The Startup Retro with Will Richards & Gemma Clancy Blackbird Targets, EVP Funds, ExoFlare, HammerTech
Recorded as Co-author, Funding the Balance
With Preethi Mohan
About Kirstin Hunter
Kirstin Hunter is chief executive of Birchal, an Australian crowd-sourced equity funding platform. She first led the company on an interim basis after co-founder Matt Vitale stepped down and was confirmed as CEO in March 2025. She is also an independent director of Ellerston Capital's Morphic Ethical Equities Fund.
Hunter was previously chief executive of Future Super, the superannuation fund she co-founded, and managing director of Techstars' Tech Central Sydney accelerator. She has also worked as a lawyer at Freehills and a consultant at Bain & Company, held executive roles at Brighte and Human, and served as a director of Startmate.
On The Startup Retro in 2024, she and Preethi Mohan, co-authors of Funding the Balance, discussed why accurate, detailed reporting of venture funding matters.
- Talks about
- Fundraising, Venture Capital
In conversation.
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The Startup Retro with Will Richards & Gemma Clancy Go straight to the good bits.
Key moments from Blackbird Targets, EVP Funds, ExoFlare, HammerTech.
The path so far.
- Now
CEO · Birchal
- 2017–2021 · Startup
Co-founder, Director & CEO · Future Super
- From 2023
Managing Director, NSW · Techstars (Tech Central Sydney Accelerator)
- Earlier · Scale-up
Chief People, Risk and Legal Officer · Brighte
- Earlier · Startup
Chief of Staff · Human
- Earlier
Director & Accelerator Mentor · Startmate
- Earlier
Management consultant (Australia and Canada) · Bain & Company
- Earlier
Lawyer · Freehills
Sources: startupdaily.net, ellerstoncapital.com
Birchal on Day One
Birchal is an Australian equity crowdfunding platform that lets startups and small businesses raise capital from retail investors through crowd-sourced funding offers.
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