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On November 16, TechCrunch and Elevacao hosted Startup Battlefield Australia in Sydney. The Startup Battlefield pitch-off competition featured startups from all over Australia and New Zealand. Top-notch investors and founders served as judges to pick the winners in each category, as well as an overall winner.

We also had a great line-up of speakers who discussed everything from entrepreneurship to inclusion to the blockchain. From speaker sessions to Startup Battlefield pitches, here are all the videos from the event.

1) Fireside Chat with Spencer Rascoff (Zillow)

Panelist: Spencer Rascoff (Zillow)

Moderator: Jordan Crook (TechCrunch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3GiWiRul_g

2) Startup Battlefield – Session 1

Judges: Wesley Chan (Felicis Ventures), Avichal Garg (Y Combinator), Dean McEvoy (TechSydney), Elaine Stead (Blue Sky), Catriona Wallace (Flamingo)

Pitch 1: Goodments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi00tfShdOg

Pitch 2: Respia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wQCxFwDPLc

Pitch 3: Spalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx9CPrfhhFY

Pitch 4: Medius Health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxS0qY4Ofmk

 

3) Fireside Chat with Aaron Patzer (Vital Software)

Panelist: Aaron Patzer

Moderator: Matthew Panzarino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWIyfxB96VY

4) Strength in Diversity: How and Why to Make Inclusion a Foundation in Every Startup

Panelists: Dean Foley (Barayamal), Greg Moshal (Prospa) and Catriona Wallace (Flamingo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDN1ZjkQhA

5) Startup Battlefield – Session 2

Judges: Anton Borzov (WhatsApp), James Cameron (AirTree Ventures), David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures), Samantha Wong (Blackbird Ventures), Duncan Turner (SOSV), Kavita Gupta (ConsenSys Ventures)

Pitch 1: Equal Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRaAw3r7uoA

Pitch 2: HealthMatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wOCbO7uPDU

Pitch 3: CancerAid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPuulFLlBZc

Pitch 4: Parcelport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lWuC0fW-Yo

Pitch 5: Concussionometer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCMMsCpgqvA

6) Fireside Chat with Mike Cannon-Brookes (Atlassian)

Panelist: Mike Cannon-Brookes

Moderator: Matthew Panzarino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_xtlHZnxU0

7) Startup Battlefield – Session 3

Judges: Chris Boshuizen (Data Collective), Ian Gardiner (Amazon Web Services), Melissa Widner (NAB Ventures)

Pitch 1: Life Whisperer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDFvWb_DlEo

Pitch 2: Boole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDmzMwNI6kY

Pitch 3: CoverHero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiGK6FvPuL0

Pitch 4: Trunk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwyoWLOzMM4

Pitch 5: Mosaic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQgWs3RnRHc

8) ANZ Startup Ambitions: Past, Present and Future

Panelists: Bill Bartee (Blackbird Ventures) and Daniel Petre (AirTree Ventures)

Moderator: Mike Butcher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2C7clWRDk4

9) Blockchain, ICOs and The Future of Everything?

Panelists: Simon Cant (Reinventure), Dr. Jemma Green (Power Ledger) and Kavita Gupta (ConsenSys Ventures)

Moderator: Anthony Ha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quWQxaN56tE

10) Startup Battlefield Finals

Judges: Wesley Chan (Felicis Ventures), Dean Dorrell (Carthona Capital), Matthew Panzarino (TechCrunch), Melanie Perkins (Canva), Elaine Stead (Blue Sky)

Pitch 1: HealthMatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng1gGstd35g

Pitch 2: Spalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvJktEsifEQ

Pitch 3: CancerAid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9H1UMVbs4

Pitch 4: FluroSat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRx0EyGmZaA

11) The Funding Scene in Silicon Valley

Panelists: Chris Boshuizen (Data Collective), Wesley Chan (Felicis Ventures) and Michael Sharkey (Autopilot)

Moderator: Jordan Crook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOO_slC2xIA

12) The Asia Opportunity: Finding cross-border growth and investment

Panelists: David Gowdey (Jungle Ventures) and Duncan Turner (SOSV)

Moderator: Mike Butcher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY67z55RcXo

13) Building and Scaling Mobile Products: Learn from two top practitioners

Panelists: Anton Borzov (WhatsApp) and Avichal Garg (Y Combinator, former Facebook product director)

Moderator: Anthony Ha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5Tz4oCzDeM

14) Startup Battlefield winner (HealthMatch) and runner-up (FluroSat) announced

 

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