graduate of the inaugural River City Labs muru-D accelerator program last year<\/a>, receiving $40,000 in seed funding in exchange for 6% equity.<\/p>\nHanly says this was a priceless experience for him and co-founder Mark Cantoni.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe program was excellent for us,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt allowed us to crystalise our ideas and product, and focus on what we were doing. As founders we really developed and matured a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Founded in 2014 in Hanly\u2019s home, Travello has now grown out of the River City Labs co-working space and into a new 100sqm office in Brisbane\u2019s Fortitude Valley.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a photo of Mark and I launching the app in my kitchen \u2013 we\u2019re sitting having frozen pie and a cup of tea,\u201d Hanly says.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow there are seven of us and I\u2019m sitting in a boardroom in an office in Fortitude Valley. It\u2019s really satisfying to see how far we\u2019ve come.\u201d<\/p>\n
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