Hi I’m Sam,

• I'm an entrepreneur, developer and designer

• Born in Sydney Australia, but have lived in the UK, South Africa and Dubai

• Started my career in Sydney, founding a few startups that didn't go anywhere

• Was part of the 2015 Startmate batch (run by Blackbird Ventures) where I founded Robby, an app for retail workers, which grew so popular with Apple Retail employees, that Apple ultimately shut it down and released a clone version for their for Apple Retail employees

• I then moved to SF in 2017 to found Tilt (formerly Empower), a now profitable Series C lending company

• I then launched Tilt México in 2022 with a team of 4, now with gross margin positive 6 figure ARR

• I’ve also mentored portfolio companies for First Round Capital and was part of the first Design Track program

• I try to Angel invest every now and again