Every month here at Techboard we publish a ranking of Australian Startups and Young Technology Companies (see our March Ranking). One of the most significant inputs into a company’s monthly score is milestones and achievements. We collect this information in a number of ways: we use our semi-automated google news scraper, we keep track of what we hear on the grapevine (the public information) and companies report their achievements to Techboard using our Announcements platform.
The table below contains the achievements that we have picked up on over the course of March 2017.
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| Company | Event / Milestone |
|---|---|
| HealthEngine | Closed $26m Series C round |
| Livehire | Raised $12.5m via a share placement to sophisticated and institutional investors |
| Quantify Technology | Raised $5m as part of RTO of WHL Energy |
| Hazer | Completed a $5m private placement to MinRes |
| CIM Enviro | Received $3m in Series A funding from Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre’s investment arm Capital Markets Technologies |
| Family Zone | Raised $2.85m, through oversubscribed share placement, supported by $0.5m strategic investment from Fidelio Partners |
| Found Careers | Raised $2.5m from investors including Tim Reed and Stevan Premutico who will both join the advisory board |
| Red Marker | Acquired by global solutions platform Kaplan (terms not disclosed) |
| Investfit | Raised a $1.5m Series A round led by VC firm Sapien Ventures |
| DigitalX | Raised $1m from Ironside Capital via the issue of convertible notes |
| 1Scope | Raised $1m from Chinese-backed property developer Aqualand Capital |
| Campaign Monitor | Acquired Vancouver-based customer data platform Tagga |
| Quantify Technology | First day of trading on ASX after RTO of WHL Energy |
| ServTech Global | First day if trading on ASX following $6m IPO |
| Takor Group | Announced plans to list on the ASX and raise up to $8m |
| Gamurs | Acquired Dot Esports, the esports section of the Daily Dot |
| Spacer | Acquired Roost to grow its peer-to-peer parking empire and expand in the US |
| Sound Scouts | 2017 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event Winner (Health & Wearable) |
| Eora 3D | 2017 SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event Winner (Business) |
| CourseGenius | Founder Sarah Mateljan named one of Business News' 40under40 2017 |
| Instatruck | Founder Siobhan Lancaster named one of Business News' 40under40 2017 |
| One Atmosphere | Founder Timothy Lyons named one of Business News' 40under40 2017 |
| nect | Founder Jamie Shaw named one of Business News' 40under40 2017 |
| Safescape | Completed the KPMG Energise accelerator program, won Customer Award |
| Nod. | 1st place in the gamified pitching event Startup Games organised by UKTI |
| Uprise | Finalist in Startup World Cup Grand Finale in San Francisco |
| Peppermint Innovation | Received approval from the Central Bank of the Philippines to pilot test My Weps Remittance |
| Cre8tek | Subsidiary Flamingo Customer Experience has signed an agreement for a six-month paid trial with DirectMoney Limited |
| Tech Mpire | March 2017 quarter revenue increases > 50% over the previous quarter |
| Quantify Technology | Proceeding with an agreement with developer Copper Coast in South Australia, on construction beginning in May 2017 |
| Alcidion | Signed an agreement with the Little Company of Mary Health Care to assist the organisation with streamlining clinical coding and patient data across their facilities |
| Ecocentric Energy | Agreement with the CSIRO giving Ecocentric exclusive rights to CSIRO's algorithms for the accurate measurement of power flows |
| Prospa | Entered a pilot partnership with NRMA Business Insurance to allow their customers to access Prospa's small business lending services |
| Hazer | Entered into joint venture discussions with MinRes |
| Brainchip | Signed agreement with French-based Toulouse Tech Transfer for exclusive rights to the JAST learning rules and algorithms developed by CERCO, a French public research lab |
| Nauti-Craft | Received approval in principal from DNV-GL for the design of the Nauti-Strat26 Windfarm Vessel |
| Snappr | Ranked fastest growing Y Combinator Winter 2017 Startup by Mattermark |
| Simply Wall Street | Launched into Canada and New Zealand, partnering with Canada’s largest independent brokerage, Questrade |
