Original & Limited develops and manages business ventures in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Ventures have included regulated fintech, consulting services, adventure travel and a members club. Each business combines a strong focus on partnership, design and technology to deliver valuable and sustainable customer experiences.
mychampion.ai (2025)
Ever wanted to fix a fight with your bank? How about an issue with an airline? When things go wrong, making a complaint and getting things put right, is a time-consuming and complex process. Whilst artificial intelligence is being harnessed by brands around the world to streamline their operations, traditional sources of consumer protection such as government and consumer groups have been slow to adopt these new technologies. Now, mychampion.ai is developing the super app for consumer protection.
Beach Division (2024)
Beach Division is your ticket to escape from the comfortable. Born from a desire to escape the beach, we created this venture to push our limits in mountains, cities and on the seas. Today, Beach Division offers unique experiences in some of the world's best adventure playgrounds.
Mountain Club (2019)
Queenstown is one of the world’s best all season mountain resorts. Located in the South Island of New Zealand, it’s a haven for adventurers and perhaps unexpectedly, entrepreneurs too. Mountain Club combines coworking, a private members bar, fitness and adventures to deliver a unique community experience for Queenstown’s most ambitious residents and visitors. (Exited 2022)
Huddle (2016)
Insurance doesn’t need to be complicated, but too often it has been. We created Huddle to do things differently, to provide insurance that’s fit for how we live today. It’s fast to buy, digital and full of clever ideas that make insurance simpler. And it’s available in Australia and the UK. Huddle is a brand powered by Open.
Open (2016)
Open empowers leading brands, including Bupa, ahm, VW, Avios, and Polestar, to leverage their data and offer personalised, embedded insurance to their customers. Today, Open protects over 170,000 consumers, generating over A$130 million in annual premiums. Backed by leading investors like Airtree, Movac, Five V, and Local Globe, Open is at the forefront of transforming the insurance distribution landscape.
Auxilio Ventures (2014)
Back in 2010 established consumer brands, fearful of disruption, went all-in on human-centred design. But as they obsessed to understand their customers they struggled to translate insights into actionable opportunities. Auxilio combines data and design to develop new propositions and ventures for leading Australian brands including IAG, Westpac and Optus. (Exited 2019)
Fussy (2013)
How do you know when when you’ve met “the one”? That’s the question we sought to answer with Fussy. By combining data with a unique digital experience we wanted to help people understand just how fussy they were being in the quest to find the perfect life partner. Unfortunately Tinder proved much more exciting than nerding out over the segment sizes of desirable suitors.
Yabbi (2011)
Long before Etsy, there was Yabbi. Well, kind of. This venture was on a mission to enable anyone to create their own store and sell curated products online from the comfort of their sofa. Unfortunately it turned out to be a great idea that was already well funded and well executed in the US by Etsy, founded six years earlier in 2005 🤦.