Every month here at Techboard we publish a ranking of Australian Startups and Young Technology Companies (see our April Ranking). One of the most significant inputs into a company’s monthly score is milestones and funding events. 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 April 2017.
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| Company | Milestones & Funding |
|---|---|
| HealthEngine | Raised $26m at a $75m valuation |
| Spookfish | Raised $9.3m through a share placement |
| Botanix | Raised $7.4m in new share placement |
| The Yield | Raised $6.5m Series A round from KPMG, Bosch, AgFunder |
| Tinybeans | IPO on the ASX raising $6.5m |
| Mydeal | Raised $5 million from investment firm Gandel Invest |
| CrowdMobile | Raised $5.4m through a share placement |
| Smart Sparrow | Closed $5.3m Series C round led by OneVentures, joined by Uniseed and Moelis Australia Asset Management |
| Solar Analytics | Recieved $2.1 m grant from Federal Government agency ARENA |
| Norwood Systems | Raised $2.1m rights issue |
| Wattwatchers | Raised $2m from the Southern Cross Renewable Energy VC fund |
| Agersens | Closed a $2m round from local and international investors |
| SUDA LTD | Raised $1.5m via an oversubscribed placement |
| Bluethumb | Closed a $1m capital raise from QUT Creative Enterprise and Grand Prix Capital |
| WePloy | Closed $1m round seed round |
| Rent360 | Closed $350k angel round |
| The Wine Gallery | Raised $0.5m angel round |
| Cribber | Accepted into Plus Eight accelerator with up to $40k seed funding over the program |
| OVASS | Accepted into Plus Eight accelerator with up to $40k seed funding over the program |
| Feedmee | Accepted into Plus Eight accelerator with up to $40k seed funding over the program |
| QuizJam | Accepted into Plus Eight accelerator with up to $40k seed funding over the program |
| Farmsave | Accepted into Plus Eight accelerator with up to $40k seed funding over the program |
| HUMM | Accepted into Plus Eight accelerator with up to $40k seed funding over the program |
| Stochastic Simulation | Awarded a $20k grant in the NERA Innovation Voucher program |
| Soter Analytics | Awarded a $20k grant in the NERA Innovation Voucher program |
| amaysim | Acquired Click Energy Group Holdings for $120m |
| Tinybeans | IPO on the ASX |
| Alcidion | Signed a $2.4m contract to deploy its hospital information system across three public hospitals of Western Health |
| iSignthis | Subsidiary ISXPay secured an eMoney Institution license from the Central Bank of Cyprus |
| Rewardle | Pioneer Credit granted exclusive rights to push its personal finance products to Rewardle's membership base in a 3 year deal expected to bring in $0.5m to Rewardle |
| Top Betta | Acquired the assets of Australian online bookmaker Mad Bookie |
| Alcidion | Patient Flow Solution deployed throughout Katherine Hospital by the NT department of health |
| Bikebookings | 99 Bikes announced they would use BikeBookings as their prefered workshop management system |
| Brainchip | French National Police to test SNPA technology at its Toulouse branch |
| Cycliq | Secured an agreement with Cycling Express which will expand the availability of its products across the Asia-Pacific region |
| DigitalX | Partnered with Lateral to develop blockchain and ledger-based products |
| Diversifly | Partnered with Virtual Guest to produce the first stage of their Gender Bias Awareness training |
| DomaCom | Completed its first crowd-funded agricultural asset campaign with 90 retial investors in a Western Districts property |
| Family Zone | Partnered with the Alannah & Madeline Foundation |
| Filtered | Developed a strategic relationship with DLA Piper to co-host high level Insurtech roundtables to their Insurance clients |
| Formalytics | Accepted into the Global Top 50 Sports Tech products of 2017 program run by the Hype Foundation |
| GetSwift | Partners with Crosstown Donughts in the UK |
| GetSwift | Signed an exclusive multiyear partnership with Canada's LoneStar Texas Grill |
| GetSwift | Signed an exclusive multiyear partnership with Commonwealth Bank of Australia to offer point of sale payment solution expected to generate over 257M deliveries for GetSwift |
| Hind Technology | Won the jury's choice award at Incubate Demo Day |
| ingogo | Partnered with Qantas Frequent Flyers program |
| Invion | Entered into a strategic alliance with Hong Kong based The Cho Group |
| K2fly | Partenered and signed a reseller agreement with Pointerra |
| meetmagic | Partenered with Uber |
| Moneysoft | Partners with Mortgage Choice to launch financial planning tool |
| Myagi | Partnered with CyclingIndustry.News to bring bicycle retailers closer to essential brand content |
| Nexba | Secured major partnership with Domino’s that will see its products sold in NSW pizza franchises |
| Norwood Systems | Signed a sales agreement with CommSys to provide them with comms services, with an annual recurring revenue value of $300k |
| Pointerra | Partenered and signed a reseller agreement with K2fly |
| QuizJam | Partnered with West Coast Eagles and Legacy Foundation to run an ANZAC themed tounament |
| ResApp Health | Signed a licensing agreement with UniQuest, the main commercialization company of The University of Queensland |
| SpacetoCo | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Startup of the Year) |
| SpeeDx | Partnered with Thermo Fisher Scientific for FDA clearance of Molecular Diagnostic |