| CancerAid | 2nd place in the Gamified pitching event Startup Games organised by UKTI |
| Food St. | Launched |
| meetmagic | Launched at PWC's offices in Barangaroo |
| Moroku | Partnered with Misys on gamification for money management |
| Rent360 | Launched |
| Peppermint Innovation | Signed agreement with Philippines LPG delivery company Metro Gas Sales to provide mobile payment solutions |
| Soter Analytics | Presented at Perth Angels pitch night |
| prevyou | Alex Ure semi-finalist at 2017 Western Australian Young Achiever Awards |
| Livehire | Partnered with CEB Australia to launch the Women in Tech portal, a diversity initiative |
| Recce | Started animal testing of its antibitotic |
| Nearmap | Won 2017 Esri Partner Conference Best New Content Partner Award |
| Formalytics | Attended Startup Games in Sydney |
| Diversifly | Presented at Perth Angels pitch night |
| IntARface | Presented at Perth Angels pitch night |
| Parent Power | Presented at Perth Angels pitch night |
| Airtasker | Began pilot program with the Commonwealth Bank to create a new customer identification service, CommBank Identified |
| Cre8tek | Presented at Wholesale Investors's ASX Listed Small Cap Showcase |
| Nvoi | Presented at Wholesale Investors's ASX Listed Small Cap Showcase |
| Family Zone | Launched new School Zone platform |
| Trendwise | Selected for very first cohort in Austrade's new Landing Pad in Shanghai |
| Velpic | Launched its virtual reality app |
| Star Payment Systems | Strong half-year profits announced by part owned South Korean subsidiary NeolCP |
| Star Payment Systems | Announced record revenue of $4m up 228% on 1HY’2016 result |
| Stuck | Launched in Brisbane |
| All of Me | Launched the e-mental health study in partnership with ECU and Chandler MacLeod |
| Alcidion | Presented at the TechKnow Invest Roadshow in Melbourne and Sydney in the week commencing March 20th 2017 |
| LaunchMii | Launched their MVP concierge crowdfunding service |
| Tap into Safety | Completed the KPMG Energise accelerator program, runner up in investor pitch competition |
| Techboard | Expanded its coverage to include NSW companies |
| Fleet Engineering | Completed the KPMG Energise accelerator program |
| Family Zone | Partnered with eSports provider Flaktest who will market Family Zone's products to participants in its next tournament |
| Simply Wall Street | Partnered with developer of Australia’s Class Super and Alan Kohler’s Constant Investor, Class |
| Stirfire Studios | Revealed another video for VR puzzle game Symphony of the Machine |
| DigitalX | Update to AirPocket app allowing money transfers into certain countries in Latin America goes live in the US on Android |
| Formalytics | Accepted into the Global Top 50 Sports Tech products of 2017 program run by the Hype Foundation |
| Botanix | Received approval from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Queensland Institute for Medical Research to conduct the first clinical study of synthetic cannabidiol for acne using the company’s BTX 1503 product |
| CancerAid | Selected by KPMG and Advance for their latest elevate61 program |
| Car Next Door | Expanded operations from Sydney and Melbourne into Newcastle and Brisbane |
| Smarter Spaces | Selected by KPMG and Advance for their latest elevate61 program |
| Nuheara | Announced a $4.4m placement with plans for a further $2.6m share purchase plan |
| Diversifly | Anna Pullman appointed as Head of Content and Marketing |
| Local Measure | Appointed Peter Hughes as VP Strategic Alliances |
| Actinogen Medical | Appointed Geoff Brooke as chairperson |
| ADAPT by Design | Latest release enabling leaders to establish a dashboard for each of the teams within their organisation |
| Tech Mpire | Appointed Tim Allison as joint Company Secretary |
| Norwood Systems | Appointed Will Hughs (former chief executive of Telstra Americas and senior vice-president product and design at Telstra) as vice-president Americas |
| Red Piranha | Expands service offering to Sydney |
| Thred | Appointed Robyn Foyster to the board |
| Brainchip | Appointed Robert Beachler as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development |
| Vix Technology | Appointed Steve Gallagher as non-executive director |
| Rent.com.au | Added NBN status to its full listings, making it much easier to find a property with access to super-fast broadband |