![Meet TOM Organic, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Social Capitalist Category]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TOM-Organic-Capture.jpg)
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]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Streethawk-Pic.jpg)
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]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TLC1.jpg)
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]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/STREAT1.jpg)
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 FirstGold Save in Gold, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [X-Factor Category]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Gold.jpg)
FirstGold is a new savings initiative from Gold Company that is putting customers’ financial futures back into their own hands. FirstGold is the smart way to get real about money, create good saving habits, all the while giving Gold Company’s customers the flexibility and freedom they need. The service offers quick registration, easy savings choices, and round the clock access.
![Meet Churchill Education, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [X-Factor Category]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/tricia_profile_shot-2.jpg)
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 CQ Nurse, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [X-Factor Category]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/cqnurse.jpg)
CQ Nurse was borne out of the idea of filling deficits in remote, rural, and regional nursing facilities across Australia. Since its initial launch in 2002, the company has met with that goal and expanded into the areas of workplace health, immunisation, community, and in-home care. Other offerings from CQ Nurse include online education, both free and paid, aimed at community and workplace wellness.
![Meet ReSource Environmental Solutions (RES), Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Innovation Category]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/resource-capture.jpg)
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]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/inventium2.jpg)
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]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fillimdevices.jpg)
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]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Messenger-Group.jpg)
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.
![Meet Vinomofo, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Online Business Categrory]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Vinomofo.jpg)
Vinomofo has an ambitious mission: to create a new generation of wine consumers far removed from the effete, bourgeois, oloroso –sipping Frasier Cranes with whom the pastime has long been associated. Since its initial launch in 2007, Vinomofo has endeavoured to bring people and wine together as a source of good wines and engaging customer service practices.
![Meet Bay & Fyfe, Anthill 2012 Cool Company Award Finalist [Micro Business Category]](https://anthillonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BayandFyfe.jpg)
Awesomely Australian are the words that spring to mind when it comes to qualify the coolness of Bay & Fyfe. The company takes the artwork of Aussie artist Daimon Downey and applies it to lush silk scarves. The result? An artistic statement to wear round your neck that is basically an Australian exclusive. Cool points? Cha-ching!
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