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Airtasker Soars to the Top of the Techboard Ranking for October

03/11/201708/02/2018 Peter van Bruchem

By Rafael Kimberley-Bowen

Firstly, some stats and insights on startups and tech companies in October:

Since last month we’ve added a further 100+ companies – we’re now profiling 1,814 Australian companies.
Among other metrics, we captured 750 press mentions (globally) of Australian companies, 226 milestones, 46 funding milestones, over 28,000 tweets and 11,000 Facebook posts, over 300 iTunes apps and 250 Google Play apps, and employee counts at 1,170 companies.
Five of the top ten companies are ASX listed. 94 (or 5%) of our total companies are ASX listed. The top performing (share price wise) ASX company in October was Wangle Technologies, up 80%.
Four acquisitions during the month: REALas (ANZ Bank), Parkhound (Spacer), HomeHello (UrbanYou) and CreditorWatch (InfoTrack).

Techboard Funding Report September Quarter 2017 Supplementary Interactive Charts

02/11/201719/11/2018 Peter van Bruchem

eGroup: Secure your Opportunity to Pitch to a US Venture Capitalist

01/11/201701/11/2017 Peter van Bruchem

Our friends at eGroup are hosting Boston based Venture Capitalist John Pearce, co-founder of underscore.vc at their upcoming forum on 14 November 2017. John will be sharing his journey from Perth Boy to Boston VC.

The Egroup Committee thought they should capitalise on John’s visit (pun intended) to provide the opportunity for 3 selected startups to pitch their company and get great feedback from John and also from Egroup members. John and his fund are particularly interested in startups in Cloud B2B and B2C but any startups can apply to pitch.

Robin Block Interviews for Techboard – a Retrospective

30/10/201731/10/2017 Peter van Bruchem

Our friend and regular contributor Robin Block of the MitchelLake Group has recently advised us he is soon to be departing our shores and heading back to not so sunny London. The Techboard team would like to say a great big thanks to Robin for his friendship and support of Techboard over the last 4 months and for the great interviews that he has conducted for us. We have published eleven interviews from Robin which have showcased some of Australia’s top and up and coming Startups (many of whom are performing well in the Techboard Rankings) as well as investors who are helping to power Australia’s future including with new approaches to investing, under Australia’s new Equity Crowdfunding legislation. Robin may be leaving but rest assured we will have plenty more interviews and other great content to bring to you in the coming months.

Western Australia’s Tech Community is invited to Celebrate Innovation and Collaboration

27/10/201727/10/2017 Peter van Bruchem

Investing in People and Products: Opportunities in pre-IPO investment in Australia. Techboard speaks with Alium Capital’s Rajeev Gupta

25/10/201709/11/2017 Peter van Bruchem

Rajeev Gupta is a technology-driven investor who has worked in the industry for more than 20 years. In 2016, he co-founded Alium Capital – a cross-over investment fund focused on technology and innovation, with his 2 partners Jason Rich and Michael Considine. Alium has secured almost $100 million in capital commitments since its founding – seeking to capitalise on the growth of the Australian tech-industry, while helping to propel these same companies into their next stage of development. Alium’s portfolio includes names such as Healthengine, Unlockd and Titomic (who have either topped or placed in the top 5 in a Techboard Ranking) as well as Nitro, StockSpot, Hit100, Credible and Bitcoin.com.au. MichelLake’s Robin Block sat down with Rajeev to discuss investment strategies and understand what sets Alium apart.

Techboard Report reveals over $665M in funding for September quarter

16/10/201702/11/2017 Peter van Bruchem

This funding report only includes funding events (including equity, debt, acquisition, and grants) confirmed in the September 2017 quarter, involving startups and young tech companies which are eligible for a listing on Techboard. Data is collated by the Techboard team from public sources and through its relationships with investors, VCs and angel groups across the country. In particular Techboard would like to thank Melbourne Angels, Brisbane Angels and Perth Angels for their on-going collaboration.

By Rafael Kimberley-Bowen

After B2B Rocks – Join startup founders and business angels to discuss Emerging Markets in Sydney!

16/10/201716/10/2017 Alex Kohn

A new edition of Startup&Angels is taking place in Sydney on Thursday 19 October 2017 from 6pm to 9pm, , at WeWork, 333 George Street for its 7th Edition. It is the perfect opportunity to discover the founders of promising startups while networking with fellow investors and entrepreneurs around some wine, beer and tasting delicious products after short and sharp presentations.

West Tech Fest Startup Challenge – Submissions EXTENDED 1 WEEK TO 30 OCTOBER

13/10/201726/10/2017 Peter van Bruchem

Techboard is pleased to have partnered up with the upcoming West Tech Fest a week of events celebrating Innovation, Investment and entrepreneurship across the Asia Pacific Region running on 4TH – 10TH DECEMBER 2017… including the Techboard 2017 Awards (WA Edition)… but more on that later.

Techboard can offer registration to the main event of the Festival on 7 December, a 1 day conference incorporating the finals of the Startup Challenge at the heavily discounted rate of $85 for genuine Startups (a significant discount over the regular price of $125/$150. Contact us to get the discount code.

Techboard Company Traction Report September 2017 – the Month in Australian Startup and Tech

10/10/201716/10/2017 Peter van Bruchem

Welcome to Techboard’s Company Traction Report for September 2017. In these reports we highlight traction by Australian startups and young technology companies, broken into the three headings of News coverage, Milestones and Funding events. We collect this data as a major input into the monthly Techboard Ranking.

This month we have news mentions, milestones and Funding events for 316 Australian startups and tech companies. The companies are listed in the order in which they appeared in the September Techboard Ranking.

Since last month we've added a further 100+ companies - we're now profiling 1,680 companies.
Among other metrics, we captured 769 press mentions (globally) of Australian companies, 221 milestones, 57 funding milestones, over 27,000 tweets and 10,000 Facebook posts, over 300 iTunes apps and 200 Google Play apps, and employee counts at 1,080 companies.
More than half of the top ten are ASX listed, including those newly listed during the month (Titomic and Schrole). 91 (or 5%) of our total companies are ASX listed. The top performing (share price wise) ASX company in August was GetSwift, up 145%.
Four acquisitions occurred during the month: NuSkope (Superloop), OpenLearning (Prestariang), Babyology (Kinderling Kids radio) and ServTech Global which sold its rent roll business to Summit Development Corporation and Housemart Real Estate.