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Campaign Monitor wants to help small businesses grow by harnessing data
Bard is particularly passionate about the small to medium businesses that make up the bulk of the 200,000 clients using Campaign Monitor.
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CommPow is an ecommerce platform helping schools fundraise with every purchase
Commpow is an ecommerce platform where a small cut of each purchase will go directly to a school to help them finance resources and facilities.
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MYOB launches integrated cloud payroll solution for larger businesses
MYOB has launched Advanced People, a new cloud payroll solution designed to help mid-market businesses manage their payments.
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Skyfii expands into education sector through deal with Durham University
Skyfii has signed an agreement with the UK’s Durham University to roll out its data analytics service, IO Insight, across its campus.
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Wellington startup Postr allows telcos to give mobile customers extra data in exchange for lock screen ads
Postr provides a platform for mobile network operators to show customers personalised deals and offers on their lock screens in exchange for a certain amount of free mobile data or extra credit.
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Techstars launches Adelaide-based accelerator program aimed at innovating defence and security
The Techstars Adelaide Accelerator Program will help startups develop and commercialise technologies applicable to the defence and security industries.
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SurveyMonkey phasing out Australian sales team as it moves back to self-serve model
SurveyMonkey will be phasing out its Australian sales team as it continues the global transition of its market research product Audience to self-serve.
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Canva launches new tools enabling users to customise and visualise data
Canva has announced today the introduction of new productivity tools that will allow users to visualise, embed and host data.
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Microsoft Australia appoints Steven Worrall new Managing Director as Pip Marlow heads to Suncorp
Microsoft has announced today that Steven Worrall will step into the role of Australian Managing Director for the company.
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Melbourne startup Sports Performance Tracking is bringing elite-level stats to amateur athletes
Melbourne startup Sports Performance Tracking is looking to bring elite-level technology and analytics to the amateur market.
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AirTree Ventures participates in US$33.5 million round for data startup Paxata
AirTree Ventures has participated in a US$33.5 million investment round for US data startup Paxata. Australia’s largest venture capital firm has joined Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures and Cisco Investments among others in Paxata’s fourth round of investment.
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Brisbane startup Gruntify signs MoU to explore collaboration in the Middle East
Brisbane startup Gruntify has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Duserve, the facilities management arm of the Dubai Government.
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Brisbane startup Panalitix is an online community helping accountants better manage their businesses
Queensland startup Panalitix is a digital membership community for accounts worldwide, connecting them with tools and information to help them better manage their own businesses and in turn, those of their clients.
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BuiltWith is perhaps one of Australia’s most profitable online companies and has zero staff
The idea for BuiltWith came in 2007, when Gary Brewer was visiting a lot of random sites, looking at their source code and discovering what platforms they were built with. He was researching elements like the writing of code on the site by viewing the source, seeing if they were made in PHP or if the company was using Windows and similar information in that arena.
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After being screwed over by developers and losing $500,000, Where4Events is on track to becoming Australia’s largest event aggregator
Caroline Woodhouse’s transition from office manager at a dead-end chiropractic clinic to tech entrepreneur has been rockier than anticipated. Like many non-technical founders, she decided to outsource the development of Where4Events, an event aggregation app, only to end up in a messy court battle, costing her $500,000.
