Top 30 Recruiting Startup Investors in Australia in October 2023

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• Cypago — End-to-end intelligent compliance solution for any security standard including SOC 2, ISO 27001, SOX-ITGC, and HIPAA
• Swapp — Real estate developers, architects and engineers use Swapp to design buildings in a smart, flexible and efficient process.
• NVision Imaging Technologies — NVision Imaging Technologies is leveraging advances in quantum physics to enable the first routine, convenient and affordable use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for assessing early patient response to cancer treatment at the metabolic level.

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• MyTutor — MyTutor provides secondary school learners with online access to over 7,000 Russell Group university students, reducing the time, hassle and cost of finding a subject expert locally.Lessons take place in their innovative online lesson space, which allows parents to substitute expensive tutors coming to their house, for live, one-to-one sessionswith young, bright and successful undergraduates. If the pupil forgets something, every session is recorded, so they can play it back after.They also partner with schools and universities to provide larger contracts for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. School teachers stay up-to-date with the programme through a personalised online dashboard.The company has grown at 3x YoY for the last three years, with 200,000+ bookings and applications from 50,000 tutors. At the same time quality has been maintained, with 70,000+ 5* reviews and every tutor personally interviewed.MyTutor was founded by Robert Grabiner, Bertie Hubbard and James Grant.
• Employment Hero — Employment Hero is Australia's top cloud-based HR, payroll and benefits platform for employers & employees. FREE trial for...
• Talespin — Talespin is building the XR platform to power knowledge transfer and skill alignment for the future of employment

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• Josef — Automate lawyer-client conversations, document drafting and providing legal services. Josef is a software platform with a chatbot interface.
• Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
• SafeStack — SafeStack Academy is the New Zealand online cyber security, privacy and secure development training company.

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• Kapiche — Instant insights. No set up or coding. The Kapiche feedback analytics platform helps you ingest and analyze mountains of customer feedback in minutes.
• Remi AI — A.I-Powered Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain AI, & Price Optimisation | Remi AI
• Trendspek — Trendspek is the drone data solution asset managers use to make empowered decisions and ensure absolute asset knowledge. Conduct complete visual inspections from any web browser. Extract detailed insights without a site visit. Use powerful tools to analyse the structure and build a complete picture of asset condition. Enhance predictive maintenanceby closely monitoring trends. View different models side by side to observe important differences. Refine your understanding of an ever-changing asset.

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• Wisor — Propelling the supply chain industry into the digital age Wisor is a plug & play solution that provides a global automated quoting solution that allows freight forwarders to generate quotes and communicate with clients automatically Get a demo What took days now takes minutes Wisor is specifically designed to support and simplify the complexity of generating quotes
• Konnecto — Market Intelligence | Konnecto | Prescriptive Analytics Konnecto is a GTM Intelligence Platform that provides brands with an ongoing blueprint on how to increase online sales and improve marketing ROI
• myInterview — Hire the right candidates with myInterview with Video for Free. Create Your Account Today. The Video Tool Recruiters Love.

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• Trullion — The best AI-powered accounting software for lease accounting & revenue recognition compliance. Accountants trust Trullion for automated financial software.
• SphereX — Experience unmatched decentralized security with SphereX, safeguarding your DeFi apps non-stop. Trust in our transparent, ML-based protection.
• Floodlight — Track finances, make smarter decisions, and increase revenue. Think business accounts, cards, payments and cashback, all-in-one.

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• MOBI — The digital partner of hospitality, MOBI helps businesses to stay connected with their customers
• Influential — A Global Leader in Influencer Marketing
• Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia

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• Sherlok — Automated client retention for mortgage brokers, helping them grow their loan book by proactively keeping their existing clients happy and with them forever.
• JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
• Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.

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• Glider — Receive more payments, more often by transforming how your business requests & collects customer bill payments. Automated collections, agent assited & more.
• TANGGapp — Send money to the Philippines with the best exchange rates! Money transfers are received in minutes. Get full transparency on your transaction - no FX markups or secret costs. Download TANGapp today and get started!
• Smileyscope — Smileyscope solves paediatric problems using VR keeping kids calm and still during needles, allowing clinicians to do their job safely

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• Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
• Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
• Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.

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• Mercu — Connect with your deskless and frontline workforce via the chat apps they use. Get Mercu, the smarter, automated communication and enablement platform.
• SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.
• MagicBrief — Save Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok ads in a creative library that enables you to rework them in your own storyboards, which you can share with your team.

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• Enabled Employment — Enabled Employment offers opportunities for people with disabilities to work from home in their area of professional expertise.All of the jobs advertised on Enabled Employment are completely virtual, meaning many barriers previously faced about getting to the office or needing workspace adjustments are erased.Enabled Employment also takescare of everything for employers, making it easier and less expensive for them to fill positions.

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• Cecil — From nature-based offset projects to biodiversity inventories, we simplify natural asset management for project developers, intermediaries, asset managers and investors.
• Riparide — Riparide helps you plan and book your next escape through our Storyteller travel guides. These guides, called Riparide Stories, come packed with unique stays, local adventures and social vibes....
• Flagship — Flagship is a retail technology platform to bring new technology to the brick-and-mortar retail world. Flagship is introducing innovative visual merchandising technology to the world of brick-and-mortar retail.

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• Tribu — Here at tribu we aim to make running an MSP stress-free and simple. Remove complexity and repetitive shackles to give you the freedom in business so that you can have freedom in life.
• Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
• One Key Access — One Key Access is an interface to the world of couriers to enable 24/7 frictionless deliveries.

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• Mr Yum — Create a magical customer experience while growing your sales, data & efficiency.
• ArchiPro — Browse projects, find products, connect with professionals and learn about building, all in one place. Find everything you need to build your dream right here.
• Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.

