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St Kilda Mums provides families in need with safe pre-loved baby equipment
St Kilda Mums was founded by a group of mums after they discovered charities are loath to take baby gear because it’s so difficult to assess items’ safety.
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Datamate speeds up the workflow of a sports team’s social media department
Datamate helps organisations create scalable video clips and motion graphics for easy distribution across social media platforms.
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The Healthy Mummy app wants to help mothers with their food and fitness
The Healthy Mummy was founded by Rhian Allen in 2010 as an online community providing mothers with a solution and support network to help them lose weight.
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Spacenow is connecting customers to spaces for short-term rentals
Given Airbnb is one of the world’s biggest and best-known examples of a sharing economy platform, the idea of a marketplace connecting those with extra space to those who need it isn’t exactly revolutionary. However, despite the wealth of offerings available, Australian startup Spacenow felt there was still room – forgive the pun – to… Read more »
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How Culture Amp is investing in building its own company culture
Now chief people officer at Culture Amp, Golbie Kamarei found her way into the people and culture field while working at Wall Street asset management firm BlackRock
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How Hey You is expanding beyond coffee
Food ordering and delivery apps have come and gone over the years, but Hey You has been a mainstay across Sydney cafes.
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UK platform Perkbox launches in Australia to help companies recognise and reward employees
Through its various offerings, Perkbox wants to “create a better society by helping employees succeed, in life and at work”.
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Melbourne app Giftwell is an electronic wishing well hoping to make gift-giving easier
The app was founded by Marta Barbayannis, who described GiftWell as “an electronic wishing well” making it easier to “give gifts for life’s special moments”.
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Sydney startup Grabox wants to help rideshare drivers earn more with “in-car convenience stores”
Grabox has dubbed itself an “in-car convenience store”: it distributes to drivers boxes full of snacks that passengers can buy during their ride.
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Sydney startup Accurassi wants to help consumers easily find better deals on services
Accurassi is the brainchild of Ross Sharman, who founded it with the goal of taking the hassle out of comparing essential service providers. As he puts it, the current experience of comparing different providers for everything from energy to insurance – and much more in between – can be difficult and confusing for customers. “Accurassi… Read more »
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Birdsnest: from storefront to global online retail success story
Based in the NSW country town of Cooma in the Snowy Mountains region, birdsnest has grown from simple shopfront to an online retail brand providing fashion to women all over the globe.
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GetReminded wants to stop consumers over-paying for services when contracts expire
GetReminded looks to help consumers avoid overpaying when their contracts for various services expire, and remind them when renewals for others, such as passports or licences, are due.
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How sports marketplace PickStar helps everyday fans and brands alike book time with athletes
Initially built for fans to book their favourite athletes for events, PickStar has evolved into a key marketplace for brands and agencies to book athletes for media campaigns.
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Why Sydney startup Matchboard ditched the country manager for a licensing model in its UK expansion
Beyond opening a bank account, Melamed said the biggest challenge in setting Matchboard up in the UK was finding the right person to appoint as country manager.
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Real estate platform Negotiagent wants to give vendors more power
Given Australia’s love of everything property and real estate, it’s fitting that innovation in terms of real estate-focused startups is strong. Over the last few years we’ve seen a range of companies launch, doing everything from helping people find and rate an agent, easily create property listings, showcase off-market properties, allow vendors to sell their… Read more »
