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Welcome to the Jungle – 2018 Coolest Companies Revealed

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Skydiving altimeter app Dekunu walked away with the title of Anthill’s “Coolest Company 2018” at the 14th annual Cool Company Awards on Thursday 21 February.

The purpose of Dekunu is to give skydivers x-ray vision, eyes-in-the-back-of-their-heads and other awareness-related superpowers, in a bid to make skydiving safer, more connected and roundhouse-kick flight progression into the 21st century.

It does this by turning 1s and 0s into actionable data on your wrist. A plethora of gyroscopes, magnetometers, barometers, and GPS sensors track every movement, direction and decision.

It provides real-time speed, heading and altitude, post-jump statistics for quick-review, supported by a game-changing Cloud platform with 2D/3D vision.

But what makes a company “cool”? According to Anthill founder James ‘Wild Thang’ Tuckerman, “cool” companies are “remarkable” companies.

In other words, they are worthy of being talked about.

“They can be amazing, innovative, one-of-a-kind,” said Tuckerman. “They can be all those things. But what sets cool companies apart is that they are, by their very nature, worthy of being ‘remarked’ about.”

The “Jungle” themed night, held at Richmond Co-Working Space Launchpad, crowned winners across 12 categories.

And the WINNERS are…

ORGANISATION CATEGORY RANKING
Dekunu COOLEST / MOBILE WINNER
Alkira Software Pty Ltd INNOVATION WINNER
big little brush SOCIAL WINNER
Culture Amp GLOBAL GROWTH WINNER
FiveSeven Consulting Pty Ltd STARTUP WINNER
Happy Boosters X-FACTOR WINNER
Labrys MICRO WINNER
Lusty Industries Pty Ltd NUMBER WINNER
Sleepy’s BIG KAHUNA WINNER
Techwitty Pty Ltd SAVVY WINNER
Visual Domain ONLINE WINNER
99aupairs.com STARTUP FINALIST
Activating Artemis SOCIAL FINALIST
Aussie Broadband X-FACTOR FINALIST
AutoGuru Australia Pty Ltd NUMBER FINALIST
Burst SMS INNOVATION FINALIST
Clear Smiles Orthodontics BIG KAHUNA FINALIST
Collabosaurus GLOBAL GROWTH FINALIST
Curiome PTY LTD MOBILE FINALIST
Delta-V X-FACTOR FINALIST
Dynamo Selling MICRO FINALIST
ELMO Software Limited (ASX:ELO) BIG KAHUNA FINALIST
Energy n Culture MICRO FINALIST
finder.com.au ONLINE FINALIST
GrantGuru ONLINE FINALIST
Home Care Heroes SOCIAL FINALIST
IMPRINT UNLIMITED X-FACTOR FINALIST
InLife Independent Living SAVVY FINALIST
INX Software BIG KAHUNA FINALIST
ISR Training ONLINE FINALIST
Kiddipedia STARTUP FINALIST
King Kong ONLINE FINALIST
KISA INNOVATION FINALIST
KX PIlates NUMBER FINALIST
Linkfluencer Pty Ltd SAVVY FINALIST
Luminary SAVVY FINALIST
LX Design House Pty Ltd INNOVATION FINALIST
Manage Damage GLOBAL GROWTH FINALIST
Matchboard MICRO FINALIST
Mihell & Lycos X-FACTOR FINALIST
Near Field Creative STARTUP FINALIST
Nutrition Darling GLOBAL GROWTH FINALIST
Our Care Journal Pty Ltd MOBILE FINALIST
Point Duty Pty Ltd GLOBAL GROWTH FINALIST
Pronto Woven BIG KAHUNA FINALIST
Purplesoft Technology Pty Ltd MICRO FINALIST
