Tash Jamieson

Work with founders

From 2019 to 2024 Tash worked at UNSW Founders, the University of New South Wales entrepreneurship program, where she coached early-stage and pre Series A startups and, as Global Founders Program Manager, helped established startups with their international plans.

She has mentored and coached at Startmate since 2021, including as a mentor and coach for the Summer 2022 accelerator cohort, and spoke to Startmate's Women Fellowship on changing career direction.

Speaking and commentary

Tash has hosted and spoken at startup events in Sydney since 2019. She was MC of Haymarket HQ's Ideas Feast pitch night with Study NSW and Sparkfest in November 2019, joined a UNSW Founders and City of Sydney panel on food innovation, and was the guest at an Earlywork Education Meetup for its education community.

As Global Founders Program Manager she represented UNSW when UNSW Founders was named first runner-up in the Asia Pacific Triple E Awards. Women's Agenda quoted her as founder and CEO of Lockpick Games, one of the partner startups in a free online program built with Sydney's Tech Central.

Founder

Tash founded Lockpick Games (Lockpick Learning) in 2021. It turns students' interest in video games into practice for standardised tests, and was named by SmartCompany in 2022 as one of three standout startups from that year's Startmate accelerator. Lockpick is now working with Treeman Games in the US on tabletop games.

Earlier career

Before moving into startups she spent seven years in government and international relations, including strategic policy at the Australian Department of Defence, as the inaugural China Alumni Engagement Manager at the Australian Embassy in Beijing, and at the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce. She holds a BA in International Studies from RMIT University and a master's in international relations from Tsinghua University.

In 2025 she wrote Superpower Signals, a weekly health science digest for Superpower. She is also a qualified group fitness instructor.

Roles

Organisations and dates as listed on her LinkedIn profile; role titles from her profile and the sources below.

Lists by Tash Jamieson

• The best Heads of Growth in Australia
• The best SEO specialists in Australia
• The best GEO specialists in Australia
• The best CMOs at Australian tech companies
• The best Heads of Marketing at Australian tech companies
• The best CTOs at Australian tech companies
• The best VPs of Engineering in Australia

Sources

1. Tash Jamieson (LinkedIn)
2. Tash Jamieson, UNSW Founders Startup Coach (UNSW Founders)
3. Career Spotlight: Tash Jamieson, Global Founders Program Manager (Young Australians in International Affairs)
4. ACYD 2019 session chairs (Australia-China Youth Dialogue)
5. Why Lockpick Games founder Tash Jamieson thinks video games are key to helping every student reach their potential (Startmate)
6. Peek behind the scenes of the Women Fellowship (Startmate)
7. Three of the most exciting startups to come out of Startmate's accelerator program (SmartCompany)
8. Tash Jamieson (Superpower)
9. UNSW Founders named first runner up in Asia Pacific Triple E Awards (UNSW Founders): quotes her as Global Founders Program Manager
10. HHQ x Study NSW x Sparkfest, Ideas Feast Pitch Night (Haymarket HQ on YouTube): names her as MC, November 2019
11. Could chicken-free chicken and no-beef beef play a part in building a more sustainable future? (UNSW Founders): names her on a UNSW Founders and City of Sydney food innovation panel
12. A problem shared: 3 female founders tap community to solve business challenges (Women's Agenda): quotes her as founder and CEO of Lockpick Games
13. Earlywork Education Meetup ft. Tash Jamieson (Earlywork): guest session with the founder of Lockpick Games
14. Team (Young Wisdom): lists her as Senior Entrepreneurship Educator
15. Lockpick Games (TechSydney): startup profile naming her as founder