New Liberal Senator James Paterson has often mentioned that his wife, Lydia, is an entrepreneur and part of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s ideas boom — he even mentioned her in his maiden speech:

“My No.1 co-conspirator in all of this, though, has been my amazing wife, Lydia. She is, and always will be, the first and last person I turn to for advice. Over the past few months she has balanced supporting me with growing her new, agile and innovative start-up business.”

According to our colleagues at StartupSmart, business is booming, with Lydia Paterson’s Care Guidance start-up, of which she is CEO, completing a successful seed funding round:

“Melbourne-based Care Guidance was launched at the start of 2015, and provides a platform matching aged care providers with those who need care.

The company handles all the paperwork and details, and determines the correct care for users across all available options.

The company has raised $450,000 already across two pre-seed funding rounds in the past year.

Care Guidance’s funding goal was $400,000, and after reaching that the company announced they would be accepting oversubscriptions for another two weeks.”

Walking the walk, as well as talking the talk.