Georgie Turner discusses the next steps for Australia’s ecosystem

Georgie Turner discusses the next steps for Australia’s ecosystem

Georgie Turner discusses the next steps for Australia’s ecosystem

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Episode Summary:

Georgie Turner is Principal at Tidal Ventures, a seed-stage focused venture capital investment firm which is based in Australia and has an office in the US. Tidal Ventures invest primarily in B2B software startups. Georgie also acts as Board Director or Advisor for multiple startups, including Operata, Socialsuite and Shippit. In her conversation with Adam, Georgie discusses what the Australian startup ecosystem looked like when she entered it around 2012, and what she sees as the important steps to take in order to take the ecosystem to the next level.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Day One Podcast

00:29 Meet Georgie Turner

00:31 Overview of Tidal Ventures

00:53 The Gap in the Seed Ecosystem

01:18 Involvement in Startups Since 2012

02:09 The Startup Landscape in 2012-2013

03:27 Changes in the Startup Ecosystem

05:27 Challenges as a VC

08:29 How Georgie Started in VC

10:05 Current Gaps in the Ecosystem

11:47 What Australia Does Well

12:54 The Underdog Mindset

13:46 The Importance of Global Markets

15:25 Advice for New Founders

16:46 Focus on Customer Needs

17:29 Closing Thoughts and Advice for Policymakers

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