Community VC #46
Jock Fairweather ??
I help founders uncover their early believers and turn them into incredible advocates.
?? G’day, and welcome to this week’s Community VC newsletter!
(Today we welcome) Andrew – a founder and startup operator with a huge passion for supporting startups along their journey. I’m excited to be writing your weekly update highlighting the events that happened in our community. A big welcome to the new subscribers that have joined since our last edition!
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Published Memos ???
A complete round up of recently published memos.
Choice ??
One liner: The marketplace for paid companionship and intimacy
What the community thought: “If you look at it from a global perspective and also regional perspective, this is an excellent time. We’re getting a lonelier society. There’s certainly a number of single people, obviously population growth etc. But that kind of divide between those who are partnered and those who aren’t and also the exploration around wellness and sexual acceptance is pretty vast and growing.” Rob Godwin – Founder & MD at Future eCom, previously Australasian Director & Head of Commercial Operations at Lovehoney Group.
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ParkBooker ???
One liner: An accommodation booking marketplace connecting Holiday Parks & Travellers
What the community thought: “So when you’ve got a situation where I suppose for the guests, the search experience isn’t quite right. And on the supply side, you’re not being prioritised. I think it represents a pretty good opportunity to jump in there.” Sam Hilditch – Previously GM at Airbnb for UK, Ireland & Northern Europe
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Magic Valley ??
One liner: Pioneering real meat, without any animal slaughter involved
What the community thought: ?“They are using as their starting cellular source an induced pluripotent stem cell, which people may or may not have heard about. But the critical thing about that is it represents an unlimited source of starting cells for the manufacturing process. And the ability to derive and generate these cells is a really important part of Magic Valley’s value proposition at the beginning.” David Haylock – CSO at Vivazome Therapeutics, formally Senior Scientific Leader at CSIRO.?
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Teams in draft mode ??
Keen to support startups? Then check out the teams below. Register your interest via the company profile page and jump into the community WhatsApp group to start helping out.
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Paul & Karen from GeoNadir ???
Recent happenings: Chris Saad, co-host of The Startup Podcast, startup advisor, and legendary product-person, dropped in for an expert interview with Jock on GeoNadir. Chris has been actively helping the team translate their mission into an enviable product offering. Keen to share this interview with you soon!
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“They are two founders…that are deeply mission-oriented. They really want to index the world.” “What I helped them do is take that very ambitious, very admirable, and very important mission, and turn it into a very tactical product that solves a real problem for real people.”
GeoNadir are seeing huge customer traction and we can’t wait to see what’s next ??
GeoNadir founder group chat MVP: Jessie Roberts ???
Company Intro: https://community-vc.com/geonadir/ Paul’s Profile: https://community-vc.com/user/paulmead/ Karen’s Profile: https://community-vc.com/user/karenjoyce/ ?
Alex from Lustlab ??
Recent happenings: Andrea Barrica, had an expert interview with Jock about Lustlab. A Y Combinator alum, author, venture investor, and founder of sexual wellness education platform O.school, Andrea has been working with Alex and has helped us understand the landscape of the sextech industry and recognise the importance of ethics, trust, and safety in order to build sustainable growth. This is one to watch when it releases soon!
领英推荐
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“Arguably the most impactful thing we’ve seen is the creator-led content revolution.” “We're in this super interesting moment with generative AI.” “One thing I’ve really liked about LustLab is that the bulk of our conversations [around ethical AI] is ‘look at the ways we’ve seen to mitigate these types of activities and risks so that essentially we can have this awesome technology.’”
Alex has been making great progress on both the product and scaling Lustlab’s B2B partnerships. Great job Alex ??
LustLab founder group chat MVP: Katherine Blaney ??
Company Intro: https://community-vc.com/lustlab/ Alex’s Profile: https://community-vc.com/user/alexgeorges/?? ?
Charlie, Liam & Tom from VOLI ??
Recent happenings: The last couple weeks has seen a whirlwind of activity at VOLI. They announced that product veteran Tom Grimshaw would be joining the team as Chief Product Officer (!), they joined the KPMG High Growth Ventures portfolio (!!), had their biggest impact engagement week yet (!!!), and landed their first paying customer for their B2B SaaS product, VOLI Measure (!!!!). Hard to keep up with this team! Cheers team VOLI ??
VOLI founder group chat MVP: Roseanne Healy ??
Company Intro: https://community-vc.com/voli/
Charlie's Profile: https://community-vc.com/user/charliecrozier/
Liam's Profile: https://community-vc.com/user/liamhiggins/?
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Member Spotlight ??
Itai Etzman – A former founder, advisor, and product manager, Itai is Domain Lead at MYOB. This week, Itai offered unique insights stemming from his prior experience into the complexities of rental marketplaces and what it takes to secure vendor trust and customer traction. Thank you, Itai ??
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Klaus Bartosch – A prolific investor, Klaus is founder and managing partner of Dreamoro, a venture investment firm and studio focusing on healthtech, digital media, and entertainment tech. Klaus brought his significant experience in medtech investments to bear whilst helping frame the healthtech market, the complexities of its fragmentation, and the role that clinicians play within it. It’s good to have your support, Klaus ??
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Member of the Week ??
Makenzie Thomas – An experienced operator, Makenzie is Portfolio Manager for Medtech Actuator, a medtech accelerator with a portfolio of over 80 startups across Australia and Singapore. Makenzie offered some incredible insights on a host of medtech startups that she brought into the community last week. Legend! ??
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Catch you next week, ??
Andrew Harding
Community VC
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