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• Ratio Ventures — Ratio Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.
• Tailwind Acquisition — Tailwind Acquisition is a purpose-built investment company that seeks to partner with a world-class founding and executive team. The company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It also seeks tocapitalize on the multiple decades of combined investment experience of the company’s management team, the board of directors, and Advisors who are both technology entrepreneurs as well as technology-oriented investors with a shared vision of identifying and investing in technology companies.Tailwind Acquisition was founded in 2020 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
• TRAVLR — TRAVLR is a revolutionary white label technology provider that consolidates the global travel industry into one seamless platform via its unique ‘Travel as a Service’ model.The company licences its full service travel platform to the world’s leading media companies, enabling their audiences to discover, plan and book curated, once-in-a-life-timetravel experiences.In turn, media companies are able to retain audiences within their ecosystem for longer, optimising for conversion by providing customers a seamless path from content through to real world experience.This unique ‘win-win-win model’ benefits all key stakeholders including consumers, media companies and the travel industry, who have traditionally experienced a fragmented travel booking journey across multiple platforms and providers.TRAVLR was founded in 2017 by Bali Bible founder Simon te Hennepe and has strategically located offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland and Denpasar. Its partners include Network 10, MTV, Bali Bible and Stuff.co.nz.

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• myInterview — Hire the right candidates with myInterview with Video for Free. Create Your Account Today. The Video Tool Recruiters Love.

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• Hawksight.co — Maximize your gains on Solana DeFi with Hawksight's self-custodial & yield-optimized strategies
• Rise Of Defenders — Rise of Defenders is a very interesting Metaverse NFT game, you can use your creativity and tactical thinking to become an excellent player and receive extremely attractive rewards.
• Ajuna Network — Ajuna Network is a decentralized ecosystem for gamers and creators.

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• Cognoptix — Cognoptix is creating and developing an innovative, non-invasive eye test to assist in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. Cognoptix's goal is to provide clinicians with a quick, predictive, reliable, inexpensive, and widely available test, enabling early diagnosis and treatment.The company was founded in 2001 and headquarteredin Marlborough, Massachusetts.
• Sourcr — The market leader for recruiter reviews and performance data. Search, compare and engage recruiters based on their market experience and service levels.

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• Mercu — Connect with your deskless and frontline workforce via the chat apps they use. Get Mercu, the smarter, automated communication and enablement platform.
• Kismet — Find the best disability or healthcare service to support your journey
• Citadel — A cloud platform for AWS compliant with CDR, PCI, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA standards, providing security for your application, data, and customers.

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• Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia

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• Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia

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• Angle Health — Digital-First Health Plans For The Modern Employee
• KURUKURU — Bring your comics and visual stories to life in clicks on KURUKURU.
• Leadoptik — Leadoptik is a California-based company is currently operating in stealth mode.

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• Varicon — Construction Management Software: Varicon was co-developed with the civil construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for construction site
• Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
• Propeller Aero — Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves.Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use,Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.

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• Tabby — With Tabby, you can split your purchases into 4 interest-free payments at your favourite stores. Download the Tabby app to get started.
• TP24 — Tradeplus24 is a provider of SME Lending using receivables as security. Operational in Europe and APAC.
• Flower Chimp — Best Price online for fresh Flowers by #1 florist in Malaysia with same day FREE Delivery on all orders. Shop for Roses, Sunflowers, Baby Breath flower bouquets & gifts from a wide selection for any occasion at FlowerChimp. Over 200 bouquets, stands and hampers to choose from - all prepared by experienced professionals

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• Kaso — Elkaso is the leading Order and Procurement Management Tool for Restaurants and Suppliers in the Middle East.
• Momento — Momento is an insurtech company with the objective of revolutionizing the insurance industry in Latin America, starting with car insurance. We want to make insurance easy and accessible for the underserved population in LATAM.
• Equilibrium Energy — Equilibrium Energy operates at the intersection of grid variability, market volatility, economic optimization, commercial structuring, trading, and risk management, across the end-to-end power value chain. Their ambition is to become a next-generation clean power company that reshapes the energy industry. They address inquiries through onlineapplications.

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• Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia

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• Xinxiwang — Xinxiwang is an investment management platform dedicated to connecting investors and small and medium-sized enterprises.
• StoreForce — The store execution tool that drives sales performance, optimizes workforce, ensures consistency, and engages store associates - built exclusively for Specialty Retail.
• Symfonia — Symfonia is a company that develops software solutions for business and supported digital transformation processes. The company develops Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. Additionally, they make software products and applications for automating finance and accounting, performing payroll management, supporting traditional channels ofsales and e-commerce, managing warehouses, managing production processes, managing electronic documents, and performing data analytics.

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• Raylo — Raylo is on a mission to shake up the UK mobile sector.
• Simon Data — Simon Data is the Customer Data Platform that enables you to drive marketing results faster with a solution purpose built for growth.
• Hyro — A stellar customer journey starts with conversational AI. Take complex data and turn it into simple dialogue across any digital channel, for all enterprises and their customers.

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• Samsara Eco — Samsara Eco is an enviro-tech company creating infinite recycling to end plastic pollution.
• Sapia — PredictiveHire is a team of data scientists, artificial intelligence experts, IO psychologists and recruitment industry veterans who’ve joined together on a mission to change the way candidate assessment is done, by leveraging the power of smart technology. We believe all people decisions should be based on data and analytics – not gut feeling.With the help of technology, we want to level the candidate playing field and help reduce unconscious biases in the hiring process. Offices in the US, UK and Australia
• Great Wrap — The only Australian made and owned compostable cling wrap