sameview MOBILE FINALIST
Sans Sheriff SOCIAL FINALIST
Soapbox.ai INNOVATION FINALIST
Sofiri STARTUP FINALIST
The Virangana Project SOCIAL FINALIST
Thirst Creative SAVVY FINALIST
Vamp MOBILE FINALIST
ZEEP Medical NUMBER FINALIST
10 Proprieties in 10 Years X-FACTOR HON MENTION
AIM Overseas X-FACTOR HON MENTION
AMK Law MICRO HON MENTION
Be Media X-FACTOR HON MENTION
BRM Projects SAVVY HON MENTION
Burn Bright SOCIAL HON MENTION
businessDEPOT SAVVY HON MENTION
Centre for Amplified Intelligence X-FACTOR HON MENTION
Certimonials INNOVATION HON MENTION
Chantal Gerardy Facebook Strategist STARTUP HON MENTION
Commonfolk Coffee Company SOCIAL HON MENTION
Concept Safety Systems Pty Ltd INNOVATION HON MENTION
Conversion Kings X-FACTOR HON MENTION
Cubic Promote ONLINE HON MENTION
Dify Social SAVVY HON MENTION
Digital Multiplier Pty Ltd INNOVATION HON MENTION
DigitalMaas INNOVATION HON MENTION
Encore Admin Consulting SAVVY HON MENTION
Girl Friday IP X-FACTOR HON MENTION
Hancock Creative INNOVATION HON MENTION
Hedgehog Agency SAVVY HON MENTION
Helix Legal SAVVY HON MENTION
Illumin8 X-FACTOR HON MENTION
illuminate Education SOCIAL HON MENTION
Impressive Digital X-FACTOR HON MENTION
Infiniti Telecommunications X-FACTOR HON MENTION
innovate360 X-FACTOR HON MENTION
JobGetter INNOVATION HON MENTION
Kader Boot Co MICRO HON MENTION
KJR SAVVY HON MENTION
Laservision Mega Media X-FACTOR HON MENTION
MadeComfy INNOVATION HON MENTION
Making Magic Happen Academy X-FACTOR HON MENTION
Megaphone Marketing INNOVATION HON MENTION
Mobile Laser Quest MICRO HON MENTION
myEdOnline INNOVATION HON MENTION
NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT SOCIAL HON MENTION
Nexba Pty Ltd INNOVATION HON MENTION
NYA Communications MICRO HON MENTION
Online Marketing Gurus SAVVY HON MENTION
Performance Based Consulting SAVVY HON MENTION
Publicity Genie SAVVY HON MENTION
Publicity Genie SAVVY HON MENTION
Purposeful MICRO HON MENTION
QLD Wholesale Grocery SOCIAL HON MENTION
Quiip SAVVY HON MENTION
Recipe4Change SOCIAL HON MENTION
Recovery INNOVATION HON MENTION
Reload Consulting SAVVY HON MENTION
Right Hook Digital (Aust) Pty Ltd STARTUP HON MENTION
Serenity Press Pty Ltd GLOBAL GROWTH HON MENTION
Shae Industries Pty Ltd T/as Tradettes INNOVATION HON MENTION
SILVER & WISE PTY LTD SOCIAL HON MENTION
Source Legal INNOVATION HON MENTION
Spec Ops Paintball MICRO HON MENTION
SponsoredLinX X-FACTOR HON MENTION
sprintlaw STARTUP HON MENTION
Studio Culture Pty Ltd SAVVY HON MENTION
Sweet & Chilli Pty Ltd SAVVY HON MENTION
SWG STUDIO MICRO HON MENTION
Tell Someone Who Cares STARTUP HON MENTION
The Global Society MICRO HON MENTION
The Mojo Master SAVVY HON MENTION
The Van Diemen Project MICRO HON MENTION
The Whisky List STARTUP HON MENTION
The Women’s Business School INNOVATION HON MENTION
This Chick Means Business ONLINE HON MENTION
URBANE.ex X-FACTOR HON MENTION
Walker Hill Chartered Accountants X-FACTOR HON MENTION
WARDY IT Solutions INNOVATION HON MENTION
Yellow Octopus ONLINE HON MENTION