Well, a very early start this morning, recording an episode with Mitchell Bissinger, who's an investor with Focal Ventures and Chris Gillings from Cutthrough Venture because the 2424 state of Australia startup funding report has just been launched.

Yeah, and I'm going to be the one to get to say it.

We're back baby.

Well at least that's some of the potential positive signs in the data.

Now for some investors, not as back as others,

but we're going to unpack that a little bit.

And for some founders,

who that doesn't resonate with, there is some discussions around strategy in this market,

which I think was quite helpful. And the other shout out in this report in particular is just

the depth of it, 100, it was 166 pages and so much educational content explaining terminology

and the nuances of different things that get said in the ecosystem. And so for founders and

investors, it's absolutely worth the read. Of course, this report wouldn't be possible without the

awesome work of Cut Through Venture as well as folklore ventures, but also their

sponsors. This is no small feed to make this happen and they are supported by KPMG, KORS chambers

Wescar, HSBC, QIC, LaunchVIC, the Australian Investment Council and the New South Wales

and the New South Wales.

Yeah, that sponsorship is so important to getting this data out because as Chris points out in the episode,

it's important not only that we understand what's happening in the ecosystem, but this is also a marketing tool for our ecosystem to help attract international investors to have them understand what's happening here.

So that support goes a long way. Well,

let's get into it. That's me.

Chris and Mitchell, great to have you.

The reports come out this morning.

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