototype to full-scale flying product? Yeah, it's doable - but it's not easy. We're going deep and flying high on THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS AUSTRALIA.


Series 2025 Episode 7 - Burl Aerospace

Brian Lim wants to do well by doing good


Can a startup serve a community first and still thrive? Brian Lim's PollenOne offers free, searchable database of grants and tenders - first for Australia, and eventually for every country where Australian startups can do business with governments (including the USA, UK, Singapore, and several others). Just getting the data is a big ask - once you have it, how do you monetise it - while respecting your users? Brian Lim walks the tightrope between doing good and doing well on THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS AUSTRALIA.


Series 2025 Episode 6 - PollenOne - REDUX

Back across the ditch for another telco startup


TWISTA tiptoes back across the Tasman to talk to another startup at the 2025 Canterbury Tech Summit. Rivir manufactures a box that provides satellite data access to field-connected sensors of the sort often found in agriculture and mining. So far so good - but what happens when your satellite provider gets bought by StarLink which 'deorbits' their constellation? We talk to Rivir co-founder Donna Henderson about negotiating satellites, telcos and investors - on this episode of THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS AUSTRALIA.


Series 2025 Episode 5 - Rivir

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