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Entrepreneur, developer and designer that lives in San Francisco. Originally from Sydney, but have lived in the UK, South Africa and Dubai
Started a few startups in Sydney that didn't go anywhere
Part of the 2015 Startmate batch where I founded Robby, an app for retail workers, which grew so popular with Apple Retail, that Apple ultimately shut it down and released a cloned version for their for retail team
Moved to San Francisco in 2017 to start Tilt.com (fka Empower Finance) with 3 other people, a now profitable Series C lending company with 9 fig, backed by Sequoia & Initialized.
Started Tilt México in 2022 with a team of 4, now a gross margin positive 6 figure ARR business
Mentor portfolio companies for First Round Capital and was part of the first Design Track program
Try to angel invest every now and again
Booodl (seed)
LawTrades (seed)
AbstractOps (seed)
Autograph (seed)
+ funds & more
Tilt (fka Empower)
Tilt.com is billion dollar company, backed by Sequoia, Initialized, Defy.vc, Icon, Quiet Capital, Blisce, Blackbird Ventures and South Park Commons
It operates in the US, Mexico, the Philippines and India and serves over 10m customers
Profitable with mid-nine figure revenue
Media
TechCrunch | Sequoia-backed startup Empower aims to replace your bank’s app - 2017
TechCrunch | Mobile banking app Empower Finance just closed a $20 million Series A round - 2020
Inc. 5000 company | No. 258 (2025) | No. 65 (2024) | No. 56 (2023) | No. 55 (2022)
Empower Signs Deal to Acquire Petal, Completes Purchase of Cashalo
Empower Finance Acquires NIRA to Accelerate Credit Access in India's Underserved Markets
Podcasts I like
The Duran Podcast [Never miss an episode]
Daily geo-politics (specific focus on Ukraine/Russia over the last few years) but goes to anywhere around the world
Ex-Australian Deputy Prime Minister on Australian politics and culture + international issues
Interesting tech, but especially enjoy Sarah Paine and her lectures on military history
UK politics and culture
Glen Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast
Geo-politics but with long deep-dives into current issues paired with historical references