About Leigh Dunsford

Our teams mission is to redefine how the world gets paid for its work by making access to earned but unpaid wages free and universally accessible for all. Nine25 App is the worlds first streaming service for salary and wages. We’ve built a new financial system to take the pain out of getting hard-earned money paid in real-time and putting it in the right place at the right time with intelligent automated money tools. We are bringing a better way to cover expenses, invest, and save to anyone who wants the freedom to choose how and when they get paid. We're not just rewriting how Australia's workforce receives and manages earned income; we've built a platform that enables a seamless real-time pay experience without employers changing how a business runs payroll without any impact on cash flow. We want to hire the best talent regardless of location. Therefore, our team is distributed, offering the opportunity to collaborate across the world. Our mission extends to the Pledge 1% global movement. Here's some other stuff about me: In 2014 I co-founded Waddle, a leading global lending enterprise SaaS platform. In August 2020 Waddle was acquired by Xero Ltd (ASX: XRO) for $80M. Waddle's class-leading technology remains unmatched, deeply integrated across small business accounting software through to enterprise ERP solution providers and the worlds largest financial institutions. Experienced in structured private asset lending, fund management, and underwriting. I've been published in SMH, AFR, Business Insider, CEO Magazine, CMO Magazine, Dynamic Business, Inside Business and countless more. I’ve been regularly invited to sit on investment panels and provide my views on the future of lending technology. I co-founded three non-bank private funding businesses, raised over $70 million dollars (Debt+Equity), lent more than $2 Billion in funds to SMEs and have a passion for helping entrepreneurs access capital for growth.