Tag: marcus lim
Singapore-based Australian entrepreneur launches a mobile crypto trading app
Asia-Pacific digital asset provider Zipmex has launched a mobile trading app for all levels of cryptocurrency traders, enabling expanded trading opportunities, low fees and greater liquidity options on-the-go.
Aussie serial tech entrepreneur brings trusted crypto exchange Zipmex to Australia
Zipmex was co-founded by serial entrepreneur Marcus Lim, who previously co-founded online marketplace Oneflare. In 2016 Fairfax Media purchased a 35 per cent stake in Oneflare for AU$15 million.
Oneflare hits $100 million in job requests less than a year after reaching $50...
Aussie online local service marketplace Oneflare recently reached the remarkable milestone of $100 million worth of jobs requested through the platform.
Since launching just four...
Hot local services start-up Oneflare has acquired Australia’s largest customer reviews website
Australia's fastest growing local services platform, Oneflare has recently acquired Word of Mouth Online (WOMO), the country’s largest customer reviews website.
With hundreds of thousands...
Oneflare is looking to give three students a taste of the start-up world they...
Oneflare, the Aussie local services marketplace, is the newest sponsor of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) co-op scholarship program, aiming to help...
Oneflare has secured a further $1 million in venture capital funding
Local services marketplace Oneflare recently announced that it has secured a further $1 million in venture capital funding. This brings the start-up’s total capital...
50,000 Aussie businesses are now using Oneflare and some are making $100,000 off just...
Local services marketplace, Oneflare, recently hit a major milestone in its journey as a start-up, signing its 50,000th business to the platform, doubling from...
Marcus Lim, 2014 Anthill 30under30 Winner
What is the 30under30?
30under30 is an Anthill initiative launched in early 2008 to encourage and promote entrepreneurship among young Australians.
Each year, we invite our...
House Rules spurs home upgrade sales spike – could TV be the next version...
Have you been bitten by the House Rules bug? After watching the show do you find yourself wanting a sweeping set of renovations around...
Meet Oneflare, the start-up revolutionising how your leaking kitchen sink gets fixed
Cleaners, electricians, plumbers, removalists, pest controllers, painters, accountants, renovators, landscapers, gardeners, and the like... we only need these guys every once in a while...
Where Internet trumps word-of-mouth, and (pretty much) everything else
Whoever doesn’t need help finding a good electrician, or plumber? But word-of-mouth – once the method of choice – is passé. People apparently turn to the Internet, instead, and trust it more, too.
Marcus Lim, 2012 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
Marcus Lim loves the home trades (from plumbing to landscaping to masonry) and wants to make the market for them more efficient and less fragmented. Lim is the co-founder and director of operations of OneFlare, which lets homeowners post their needed jobs and compare quotes from servicemen in their area.
Marcus Lim, 2011 Anthill 30under30 Honourable Mention
For the homeowner whose wiring is on the fritz, whose busted kitchen cabinets beg for a makeover or whose bricks are simply lacking mortar, finding a professional to do the job can be nerve-wracking (and sometimes even mess with your plumbing). Pick A Quote, the website and iPhone application developed by Sydney's Marcus Lim, enables these overwhelmed individuals to post their jobs online and compare offers from competing trades and service providers in the neighbourhood.
