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Meet Pie Face, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Winner [Big Kahuna Category]

This isn't your grandfather's meat pie. Quick service upstart Pie Face is challenging perceptions of what the iconic comfort food can be: reinventing pies with fresh ingredients and flavours, and bringing them to the world.

Meet Yellowfin, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Winner [Global Growth Category]

Yellowfin's innovation is a single integrated platform that brings all the tools of business intelligence into one place. And Yellowfin is making a splash well beyond Australian shores, counting a partnership network of more than 150 organisations in over 40 countries.

Meet Doin Time, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Social Capitalist Category]

Since 2007, Doin Time has been a portal between the "real" world and one that gets easily tucked away. The company manufactures and embroiders T-shirts, polos and shorts -- employing inmates within the confines of a maximum security prison.

Meet NoQ, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Online Business Category]

NoQ was born from a moment of inspiration on the part of its founder, Brad Moran. In 2011, Moran found himself waiting in line for a movie but wanting to get some food without loosing his spot. The scenario got him to thinking of way that he could pre-order and pay with his mobile so that he could grab his food and go without additional queue time waiting for the food. Voila! NoQ was born.

Meet Jason L, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Online Business Category]

Jason L is a relatively young startup providing unique, commercial quality office furniture. The company sells direct to the public at wholesale prices, leading to discounts of up to 40%. The best part is that Jason L offers fully customized, ergonomic designs that ship fast, direct to your door. That's right – if you see something on the company's website that you like but would like another colour, the company will build to suit. Now that's thinking convenience.

Meet Super Speak, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Micro Business Category]

Super Speak is innovative for recognizing that most adolescent speaking courses were actually borne out of adult curricula, and as such, was always a little daunting for the little ones. Now, the content is 100% cool and totally kid friendly, thanks to Super Speak. Now, the team at Super Speak is bent on making speech fun for kids – and the company is having a rollicking time itself in the process.

Meet Concept Safety Systems, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Innovation Category]

Concept Safety Systems introduced a way to fast-track businesses en route to compliance with Federal and State safety laws. Firemen and regulators alike have given their approval. If you're in Queensland, there's a good chance CSS will know its way around your office better than you do.

Meet Safe Sleep Space, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Micro Business Category]

Safe Sleep Space is company engaged in the noble cause of helping families get a good night's sleep – by helping babies sleep better. Since most parents will tell you that sleep can be a rarity up until one year of age, Safe Sleep Space is providing one heck of a service. (Believe me, I'm a father of two!)

Meet Jetts, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Global Growth Category]

In the push to make gyms more accessible and less inflexible, Jetts has leapt over expectations, replacing question marks with exclamation points. Open 24 hours? You betcha! Stuffy contracts and steep membership fees? Not at all!

Meet Stuck On You, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Global Growth Category]

The core of Stuck On You's audience, which now spans the globe, is mums with young children. All kids, it seems, are prone to misplacing their belongings on the bus or at school. All parents, in turn, are prone to spells of irritation and lost time.

Meet Flippa, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Global Growth Category]

Flippa excels at being the vehicle for buying, auctioning and selling online real estate. The absent .au in its URL says it all: the web industry is the essence of global. Much of that global traffic, naturally, is American, and only a tiny portion actually Australian. Count on a few Aussies, then, to gloat over beating the Americans at their own game.

Meet TOM Organic, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Social Capitalist Category]

Almost all women's hygiene products made of cotton include a long list of chemical ingredients. TOM Organic's products, on the other hand, come with a list of reassuring adjectives for those intimate moments each month. Non-toxic. Certified organic. GMO-free. And 100% biodegradable.

Meet StreetHawk, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [X-Factor Category]

Streethawk is an innovative targeted location-based marketing solution for retailers and brands. The service, originally envisioned by David Jones, of ThreatMetrix fame, provides increased foot traffic through the use of personalized geo-targeted messaging. The company lets users track key analytics related to targeted campaigns as well.

Meet TLC for Kids, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Social Capitalist Category]

Every day, thousands of children in Australian hospitals undergo scary procedures. TLC for Kids acts as a relief agency to give these kids immediate attention. Distraction, to them, is a noble goal.

Meet STREAT, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Social Capitalist Category]

A hybrid charity/business, STREAT is a cafe that recruits, by its own admission, the most unemployable people in the labour pool: homeless youth. Many are kids from broken homes, who have fled domestic abuse, or recovering from (or still struggling with) drug addiction.

Meet Churchill Education, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [X-Factor Category]

After 16 years as a police officer, Randall Smith, co-founder of Churchill Education, was forced to leave his former career due to post-traumatic stress disorder. He and his wife/co-founder Tricia Velthuizen. Forged a pact to get well at all costs. The positive outgrowth of the life-altering situation is manifested in Churchill Education, Australia's number one authority in the field of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Meet ReSource Environmental Solutions (RES), Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Innovation Category]

ReSource Environmental Solutions began because founder Chris O'Brien wanted to tackle the problem of waste accumulation before it arrived at the landfill. Think of RES as a 'waste broker': it manufactures smart machines that break down materials and sort disposable from reusable, organic from non, to boost recycling and contain carbon output.

Meet Inventium, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Innovation Category]

Inventium does more than instruct other businesses on how to be creative -- it gives them the tools to detect and predict creative thinking in their employees and recruits. The sharpest tool in the box is the Inventium Creative Aptitude Test (ICAT), the world's first developed psychometric test.

Meet Fillim.com, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Innovation Category]

Fillim is an on-demand video-streaming service for independent filmmakers and film lovers. If you're a wannabe auteur, it only takes a few minutes to upload your film and distribute it, free of charge. Meanwhile, audiences have access to film festivals around the world.

Meet The Messenger Group, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Micro Business Category]

The Messenger Group was started in 2001 by (drum roll please!) Lisa Messenger. The fatefully named CEO had decided to write a book and donate the proceeds. Realising a shortcoming in the Australian publishing offerings, Messenger found a way to fuse corporate sponsorship and publishing, ultimately getting her book funded.
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