Bart Jellema, one of Australia\u2019s leading tech entrepreneurs, has gained access to up to $400,000 in funding after his start-up was accepted into the multinational Citrix Startup Accelerator.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jellema\u2019s concept, ZeroMail, was picked by Citrix for its highly sought-after program, which provides participants with office space in Silicon Valley for 18 months, mentorship and significant funding opportunities.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As reported by StartupSmart earlier this year, ZeroMail aims to provide a new model for email, which Jellema claims has been stuck in a rut for several years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The system provides filtering for automated emails such as newsletters, keeping inboxes free for \u201creal\u201d people.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It also gives email a to-do list function, allowing users to \u201csnooze\u201d emails, add them to projects or prioritise them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Sydney-based start-up was created by Jellema, who founded online coupon site Tjoos in 2007. He went on to launch Startup Camp, an initiative designed to unearth new entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He says: \u201cIt\u2019s a great boost for us. The people behind the program have a wealth of experience and provide us with excellent advice and guidance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTheir new facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is top-notch and it\u2019s great to be around other inspiring entrepreneurs. We hope to spend more time here over the coming months while we work on fixing email.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWhen you send someone a request, then you expect a response. But currently there is no way to deal with this. After you send the email, it goes to your sent items with no way of tracking that you\u2019re expecting a response and by when. It amazes me that this hasn\u2019t been solved yet.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cEmail clients haven\u2019t changed much in the last decade, so a redesign is well overdue. It\u2019s time for ZeroMail \u2013 email done right.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bart Jellema, one of Australia\u2019s leading tech entrepreneurs, has gained access to up to $400,000 in funding after his start-up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60009,"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\/43031"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}