Small Steps by Giant Leap

Stored Potential

Small Steps Vol. 120: From mega-batteries to brain science, we’re looking at how to hold energy - electric and human - and release it when it counts.

Sep 3

August 2025

Closer than it looks: progress in power, diagnostics and maybe even optimism

Small Steps Vol. 119: EVs as part of the grid ⚡; at-home blood tests arrive via Amazon 🧪; and hope might have a medical use 💓

Aug 6

July 2025

AI in Education: Who’s holding the pen? ✏️

Small Steps Vol. 118: AI is here, but teaching is still a human craft. This month, we dig into where the tools help, where they don’t and why it still…

Jul 2

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June 2025

Inside Australia’s Impact Startup Ecosystem

We unpack three years of Australia’s impact startup landscape and what's coming next in Climate, Health and People.

Jun 18

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Workplaces, classrooms and climate: the systems we’re rethinking

Small Steps Vol. 117: Our investment in Foremind, plus fresh signals from the systems shaping how we live, work and care.

Jun 4

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May 2025

What connects sleep, sea and sky

Small Steps Vol. 116: From bedtime science 🛌 to cargo emissions on the high seas 🚢 and climate experiments in the clouds 🌥.

May 1

April 2025

Quiet Moves, Loud Signals

Small Steps Vol. 115: From sovereign wealth tracking nature risk 🍃 to AI in classrooms 🎓 and femtech pushing back 👩🏻‍⚕️ – what this week’s quiet…

Apr 3

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March 2025

Rethinking Menopause: The Blind Spot Costing Billions in Health and Productivity

Small Steps Vol. 114: A deep dive into the billion-dollar opportunity to transform midlife healthcare 🍎; women leading the way in gen-AI adoption 💪…

Mar 5

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February 2025

AI in overdrive: DeepSeek, Nvidia and fixing the blind spots

Small Steps Vol. 113: Giant Leap’s impact thesis for Ovum.ai 👩🏻‍⚕️; the state of Aussie startup funding 💸; and climate tech predictions for the year…

Feb 5

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December 2024

That's a wrap on 2024

Small Steps Vol. 112: China’s sanitary pad scandal sparks debate on women’s health equity 🩸; talking waste and circular economy at Christmas 🌱; and…

Dec 11, 2024

November 2024

Giant Leap's FY24 Impact Report

Small Steps Vol. 111: Sharing our portfolio's impact on people and planet 👐 🌏

Nov 20, 2024

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Your health data doesn’t include you – but femtech can fix that

Small Steps Vol. 110: The health data gap is a moral oversight and a market failure. We dive into why it’s also a problem for every single AI healthtech…

Nov 6, 2024