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Airwallex co-founder on the journey from Melbourne cafe to unicorn status

For Airwallex co-founder Lucy Liu, dissolving borders has always come naturally.

6 hrs ago •

How Lumin is building trust infrastructure online and what that unlocks

Lumin has morphed from relatively humble beginnings into a global platform with 100 million users and customers including Netflix and Uber.

Jul 6 •

How to spot gaps and prove there’s a need before you build

If someone’s willing to pay you before you’ve built anything, you’re probably onto something.

Jul 1 •

Basis begins nationwide rollout

PLUS: Icehouse Ventures reflect on Halter success and things get weird(er) at Anthropic.

Jun 30 •

ICYMI: Startup news and resources from the week that was

What you might have missed last week on Caffeine.

Jun 29 •

ICYMI: Startup news and resources from the week that was

What you might have missed last week on Caffeine.

Jun 22 •

Extraordinary powers up public transport + how is A.I transforming your business?

PLUS: Are we on track for a 'gentle singularity' and great event for Auckland founders upcoming.

Jun 16 •

ICYMI: Startup news and resources from the week that was

What you might have missed last week on Caffeine.

Jun 15 •

Serge van Dam: Education vs the Educated

TLDR: Formal education is overrated when it comes to changing the world, especially in startups. Actually, startups are the best education.

Jun 10

Fintech founders, are you building for the future?

PLUS: NBR Rich List drops, Icehouse putting great series on for founders and Anthropic quietly kills 'Claude explains'.

Jun 9 •

How Lumin built global success using the humble PDF

It’s come a long way from the Christchurch construction sites where Lumin’s founding story begins back in 2014.

Jun 8 •

Partly's Harry Uffindell on why you shouldn't 'optimise for average'

PLUS: Shakeup at LanzaTech, Rocket Lab makes major play and stellar semiconductors on the way?

Jun 2 •

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