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Guin is an agentic video editor that turns your company's video library into on-brand marketing videos in minutes

Ascenda helps psychologists and employers support people before problems reach crisis, by creating visibility into what is happening between sessions.

CrossCourtAI is built around a system they call Harper: a network of AI agents designed to handle the analytical grunt work of investment teams.

CheckGen is built on a simple but powerful idea: skin health should be measurable.

From pet longevity to robotics and free period products, these are the women building and scaling some of ANZ’s most exciting startups—plus how you can support them.

Originally part of the 2015 Accelerator, co-founders Xavier Collins (ex-Uber, Deliveroo) alongside Justin Hackney (ex-ElevenLabs) are starting a new adventure, Wonder Studios.

Laura Wedmaier is the CFO at Norco Cooperative, Australia’s last 100% farmer-owned dairy cooperative. After completing First Believers we sat down to discuss her evolving investment framework.

After more than 30 years in strategy consulting, including 25 as a partner at L.E.K., Simon Barrett has worked on over 800 projects around the world. His next mountain to climb, startup investing.

For generations, agriculture has been defined by those born into it. Join us in conversation with Victoria Taylor, First Believer alumni on the next era for the agriculture industry.

19 companies. 42 founders. The ambition is bigger, the problems are harder, and the calibre of builders sets a new bar for what’s being built in ANZ.