Femtek founder Olivia Orchowski
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Women’s healthtech startup Femtek rebrands as Kyri

- September 16, 2024 2 MIN READ

Having a femtech startup called Femtek is too generic for Australia’s intellectual property tsars, so founder Olivia Orchowski has turned to Norse mythology for inspiration, rebranding as Kyri. In true Australia fashion, it’s a shortening of Valkyrie, the warrior women sent to choose who, among the fallen in battle, would enter Vahalla, Norse heaven.  Orchowski… Read more »

Kiki
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A Kiwi startup Blackbird backed with $7 million in its Seed round just pivoted to WTF

- January 19, 2024 6 MIN READ

Last year Blackbird Ventures made a massive bet on a New Zealand rental accommodation app, just six months after it had turned down a $200,000 pitch for cash. In August 2023, Blackbird instead tipped $7 million into a A$9.5 million Seed round for Kiki. The startup’s cofounder Toby Thomas-Smith, said Blackbird’s New Zealand partner, Samantha… Read more »

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CareMonkey, the edtech parents use to keep track of school tasks, rebrands and expands as Operoo

- August 13, 2020 2 MIN READ

CareMonkey – the management system for school and parents to deal with online forms, medical data and excursions and other school adventures – has rebranded as Operoo. While parents deal with email requests, the system is designed for schools and other organisations to cut slow, time-consuming and repetitive paper-based tasks. Operoo CEO and co-founder Troy… Read more »

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ASX-listed health data analytics startup ShareRoot rebrands as Opyl

- December 9, 2019 2 MIN READ

A new code for an old SaaS brand hits the ASX today when the ShareRoot (ASX:SRO) brand retires, replaced by Opyl Ltd (ASX:OPL). Melbourne-based Opyl uses AI-assisted tech to help biopharma and health organisations collect and analyse clinical health data and user-generated content, including from wearables, apps and social media, to better understand and improve healthcare… Read more »