The sharp-eyed amongst my listeners will have noted the reference to “2001 – A Space Odyssey” in the title of this podcast. Whilst certainly no HAL 9000, Andrea Boyd is one of the controllers of the International Space Station, albeit from the relative comfort and safety of Cologne, Germany, Planet Earth.

Daniel is one of the most successful Venture Capitalists in Australia. He is a founder of Airtree Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital company. Prior to Airtree Ventures he was the Founding Chairman of netus (a technology investment company acquired by Fairfax Media in 2013) and prior to this role he founded Australia’s largest internet investment company, ecorp. The returns to investors from all of these funds were nothing short of extraordinary – eg Netus invested in and exited nine companies over a six-year period, delivering a 4x cash-on-cash return to investors.