STARTUP STORIES
These guys started out with a Facebook app and turned it into a hot...
Brisbane-based Brus Media started out as a Facebook app but co-founders Nic Blair and Shon Siemonek soon turned it into a hot mobile app marketing start-up
Australian startup Cogniss is set to redefine education and behaviour change tech
Cogniss is a creation of 2and2, an internationally acclaimed educational games company. It is the distillation of over a decade of experience developing award-winning digital solutions, as well as a rigorous three-year research and development process.
She is using inspirational thongs to put shoes on the feet of the world’s...
Kathy Wong started Moeloco, a socially conscious business that sells thongs (flip-flops) with inspirational messages on the soles and for every pair sold, donates canvas shoes to a poor child in Kolkata, India.
Second-hand shopping start-up Bountye joins forces with tech giant Google as it launches Android...
Innovative Australian start-up Bountye is among the first to launch with Android Pay in Australia. The move is set to catapult the buying and selling app to even greater heights after only a year on the market.
How international money transfers ruined a buck’s weekend and birthed a global startup
The company was conceived as a way of transferring money without the cost and delays associated with traditional international bank transfers and initially sought to provide Indian expats in Australia with a cost-effective means of sending money to family back home.
A digital disruptor won big at these Australasian legal industry awards
LegalVision, an disruptive online law firm targeting Aussie SMEs, was crowned the 2015 ALPMA/InfoTrack Thought Leadership Award winner, ahead of 3 finalists
Australia’s first crowdfunding agency announces new partnership with major global player Indiegogo
The Creative Collective is fast forging its niche as Australia’s first crowdfunding marketing agency after partnering with crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo.
Blog Avenues wants to put your business on the road to Australia’s most influential...
Founded by marketing duo Lisa Johnston and Rachael Ballard Sydney based tech start-up Blog Avenues is Australia’s newest influencer marketing platform
This start-up is challenging Aussies to drink healthier with Australia’s first zero sugar natural...
Beverage start-up, Nexba founded by Troy Douglas and Drew Bilbe aka the Aussie Boys, has a new line of beverages that is all-natural and has zero sugar
Vendorable is looking to shake up Australia’s $10 billion real estate services industry by...
Australian tech start-up Vendorable, recently launched its first-of-a-kind end-to-end online platform, looking to change the real estate game. Basically, it allows vendors to list...
This Silicon Valley crowdfunding start-up has launched in Australia and university students are totally...
Silicon Valley startup, Tilt, has launched in Australia following mass success in the US, Canada, UK and France following huge uptake among millennials
Aussie HR tech startup Mentorloop set to launch in the U.K. as it spearheads...
Australia’s leading mentoring software platform Mentorloop recently announced plans to set up an office in the U.K., following a 12-month period of strong business growth.
This soap making startup found the perfect partnership with a social enterprise helping to...
Getting the right team and systems in place was essential to meet the high standards of finish required. The enthusiastic team at Ability Works, a social enterprise helping to empower people with disabilities, brainstormed and developed the wrapping technique.
This Melbourne tech start-up is changing how we shop by monetising word-of-mouth
Referrers can add their favourite products to their Referboard page directly from retailer websites such as ASOS or Nike with a couple of clicks on their computer or smart phone.
Moving to the US is paying off big time for this world first Australian...
Melbourne medtech start-up, 4Dx is succeeding in the US after moving there to continue to work towards commercializing their world-first lung imagining tech
DentalTech startup Pearlii launches to deliver free dental screening and education
Founded in Melbourne, Pearlii provides people with access to free, fast, and safe at home dental check-ups, no matter their income or personal situation.
Menulog founders launch new B2B marketplace FoodByUs, looking to disrupt the $8 billion cafe...
FoodByUs will offer food distribution using market first technology providing a ‘one stop shop’ combining a dynamic sales force, an online ordering system and logistics all in one platform to disrupt Australia’s $8 billion café sector.
Ladies, law and order: pioneer online legal firm soars with the support of Australia’s...
Ian Aldridge, a lawyer and entrepreneur who set up a true NewLaw online firm, Progressive Legal - to challenge the DNA of the traditional legal firm to meet a new breed of business owners - has seen an exponential rise in smart, savvy and ambitious female business owners knocking on his door.
World first: This Australian developed app converts “thanks” into a charitable donation
Good Thnx, a first of its kind Australian app that converts "thanks" into charity donations for free, was recently launched with the support of five of Australia’s leading charities.
Expert360 soars global with its first international office right in the Big Apple
Aussie consulting startup Expert360 continues to drive the global demand for flexible work, recently opening its first international office in New York City
