{"id":42411,"date":"2023-10-20T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/startups-to-receive-jumpstart-from-nrmas-first-accelerator-program-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:21:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:21:01","slug":"startups-to-receive-jumpstart-from-nrmas-first-accelerator-program-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/startups-to-receive-jumpstart-from-nrmas-first-accelerator-program-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Startups to receive jumpstart from NRMA\u2019s first accelerator program &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"352\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/l_nrma-445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"l_nrma-445\"><\/div>\n<p>The National Roads and Motorists\u2019 Association (NRMA) has announced the startups taking part in the company\u2019s <a href=\"financing-a-business\/venture-capital\/slingshot-nrma-moves-into-the-startup-space\/2014092913308.html\">first accelerator program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Six startups have been chosen for the Jumpstart program, an initiative looking to help startups scale by tapping into the NRMA\u2019s 2.4 million customers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The startups include:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Careseekers; a national service that connects people needing in-home carers with people looking for carer work.<\/li>\n<li>WunderWalk; is a personalised pocket tour guide. The app creates your ultimate outing, shopping, eating, drinking, entertainment and sightseeing anywhere in the world.<\/li>\n<li>Gamurs; <b><\/b>a gaming social network. Gamers connect with others and personalise their gaming experience.<\/li>\n<li>Camplify; connects would be campers with owners of caravans and RVs, holiday parks, camping grounds and camping related experiences. Their goal is to be the \u2018airbnb\u2019 of the camping world.<\/li>\n<li>OTTO by Gizmosis; advanced voice recognition technology to reduce driver distraction. Makes and receives mobile phone calls and texts without touching the phone.<\/li>\n<li>Hive UAV; provides automated remote aerial monitoring using&nbsp;drones (UAV&#8217;s) for agriculture, emergency services and industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Participants receive a $30,000 grant, a free co-working space and take part in a six-month mentorship program in exchange for a 10% stake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NRMA Group chief executive Tony Stuart said in a statement the startups chosen to take part in the program have a steep learning curve ahead of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach business group is given the opportunity to learn from the best,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will receive business advice, training and mentoring from recognised experts in the startup world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stuart also pointed out that the program\u2019s participants are from all across Australia and included companies founded by women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled with the diversity of our Jumpstart participants and have selected teams from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticipants are of all ages with two of the businesses established by young women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow<\/i> StartupSmart <i>on<\/i> <i>Facebook<\/i><i>,<\/i> <i>Twitter<\/i><i>, and<\/i> <i>LinkedIn<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Roads and Motorists\u2019 Association (NRMA) has announced the startups taking part in the company\u2019s first accelerator program. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60347,"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\/42411"}],"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=42411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}