Top 5 Local Startup Investors in Oceania (October 2023)

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• MVSI — MVSI is a software and services and outsourced services provider company.
• Complexica — Complexica Is A Leading Provider of Artificial Intelligence Software for Optimising Sales, Marketing, & Supply Chain Decisions
• Encompass — Powered by award-winning dynamic KYC process automation, Encompass delivers complete real-time digital KYC profiles. Find out more.

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• Reejig — At Reejig, we believe in zero wasted potential in people and in business – and that starts with harnessing the skills you have within your organisation. Our workforce intelligence platform provides 100% visibility of your people’s skills, potential, passions and experiences, creating a powerful central nervous system for all talent decisions.Powered by the world’s first independently audited Ethical Talent AI engine, Reejig generates the intelligence to instantly fill roles, track retention risks, mobilise talent to opportunities, pivot talent for reskilling and much more. Plus, we give you the power to ‘nudge’ people to new career opportunities, taking your engagement with internal and external talent to the next level. Put simply, we make workforce agility a reality.Reejig is trusted and used by some of the largest and most complex organisations including Woolworths, KPMG, NSW Government, John Holland, MYOB and UTS, and together we are creating a world where everyone can reach their full potential at work. It’s what we call zero-wasted potential in people and in business.
• Oneflare — Oneflare is a new online startup that connects customers with home services providers.Oneflare challenges the traditional Yellow Pages model by creating a revolutionary online marketplace. This marketplace eliminates the need for customers to search for tradies and tradies to search for customers. With Oneflare, all it takes is one stop toget any job done. Entrepreneur and Co-founder Tommy Lim explains, ‘Our aim is to make hiring a service provider as easy as booking a flight on Expedia.’Oneflare tips the process of looking for a service provider on its head. Requesting a service is effortless and free. Customers complete a simple form detailing the job then sit back and relax while Oneflare does the finding. Oneflare’s unique matching technology alerts relevant businesses of each request, allowing them to submit competing price quotes for the job. Quotes are then pre-filtered and presented to the customer, ensuring that the only work the customer has to do is make the buying decision. Launched in January 2012, Oneflare’s innovative offering has driven drastic growth. Oneflare features 40,000 businesses spanning 40 categories throughout Australia. 90% of requests posted receive 3 or more competing quotes which leaves extra cash in happy customers’ pockets. With most quotes appearing within 15 minutes, Oneflare also puts free time back into busy customers’ schedules. Oneflare’s winning combination has generated over $5 million worth of jobs to date. While saving time and money is exciting, 69% of customers have stated that reputation comes before price when hiring tradies (Newspoll Survey sourced by Oneflare). Oneflare has implemented an assortment of trust and safety features to ensure that customers always find a quality service provider. Reviews and ratings by previous customers coupled with business profiles featuring photos, testimonials and verification create an open community on the platform. Oneflare’s Home Care Guarantee also covers customers up to $500 if something goes wrong, providing the ultimate peace of mind no matter the size of the job. Customers aren’t the only ones who Oneflare caters to. Oneflare has created a unique value proposition for businesses which only requires them to pay for successful connections. It’s free for service providers to register for the site and it’s free to receive leads, providing businesses with an incredible incentive to join. Gone are the days of businesses submitting their advert to the Yellow Pages, hoping it will lead to sales. Instead, Oneflare brings the work to them.Oneflare is driven by clever technology that is hidden behind a user-friendly interface. Oneflare uses natural language processing to match every request to the right service provider. Real time SMS and email updates are sent to customers and businesses alike. Users on the go can enjoy the Oneflare mobile site which can be particularly useful for those pesky jobs that need to get done fast. With a patented iPhone App in the pipeline, Oneflare has utilised the latest technology to deliver superior customer service. In the future, Oneflare aims to take Australian households into the 21st century by becoming the go to source for hiring quality tradies.www.oneflare.com.au
• DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,136,169 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!

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• eMoov — Classic estate agents charge very high fees to sellers for very little support and value addition and suffer from a very poor reputation.eMoov is an industry first solution, which is genuinely helping the seller sell better with the help of technology tools and great people. This creates customer empowerment, transparency and reduced cost ofservicing allowing a fee saving to be passed to the customer. Emoov charges nominal fixed fees, a fraction compared to percentage based transactions charged by old fashioned estate agents.eMoov was founded by Russell Quirk, who is an impressive entrepreneur and previously ran a five branch classic estate agent business. He is a rarity in that he is a well versed property professional incumbent disrupting an industry that is sorely in need of it. He has built an industry leading team, a fantastic technology platform and is obsessed with customer service. His PR skills are frankly awesome.
• Brand New Vision — Brand New Vision is the digital fashion ecosystem that offers 3D Creation with styling for Fashion Brands and Designers to enter the Metaverse, Play, and Earn.
• Spaceship — Join thousands of Australians investing in their future with Spaceship. Grow your wealth with our investment and super accounts. Start in five minutes.

