{"id":38592,"date":"2023-10-20T14:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/this-accelerators-2016-intake-proves-the-australian-startup-ecosystem-is-thriving-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:57:33","slug":"this-accelerators-2016-intake-proves-the-australian-startup-ecosystem-is-thriving-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/this-accelerators-2016-intake-proves-the-australian-startup-ecosystem-is-thriving-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"This accelerator&#8217;s 2016 intake proves the Australian startup ecosystem is thriving &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Springboard-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"Springboard\" title=\"Springboard\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-title box\">\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<p>Last week Mentorloop was lucky enough to be a part of Springboard Enterprises 2016 Australian Accelerator, a revelatory\u00a0experience that puts you personally through the wringer, tests your preconceptions about your business, refines your investment pitch, and connects you with one hell of a\u00a0global startup network.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The health of a startup ecosystem is not just indicated by deal activity and volume but by the variety, breadth and depth of the industries where disruptive businesses are emerging.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been wondering about the Aussie startup scene diagnosis please wonder no further, and check out these awesome businesses I met last week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialfolioapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social.Folio<\/a> app is a portfolio platform for models, disrupting traditional agency casting by combining a talent portfolio with social media measures to commercialise an individual\u2019s influence.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obzervr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obzervr<\/a> replaces outdated paper-based field service methods by closing the gap between remote field workers and head office with a mobile platform for quicker data collection, process automation and results visualisation.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episoft.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EpiSoft<\/a> platform provides hospitals and consultants with clinical network software to manage cases, monitor and de-risk treatment plans, and benchmark patient data for better health outcomes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.konnective.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Konnective<\/a> is a secure internal messaging app for any organisation, a mission critical WhatsApp that goes beyond just messaging to deliver broadcast and personalised communications such as polls, surveys and beyond.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aerosafe.com.au\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aerosafe<\/a> are experts in aviation risk management, and deliver a scalable resources toolkit empowering the aviation industry to deliver best practice risk management.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookingboss.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Booking Boss<\/a> brings enterprise-quality booking &amp; inventory management to the tourism industry\u2019s \u201clittle guy\u201d \u2013 tour operators and attractions across Australia, Asia and beyond.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kindom.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kindom<\/a> is an online parenting hub that delivers a community, support, advice and services to parents navigating their way to better health &amp; wellbeing outcomes for their kids.<\/li>\n<li>The Human Microbiome Project and an evidence-based menu database meet in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.victushealth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victus Health<\/a>, an ahead-of-the-curve platform for clinicians and doctors to deliver personalised nutritional plans.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plando.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PlanDo<\/a> puts you back in charge of your own career development, with a platform that focusses on equipping you with all the tools you need to achieve, grow and make your best contribution, role to role across your working life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So that\u2019s actually only nine businesses, but thinking about it now, the heading of this post should have mentioned 14 as I also met these guys observing the week\u2019s shenanigans: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grouptogether.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Group Together<\/a> makes buying a group gift easy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookmarc.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bookmarc<\/a> is an online platform for architects and designers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MO2N2CI4NlI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddi Studio<\/a> develops code-free apps,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modibodi.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modi Bodi<\/a> is stylish leakproof underwear, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idats.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iDats<\/a> is a FinTech company enabling loyalty &amp; rewards on payments.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, an inspiring and varied bunch of businesses solving real world and globally-relevant problems for their customers.<\/p>\n<p>These are proud participants of Springboard\u2019s program and an irrefutable testament to Australia\u2019s robust startup scene.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mentorloop.com\/10-great-aussie-businesses-i-met-last-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first published on the Mentorloop blog.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow StartupSmart on<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StartUpSmart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StartupSmartnow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>,<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/startupsmart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><em>and\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/startupsmart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Mentorloop was lucky enough to be a part of Springboard Enterprises 2016 Australian Accelerator, a revelatory\u00a0experience that puts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}