#9 From Bootstrapping to raising $350m in staged investment and other startup lessons with Rupert Taylor-Price of Vaultcloud.com.au

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.Building software is difficult and building software that scales and that your users love is very difficult. In today's environment, you just can't afford to get it wrong, but you also need to focus on building your business, closing your next round and making the impact that you need to make.This is where we come in. With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world, we are a great choice of tech partner for your project.If you have a project that you would like to discuss, we’d love to hear from you. You can get in touch at [email protected] or follow any of the contacts in the show notes.Today my guest is Rupert Taylor Price who is someone that I have come to know quite well since moving to Australia and someone that is so impressive it’s hard to keep up.His story is great and we’ll learn more about it but here are some highlights:First job at 12 years old in a warehouse in the UK.He then did an honours degree in physics before working in the recruitment world where he learned some valuable lessons for his future career.At 23 he Started Hivetec, a SaaS platform that delivers flexible software for employment care and support services in Australia. This business grew to around $5m in revenue with extremely impressive margins.He then started Vault Cloud at 29 years old a secure cloud solution for governments and critical industries.Rupert raised a staggering $350m of committed capital for Vault cloud which has got to be one of the biggest raises in Aussie history for such an early-stage startup.When he is not totally killing it in business he is flying his plane, sailing a boat somewhere or running a marathon.Rupert humility is quite staggering, and it blows my mind that from time to time he asks me for my opinion on something which seems nuts but I suspect this is why he is so far ahead because he is open to learning from anyone about whatever he needs to learn about.Rupert, welcome, it’s great to have you on the show.If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project or an episode, please do:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/[email protected] https://www.nona.digitalhttps://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam