{"id":42183,"date":"2023-10-20T15:19:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/10-aussie-start-ups-gunning-for-silicon-valley-page-2-of-3-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:19:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:19:21","slug":"10-aussie-start-ups-gunning-for-silicon-valley-page-2-of-3-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/10-aussie-start-ups-gunning-for-silicon-valley-page-2-of-3-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Aussie start-ups gunning for Silicon Valley – Page 2 of 3 – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everything seemed to work with Veokami\u2019s business model. The Sydney start-up helps users locate and share videos from events such as concerts, political events and conferences.<\/p>\n
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US incubator 500 Startups liked it so much that it picked it out for seed funding. Other US investors followed suit, despite the business only launching in August last year.<\/p>\n
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The only problem? The name. Veokami became Switchcam and the business, now headquartered in San Francisco, is planning on making it big in the US tech scene.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI miss Veokami sometimes, but my co-founder and I were two of about four people who could actually pronounce the name,\u201d said co-founder Brett Welch in a blog post<\/p>\n
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\u201cIncidentally, (buying the domain) Switchcam.com was only a little more than $1,000, which was definitely worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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When 99dresses shut down in January<\/a>, many were quick to write the business off as a failure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Founder Nikki Durkin has been proving ever since that those judgements are a little premature. A few tweaks to the platform were needed for a subsequent relaunch, rather than a complete scrapping of the idea, which allows women to buy and sell unwanted clothes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Those in the know are convinced that Durkin, who started her first business five years ago aged just 15, can make it. 99dresses was recently named as the best company to come out of Y Combinator, suggesting that Durkin will be one of the few women, as well as Australians, to crack Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We recently featured a video interview with Durkin<\/a>, where she explains her start-up journey so far.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some start-ups relocate to the US for the size of the market, connections to mentors or just for the chance to be part of an entrepreneurial scene that appears to be on the up, despite the country\u2019s continued economic woes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Others, like Collusion, say that they would prefer to stay in Australia, if only the circumstances allowed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The business, which provides a new way of writing, drawing and collaborating on the iPad via an app and stylus, aims to raise around $10 million via Kickstarter and other investors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n6. Collusion<\/h2>\n