Australian company Penny Skateboards is skating through their expansion into the US thanks to their decision to get on board with Amazon. Penny Skateboards has been successfully operating since 2010, when founder Ben Mackay started manufacturing out of Brisbane. He named his unique boards Penny after his sister, a name that people soon started to… Read more »
After years of perfecting his product, Melbourne-based entrepreneur Daniel Kitay launched FUNDAY Natural Sweets in May 2021 to change how we view, and taste, lollies. In that short time, he’s built a brand that’s already starting to expand internationally. It’s hard to believe that FUNDAY Natural Sweets only launched last year. It already feels like… Read more »
“Winning the Amazon Innovation Grant last year helped us to accelerate our growth more rapidly. The components of the grant, such as the mentorship, advertising credits and financial support meant that we were able to really focus our time and energy on what mattered,” says Rosa-Clare Willis co-founder of Crock’d and one of the winners… Read more »
Alisa Latto and Danni Crews have a friendship that’s spanned more than 25 years. Among their many shared values, a mutual interest in health and wellness brought them together, especially when they started to have families. It led them to launch 123 Nourish Me in 2016, developing a range of organic products for children –… Read more »
Niki’s Natural Wipes take their name from the baby boy who inspired the world’s only natural baby wipes infused with organic coconut oil and Manuka honey essence. Niki was a happy and healthy baby until he ended up in hospital suffering from a urinary tract infection, and ongoing nappy rash had his parents constantly worried… Read more »
Zenify is a profits-for-purpose business with two key brands: Zenify Pets and Zenify Earth. The company’s mission to help others is matched with the passions of their customers. Zenify donates products to support causes close to the hearts of people who buy Zenify’s products. “We’ve chosen this direction of our business because we want to… Read more »
Pets are the best friends many people have and looking after them is important. Everyone wants the best for their pets, including Ben Whitfield. That’s why he created Meat Mates, made from premium New Zealand, sustainably farmed meat. Ben quips that Albert Einstein said any fool can make things more complex, so his philosophy is… Read more »
Crockd was created by millennials for millennials, giving them a chance to play with clay in an era where many feel their relationship with technology isn’t making them happy. Andrew and Rosa-Clare Willis think of pottery as art therapy. They came up with the idea as a way to escape the pressures of everyday life,… Read more »
When the publishing industry rejected children’s book authors Stu French and Teigan Margetts and their idea for books about the world’s big issues that inspire kids to create positive change, they decided to go it alone and launch their own publishing house, Ethicool books. The Melbourne-based husband and wife team produce illustrated children’s books for… Read more »
Julie Dini is an educational and developmental psychologist from Adelaide who’s been helping children for more than 25 years. Her focus on children and their feelings led her to establish Little Seeds Therapy and a range of fun and engaging flash cards as well as a new book to help young children learn about and… Read more »
When bushfires scorched Australia last summer, one way people found solace was through the Melbourne wellness brand Sensori+ and its air detoxifying mists and candles. For co-founder Marc Wang, it was validation that eight years of product development for the brand’s environmentally friendly products, locally-made from natural ingredients. That initial growth in sales continued through… Read more »
Jaz Wearin isn’t new to brewing beer, but when she was pregnant and craved a cold one, she couldn’t find a non-alcoholic beer she enjoyed. So she decided to solve her own problem and make one. Jaz is already a craft brewing veteran, having co-founded Sydney’s Modus Operandi Brewing in 2014 with her husband Grant.… Read more »
When banker and fitness fanatic Andy Coley swapped English cool for Australian sunshine several years ago, the chance to head to Bondi Beach, rather than the gym, to make his heart rate rise was irresistible. And while he wanted to give himself a good workout, lugging exercise equipment such as kettlebells to the beach took… Read more »
When carpenter Rikki Gilbey moved from England to Sydney nearly a decade ago, it changed his life in several ways, including a new found love for bodysurfing. But when he tried to find a handplane to use for catching waves, he could find any at the quality level he wanted, so he put his carpentry… Read more »
Christopher Mathews decided to launch his startup when his daughter came home from day care coated in a thick layer of sunscreen. He decided to make something that was all natural, without the chemicals that cause problems for some people and spent six months experimenting with different formulas in his kitchen and even got sunburned… Read more »
Job-ready sales talent edtech Earlywork banks $1.5 million Seed round 
Airtasker cofounder Jonathan Lui’s proptech app, Soho, banks $750,000 to hit $20 million valuation 
Sweat re-equity: Bikini Body founders Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce buy back their fitness app 
B2B BNPL BizPay, which hoped to list at a $400 million valuation, has been placed in voluntary administration 
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