About this podcast
Welcome to TechMates, the podcast where we spotlight the trailblazing founders and game-changing startups transforming Australasia.
Hosted by Mark Pavlyukovskyy, a Silicon Valley success story, and Hendrik Remigereau, a former leader in Europe’s largest AI ecosystem turned venture capitalist, TechMates dives deep into the counterintuitive mindsets and bold strategies that drive extraordinary achievements.
Powered by NZVC, the venture firm backing the next generation of iconic companies from New Zealand and beyond, TechMates offers fresh perspectives on the people and ideas shaping the future
Episodes
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- Dirty Jobs, Real Robots | NZVC Portfolio Day · 33 minThree founders building robots for homes, timber houses and sewers explain why the future of robotics is won on exceptions, trust and supply chains, not hype.Recorded live on…
- The Techstars Co-Founder on What NZ Gets Right · 1 h 19 minBrad Feld co-founded Techstars, backed Fitbit, Sphero and MakerBot, wrote the book on startup communities — and just got New Zealand residency because he fell in love with Wanaka…
- The Future of Capital in NZ | NZVC Portfolio Day · 33 minTwo investors — one government-backed, one fresh off a flight from San Francisco — make the case that New Zealand is post-product-market-fit as a startup ecosystem, and now just…
- The Shopify for Rentals Is Here · 1 h 12 minHe built a viral game at 14. Now he’s creating rental millionaires and taking on U-Haul with Lockii. In this episode of TechMates, Hendrik and Mark sit down with Bodhi Hawken…
- Is the West Is Losing the Education War? · 53 minJamie Beaton couldn't legally sit on his own board at 17, but built Crimson into a global education empire — and is now taking on Big Law with an AI visa startup, teaching a…
- Can a Rebrand Really Double Your Sales? · 16 minHow the right brand decision can double your revenue overnight, and how skipping it can quietly kill a good product.In this special compilation episode of TechMates, Hendrik and…
- Auckland's Mayor to Founders: "Skip the Valley, Come Here" · 41 minWayne Brown: blunt engineer, Auckland mayor, and the man on a mission to make NZ the South Pacific's startup capital. In this episode of TechMates, Hendrik and Mark sit down with…
- In 5 Years, Every Kid Will Have an AI Teacher · 17 minFour founders, one uncomfortable question: what happens to learning — in school, university, and work — once AI can teach better than most humans? This episode of TechMates…
- Data Centers in Space — 5 Years Away? · 52 minZenno's CEO just made history — first superconductor ever run in space. And he thinks a war in orbit is now "highly likely." 🧲🚀 Max Arshavsky is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zenno…
- Could NZ Birth the Next SpaceX? Dawn Aerospace Closes Series B · 49 minStefan Powell scaled a New Zealand space company to eight-figure revenue — quietly dominating 82% of a satellite propulsion market, flying a space plane 64 times, and closing a…
- Why VC Funds Are Suddenly Pouring Billions Into Defense · 14 minWhat do you do when a foreign missile cruiser does a "hot lap" around your country? You build the manufacturing tech and deploy the VC capital needed to turn your nation into an…
- What Happens When AI Listens to Sick Pigs for Six Days Straight? · 1 h 16 minShe left a comfortable corporate career to build a Sensory AI startup that listens to pigs—and just secured a major global distribution deal. In this episode of TechMates, we sit…
- The Startup powering ANZ's Open Banking Moment · 1 h 9 minHe built a bank-grade fintech platform while his twin daughters were napping, bootstrapped it for seven years through 677 investor rejections, and is now rewiring the entire…
- How to Hit #1 on the App Store with a $0 Marketing Budget · 58 minShe beat TikTok to #1 on the App Store with a $0 marketing budget—now this solo founder is using a consumer app as a "Trojan horse" to disrupt a multi-billion dollar legacy…
- Inside the Startups Bringing AI to the Physical World · 20 minWhy is teaching a robot to fold your laundry actually harder than building an autonomous surgical robot or a self-driving car? In this episode of TechMates, we cut through the…
- Meet the Founders Disrupting Australia & NZ's Banking Monopolies · 20 minWhat do you do when you're so frustrated with your legacy bank that you can't take it anymore? You hire a "Chief Imaginer" and build a financial app designed to rival Instagram…
- Why Brand Is the Only Moat Left in SaaS · 58 minIn a world where software features can be "vibe coded" by AI in 30 minutes, brand expert Simon Pound explains why community and customer obsession are the only moats left for…
- From Advising HBO’s Silicon Valley to Selling Startups to Big Tech · 50 minHe advised HBO’s Silicon Valley for five seasons, was part of a database team built and acquired by Apple, and helped run an "eBay for seized, stolen, and abandoned goods"—now…
- How to Deploy $5 Billion in New Zealand's New Wave of Tech Startups · 1 h 0 minThe former London financier who funded Harry Potter now controls the single biggest lever in New Zealand’s startup ecosystem—and he’s on a mission to deploy billions. In this…
- Anatomy of a 2,000x Return: Lightspeed Founder Barry Eggers on Spotting Outliers · 1 h 9 minFrom his daughter’s kitchen table tip about a new app called Snapchat to building a $300 billion venture empire—legendary VC Barry Eggers reveals how he spots the next big…