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• Cydarm — A case management platform that enables cybersecurity operations teams to collaborate, integrate, and respond with ease.
• Reejig — At Reejig, we believe in zero wasted potential in people and in business – and that starts with harnessing the skills you have within your organisation. Our workforce intelligence platform provides 100% visibility of your people’s skills, potential, passions and experiences, creating a powerful central nervous system for all talent decisions.Powered by the world’s first independently audited Ethical Talent AI engine, Reejig generates the intelligence to instantly fill roles, track retention risks, mobilise talent to opportunities, pivot talent for reskilling and much more. Plus, we give you the power to ‘nudge’ people to new career opportunities, taking your engagement with internal and external talent to the next level. Put simply, we make workforce agility a reality.Reejig is trusted and used by some of the largest and most complex organisations including Woolworths, KPMG, NSW Government, John Holland, MYOB and UTS, and together we are creating a world where everyone can reach their full potential at work. It’s what we call zero-wasted potential in people and in business.
• Nomad Atomics — At Nomad Atomics, we develop innovative quantum sensors to solve outstanding problems in mining, underground resources and navigation

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• Shippit — Shippit is the multi-carrier shipping software helping you become the store every customer loves. Powering delivery for thousands of Australian sellers, stop dreading fulfilment and knock it out in minutes. Try it free today.
• Oneflare — Oneflare is a new online startup that connects customers with home services providers.Oneflare challenges the traditional Yellow Pages model by creating a revolutionary online marketplace. This marketplace eliminates the need for customers to search for tradies and tradies to search for customers. With Oneflare, all it takes is one stop toget any job done. Entrepreneur and Co-founder Tommy Lim explains, ‘Our aim is to make hiring a service provider as easy as booking a flight on Expedia.’Oneflare tips the process of looking for a service provider on its head. Requesting a service is effortless and free. Customers complete a simple form detailing the job then sit back and relax while Oneflare does the finding. Oneflare’s unique matching technology alerts relevant businesses of each request, allowing them to submit competing price quotes for the job. Quotes are then pre-filtered and presented to the customer, ensuring that the only work the customer has to do is make the buying decision. Launched in January 2012, Oneflare’s innovative offering has driven drastic growth. Oneflare features 40,000 businesses spanning 40 categories throughout Australia. 90% of requests posted receive 3 or more competing quotes which leaves extra cash in happy customers’ pockets. With most quotes appearing within 15 minutes, Oneflare also puts free time back into busy customers’ schedules. Oneflare’s winning combination has generated over $5 million worth of jobs to date. While saving time and money is exciting, 69% of customers have stated that reputation comes before price when hiring tradies (Newspoll Survey sourced by Oneflare). Oneflare has implemented an assortment of trust and safety features to ensure that customers always find a quality service provider. Reviews and ratings by previous customers coupled with business profiles featuring photos, testimonials and verification create an open community on the platform. Oneflare’s Home Care Guarantee also covers customers up to $500 if something goes wrong, providing the ultimate peace of mind no matter the size of the job. Customers aren’t the only ones who Oneflare caters to. Oneflare has created a unique value proposition for businesses which only requires them to pay for successful connections. It’s free for service providers to register for the site and it’s free to receive leads, providing businesses with an incredible incentive to join. Gone are the days of businesses submitting their advert to the Yellow Pages, hoping it will lead to sales. Instead, Oneflare brings the work to them.Oneflare is driven by clever technology that is hidden behind a user-friendly interface. Oneflare uses natural language processing to match every request to the right service provider. Real time SMS and email updates are sent to customers and businesses alike. Users on the go can enjoy the Oneflare mobile site which can be particularly useful for those pesky jobs that need to get done fast. With a patented iPhone App in the pipeline, Oneflare has utilised the latest technology to deliver superior customer service. In the future, Oneflare aims to take Australian households into the 21st century by becoming the go to source for hiring quality tradies.www.oneflare.com.au
• SiteMinder — SiteMinder is the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, ranked among technology pioneers for opening up every hotel’s access to online commerce. It’s this central role that has earned SiteMinder the trust of tens of thousands of hotels, across 150 countries, to sell, market, manage and grow their business. The global company, headquarteredin Sydney with offices in Bangkok, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London and Manila, generated more than 100 million reservations worth over US$35 billion in revenue for hotels in the last year prior to the start of the pandemic.