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More want to watch Pygg grow fatter
Pygg’s stock is rising. The Australian-born Twitter payment pioneer has banked $600,000 in new angel capital. Pollenizer, the startup incubator, raised most of the amount from a bunch of new and previous investors.
Ninefold launches the Cloud Booster Program and announces partnerships with Pollenizer, Startmate, Innovation Bay and AngelCube.
The Cloud Booster Program has just been launched. The program, which was created by Ninefold, is designed to accelerate the growth of Australian start-ups. The cloud computing company also announced Pollenizer and Startmate as the program’s first partners, which were soon joined by Innovation Bay and AngelCube.
AngelCube prepares to give a big boost to Melbourne early stage startups
A group of experienced entrepreneurs and angel investors are rolling out a seed fund and incubator aimed at early stage startups in the Melbourne area. The venture, called AngelCube, is the first of its kind for Melbourne in recent memory.
Another coup for Pollenizer: Dealised raises $5 million in deal with SingTel
Earlier this week, Australian company Dealised, which peddles group-buying platforms, pocketed a cool $5 million in funding from global big-wig SingTel Innov8 and Perth-based venture capital firm Yuuwa Capital LP to assist with its development and international expansion. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: In the event of a gold rush, don’t start digging. Start selling shovels!
Australia needs more angels: Spreets co-founder Dean McEvoy shares some hard truths at VIVID Creative Sydney
Australia could always use more angel investors, says Dean McEvoy, co-founder of the wildly successful group-buying site Spreets. “Doing a startup in Australia is kind of like growing a plant in a dark cupboard. It’s really bloody hard,” McEvoy said in a talk presented at VIVID Creative Sydney.
Pollenizer’s Mick Liubinskas encourages everyone to embrace failure [VIVID Creative Sydney]
In a six-minute, whirling-dervish, evangelical talk at VIVID Creative Sydney, Pollenizer co-founder Mick Liubinskas lets us all know why he believes that Australia’s entrepreneurial spirit is very much alive and well.
Attention Australian web leaders! 9×9 Web Thinkers want to peek inside your brain…
We’re big fans of the new video project by 9×9 Web Thinkers. Not only does is look the business, it’s also got the smarts to back it up. If there is one fault we have with the concept, it is that the HTML5, while eye-popping and cool, is inherently unsharable. We would have liked to have shared a snippet with you here — a teaser to whet your appetite — but nay.
Spreets sold to Yahoo!7 for $40 million: What does this mean for online retail and the future of Australian media?
This morning, it was confirmed that Yahoo!7 has acquired Australian group-buying business Spreets for $40 million. The deal is the first of what is expected to become a consolidation of the Australian group-buying market. However, what’s truly remarkable about this announcement is the short time-frame between Spreets’ launch and its sale, after only 10 months on the Australian market.
Meet Pollenizer, Anthill 2010 Cool Company Award Finalist [X-Factor Award Category]
Pollenizer provides all the services a business needs to create an online presence. Well and good. Australia is stuffed with companies that do that. Where Pollenizer sets itself apart is that it serves as a web-business’ co-founder. In their own words, “we will be there from idea inception to launch and forward, with our team helping every step of the way.” The organisation has 18 portfolio companies, 125 employees worldwide, $10 million raised and $50 million in valuation. And we did it in less than three years with only $1,000.
Now, this guy knows how to apply for a job!
The following clip takes the job application process to another level. The work of a Monash student and aspiring Junior Project Manager, it was submitted to Pollenizer and posted for all to see on YouTube. It was soon after spotted by MitchelLake and posted on the recruitment outfit’s homepage. What’s the moral of the story?









