geo-location startup GeoMoby<\/a> has also been accepted and will enter RocketSpace next year.<\/p>\nIts founder Chris Baudia says his key goals while there will be to raise more capital, consolidate their team, acquire more customers and work towards setting up a longer-term San Francisco office.<\/p>\n
He says they\u2019ve been working on new pilots including new IP to strengthen their entry into the US.<\/p>\n
\u201cRocketSpace is the perfect ecosystem for us to network with talented professionals as well as with renowned investors,\u201d Baudia tells StartupSmart.<\/em><\/p>\nKoala Safe co-founder Steve Pack and his team are building a Wi-Fi network to help parents ensure their children stay safe online and has also landed in RocketSpace.<\/p>\n
Pack is most excited about the connections they’re making in the Valley, especially meeting the right people at the right time.<\/p>\n
\u201cCo-working spaces in San Francisco are hotbeds of startup activity and collaboration. We meet new entrepreneurs doing new things every day and with every meeting there’s the potential for commercial collaboration,\u201d Pack tells StartupSmart. <\/em><\/p>\nGetting into a Landing Pad<\/h3>\n
Merriman says he was very fortunate to have met an Austrade representative through an introduction from one of their contacts, giving them the opportunity to share their story in person before applying.<\/p>\n
\u201cCompleting the application only took an hour, and required us to include the background on our business, what stage our business was at in it’s growth cycle and our aim for securing a position at the landing pad,\u201d Merriman tells StartupSmart.<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cOur aim was to continue to grow our technology product within the US market after signing two major US sporting event clients before our arrival here.<\/p>\n
“The opportunity has definitely given us a voice on the ground and opened up a number of exciting opportunities that would not have been possible had we not have had a physical presence in this market.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baudia says he applied for the program on advice from his investors and was invited within a couple of months.<\/p>\n
For other startups keen to be accepted into a global landing pad, Pack says what’s most important is to be building a great venture that people want.<\/p>\n
\u201cAustrade are interested in exporting Aussie awesomeness into the USA, so our shared goal for awesomeness helped a lot,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the practical side, we heard about the programme at a CSIRO event run in Palo Alto which was showcasing Australian Technology overseas – we applied after that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The other Silicon Valley Landing Pad participants<\/h3>\n\n- Gymsales<\/strong> provides a lead management platform for fitness clubs and is used by gyms like Snap Fitness and Goodlife Health Clubs.<\/li>\n
- OpenCities<\/strong> uses open data and cloud solutions for local governments to better interact and engage with residents.<\/li>\n
- VAXXIN8<\/strong> aims to make immunisation compliance simpler with a cloud platform that reduces the burden on the health sector to investigate, store and manage this.<\/li>\n
- Arthritis<\/strong> Relief<\/strong> Plus<\/strong> is a biotech company using patented technology to treat pain and stiffness from osteoarthritis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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