Hi I’m Sam,

• I'm an entrepreneur, developer and designer that lives in San Francisco. I from Sydney 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 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

• I moved to SF in 2017 to found Tilt (formerly Empower) with 3 other people, a now profitable Series C lending company with 9 fig

• 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 invest every now and again