{"id":41563,"date":"2023-10-20T15:14:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/this-new-platform-wants-the-world-to-see-australias-startups\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:14:52","slug":"this-new-platform-wants-the-world-to-see-australias-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/this-new-platform-wants-the-world-to-see-australias-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"This new platform wants the world to see Australia’s startups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A brand new online platform is aiming to showcase Australia\u2019s best startups and entrepreneurs on the international stage.<\/p>\n

Digital ventures firm Josephmark has revealed Vest, a curated community for startups, entrepreneurs and those interested in this space to see \u201cwhat\u2019s hot right now\u201d.<\/p>\n

The aim of the platform is to drive up Australia\u2019s startup brand on the international stage by highlighting the top companies coming out of the scene, Josephmark CEO Ben Johnston says.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got an amazing talent base down under,\u201d Johnston tells StartupSmart.<\/em><\/p>\n

After working in and around the Australian startup community for over a decade, Johnston says that the community is really starting to pick up momentum on a global level.<\/p>\n

To spark conversation and interest in promising startups, Vest will collate and benchmark ventures.<\/p>\n

Johnston says they do this with Josephmark\u2019s own intelligence and charting mechanisms.<\/p>\n

They also screen startups through a series of questions, consider various funding sources and review where they sit in terms of social buzz and news presence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe scrape their Twitter feeds and different source across the web,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Through Vest, Johnston wants to highlight startups that should be noticed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is whether they are getting traction through downloads or uptakes, or have had a successful funding round, or are newsworthy,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

These components are combined to create an overall ranking of the startups featured on the platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, there\u2019s a spectrum of what classifies a startup,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Of the startups currently on Vest Johnston says they are fully-formed businesses but not too mature.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re still in their high growth period where there\u2019s a level of activity and excitement around them,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Recently, Makerspace co-founder Anil Dash told StartupSmart<\/em><\/a> that it\u2019s critical for creators in our tech industry to be celebrated in the same way as filmmakers, directors and actors are through IMDb.<\/p>\n

Johnston says that Vest is definitely a way to celebrate Australia\u2019s buzzing community of startups and will help founders gain exposure through the wider community.<\/p>\n

Additionally, he says its benchmarking will raise the bar and ways of thinking within Australia\u2019s startup community.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got great ideas because we are isolated from the rest of the world in some respects so there\u2019s also a certain naivety in the community that we want to help bring out by allowing people to see what else is going on,\u201d Johnston says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then just make the whole community better.\u201d<\/p>\n

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