| Tech Mpire | March quarter revenue up 85% on December quarter to reach a record $14.4m |
| Thinxtra | Partnered with Victory Concept to develop IoT devices for Asia-Pacific enterprises |
| Thred | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Most Creative Media/Entertainment Technology and Most Disruptive Technology) |
| TomCar | Partnered with CSIRO as part of a feasibility study surrounding a new demand for zero-emission electric mining vehicles |
| BankVault | Participated in a round table with US President's Senior Advisor on Cyber Security Rudy Giuliani |
| Bombora Wave Power | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Booodl | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| BuildingApprovals.com | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Startup of the Year) |
| BuildingApprovals.com | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Close Comfort | Launched (pilot scale) energy saving air conditioner in Pakistan and achieved several hundred sales at commercially sustainable prices in the 2016 summer season |
| Cloudmine | Announced Chasm Consulting’s Ventsim 4 available on the mining industry’s first Apps store marketplace |
| Covocate | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Cycliq | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Most Disruptive Technology) |
| Expert360 | Bridget Loudon one of Forbes 30under30 Asia: Enterprise Technology |
| ezyCollect | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Family Zone | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Fastbrick Robotics | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Most Disruptive Technology) |
| Formalytics | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Startup of the Year) |
| Hazer | Completed the hot commissioning phase at its pre-pilot facility |
| HealthEngine | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Hiya | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Injury Connect | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| iSignthis | Commercially deployed its Paydentity solution to XM.co.uk |
| Jurimetrics | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Micromine | Claire Tuder appointed to the METS Ignited Advisory Council |
| MYN | MYN launched |
| Norwood Systems | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Most Effective eBusiness Solution) |
| Norwood Systems | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Quantify Technology | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Rate My Space | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Most Innovative Collaborative Technology) |
| Shopper Media Group | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Soter Analytics | Reduced injury risk by 70% during trial |
| Stuck | Finalists in the WAITTA INCITE Awards 2016-17 (Startup of the Year) |
| Tap into Safety | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| To Me Love Me | Startup Vic eCommerce Pitch Night Winner |
| Trendwise | Clinton House presented the company’s behavioural data platform to a capacity audience at the opening ceremony of the 2017 ‘Startup in Shanghai’ International Innovation Startup Competition |
| TwoSpace | Partnered with Sydney’s Tank Stream Labs for their subscribers to use both facilities |
| TwoSpace | Partnered with Melbourne’s York Butter Factory |
| VentureCrowd | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| Workmetrics | Named as one of Westpac's 200 Businesses of Tomorrow |
| 6Q | Miles Burke named one of Top 25 Australia Fintech Influencers by finder.com.au |
| Clover | Darcy Naunton named one of Top 25 Australia Fintech Influencers by finder.com.au+F245 |
| CoinJar | Asher Tan named one of Top 25 Australia Fintech Influencers by finder.com.au |
| Cycliq | Launched its products on Amazon Japan |
| Data Republic | Appointed Andrew Rothwell as Chief Operating Officer |
| Data Republic | Danny Gilligan named one of Top 25 Australia Fintech Influencers by finder.com.au |
| Family Zone | Continued growth in consumer direct , surpassing 7,000 accounts and 20,000 users in Australia |
| Fastbrick Robotics | Appointed Marcus Gracey as Chief Operating Officer |
| Full Profile | Emma Weston named one of Top 25 Australia Fintech Influencers by finder.com.au |
| Hazer | Appointed Cobus Malherbe as General Manager |
| Jurimetrics | Participated in ABC Radio National program discussing legal technology and the benefits that it can provide to the legal profession |
| Medibio | Appointed Brian Mower as Chief Financial Officer |
| MoneyPlace | Stuart Stoyan named one of Top 25 Australia Fintech Influencers by finder.com.au+F245 |
| Shark Shield | Announced a new personal shark repellent device that could provide a 100 metre protection zone |
| Tech Mpire | Appointed Lee Hunter as non-executive director |
| TikForce | Appointed Duncan Anderson as non-executive director |
| Timelio | Charlotte Petris named one of Top 25 Australia Fintech Influencers by finder.com.au+F245 |
| Tyro | Michelle Moffat named one of Top 25 Australia Fintech Influencers by finder.com.au+F245 |
| Unlockd | Appointed Aliza Knox as Chief Operating Officer |
| VentureCrowd | Appointed Vivian Stewart as CEO |
| Wangle Technologies | Appointed Donna Cross as non-executive director |
| Techboard | Expands to include coverage of Vcitorian companies |
| Stochastic Simulation | Goes into receivership |