Australia

12 statements across 10 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Jun 15, 2015 by Alan Jones · said 226 times in 92 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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2023 41 mentions in 16 episodes 3 per episode
2022 12 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2021 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2020 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2019 17 mentions in 3 episodes 6 per episode
2018 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2017 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2016 22 mentions in 8 episodes 3 per episode
2015 13 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode

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Everything said about Australia, oldest first

Jun 15, 2015 bullish
Prediction Held up
Australia Will Produce Multiple $100M+ Tech Venture Funds by 2020
“In the Australian marketplace, there are now a number of funds in about that size, and all of us are looking to about 10 X the size of our investment capacity. So, I think we'll see in the next five years, I think we'll see a number of a hundred mil and greate…”
Alan Jones Jun 15, 2015 ▶ 21:10 20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate
Jun 15, 2015 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Australia Has an Abundance of Founders but Lacks Technical Co-Founders
“There's no shortage of entrepreneurs in Australia, but there's a real shortage of technical co-founders.”
Alan Jones Jun 15, 2015 ▶ 4:34 20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate
May 20, 2016 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Drury: Xero serves 25% of all businesses in Australia and New Zealand
“We've you know, we've got 25% of all New Zealand businesses, 25% of all Australian businesses, and we're a leader there.”
Rod Drury May 20, 2016 ▶ 12:21 20VC: Xero's Rod Drury on IPO on Day 1 To Hedge Fund to VC & Doing Startups Backward
Jun 10, 2016
Assertion Supported
Fusion Books became Australia's largest yearbook company before expanding internationally
“And it became the largest yearbook company in Australia and launched in France, New Zealand,”
Melanie Perkins Jun 10, 2016 ▶ 2:52 20VC: Start Niche, Move Broader & Become Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins, Founder & CEO @ Canva
Nov 15, 2019
Assertion Supported
Top 10 San Francisco tech companies exceed Australia's entire stock market
“You know, the top 10 companies are worth far more than our entire stock exchange in Australia, and it's because there's this concentration of capital and expertise that just doesn't exist anywhere else in the world, and the expertise is so incredibly important…”
Dom Holland Nov 15, 2019 ▶ 16:14 20VC: Why Speed Is The Biggest Differentiator a Founder Can Have, How To Hire Seasoned Tier 1 Talent To An Early Stage Startup & How To Start, Scale and Manage Remote Teams with Domm Holland, Founder & CEO @ Fast
Mar 27, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Khosrowshahi: Australia is overall Uber's best geographic market
“Overall for Uber, I'd say Australia is, is the best market.”
Dara Khosrowshahi Mar 27, 2023 ▶ 20:48 Dara Khosrowshahi: How I Became CEO of Uber; Uber Eats vs DoorDash; The Postmates Acquisition | E994 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Dec 4, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Australian law penalizes construction CEOs with prison for undocumented site violations
“When we were selling in the Australia, New Zealand market they had these new laws in place in Australia around if a job site accident led to a death at a construction site and a safety violation had been seen prior to that that wasn't Document it. The CEO of t…”
Tooey Courtemanche Dec 4, 2023 ▶ 29:50 Tooey Courtemanche: From Construction Worker to Billionaire CEO | E1090 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 19, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Freshworks' first seven customers spanned four different continents
“We had seven customers. When we had seven customers, I think they came from four different continents. First customer was Atwill College from Perth, Australia.”
Girish Mathrubootham Apr 19, 2024 ▶ 9:09 Girish Mathrubootham: Biggest Product and Pricing Lessons from Scaling to $597M in ARR | E1142 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 11, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Grimm: The West lacks munitions capacity for a prolonged nation-state war
“The US right now does not have the production capacity, nor does the UK, nor does Australia, kind of the West at large, to make enough munitions to fully equip a prolonged nation on nation conflict.”
Matt Grimm Nov 11, 2024 ▶ 1:27:58 Matt Grimm, Co-Founder @Anduril: How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | E1224 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 11, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Grimm: Western allies will spend nearly $1.3T on defense in 2024
“In 2024 alone, US is spending about eight hundred and eighty billion on defense. The UK spending about seventy three billion more. The EU member countries are spending almost three hundred billion on top of that. Australia spending forty five billion on top of…”
Matt Grimm Nov 11, 2024 ▶ 33:23 Matt Grimm, Co-Founder @Anduril: How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | E1224 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 26, 2025 negative
Opinion
Green: Supports banning social media for teenagers under 16
“Yes, I think we should. I think it needs to be way highly regulated.”
Mitchell Green Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 1:16:01 Mitchell Green, Founder @ Lead Edge Capital: Why Traditional VC is Broken · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 26, 2025 negative
Insight
Startup burnout complaints show a lack of real hardship perspective
“The people ask, you know you know, I get burnout. I mean, I'm just, you know, working too hard and, you know, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, dude, what are you talking about? You know, do you know what is, you know, tough life looks like, you know, like me in, in…”
Jack Zhang May 26, 2025 ▶ 9:09 Airwallex CEO & Co-Founder, Jack Zhang: The Angel That Turned $1M into $1BN · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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