Top 40 Retail VC Funds & Investors in Australia (May 2026)

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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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• Sleek EV — A 5G-IOT enabled Electric Scooter manufacturer designed for urban riding. Sleek's mission is to build innovative and benchmark-setting vehicles designed around urban lifestyles, practicality and performance for a greener future. Sleek’s users enjoy a seamless customer experience through its IOT-enabled vehicles and mobile application.
• Dozer — Connect any data source, combine them in real-time and instantly get low-latency Data APIs. All with just a simple configuration!
• Bunker — Bunker is a financial analytics platform that provides modern executives deep visibility of their numbers. Bunker provides intuitive financial dashboards and monthly reports.

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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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• ZoomAgri — ZOOMAGRI provides an assessment of agricultural commodities to all participants of Agri supply chain via AI, computer vision and IoT.
• Supplynote — End-to-end supply chain management tool to track inventory, orders, payments and suppliers online
• Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.

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• Constantinople — Constantinople manages all infrastructure and operational aspects of your bank: from Customer experience, Banking products to Features, Risks, and Operations.
• Secure Code Warrior — Secure Code Warrior helps developers write more secure code. We are focused on bringing an innovative approach to developer security training. Contact us today.
• High Earth Orbit Robotics — HEO Robotics provides on-orbit inspection services for satellites, using a network of space-based sensors. The high quality image data and insights allow satellite operators to conduct predictive maintenance and diagnose issues with their assets

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• Beamible — Get the most for and from your workforce. Deconstruct work down to its individual components so it can be reconstructed to better meet the needs of the business and the employees. Reduce turnover and burnout, enable flex and drive efficiency with Beamible.
• Aerotruth — Aerotruth is a B2B SaaS solution which automates the document on-boarding process for banks, financial institutions and fintechs
• Curious Thing AI — Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more.

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• SciAps — SciAps specializes in portable analytical instruments with the power to measure any element. Our industry-leading X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and laser-based (LIBS) analyzers are at work across every major industry.
• APE Mobile — APE Mobile develops a paperless site application for contractors in Australia. Its site application comprises features, such as operational forms, safety forms, project management, actions and defects, drawings and documents, and redline markup. David Hayward and Matthew Edwards founded APE Mobile in January 2, 2009. Its headquarters is inLeederville in Australia.
• QuickSafety — Now you can quickly and easily complete Certificate of Compliance in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & New Zealand using the Quicksafety mobile app.

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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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• HaploX Biotechnology — HaploX Biotechnology is a Shenzhen-based genetic sequencing company.
• Shengyin Optoelectronics — Shengyin Optoelectronics is a platform-based micro-nano manufacturing firm that creates ornamental films for electrical appliances and portable electronics.
• Xindi Digital Engineering System — Xindi Digital Engineering System specializes in the development of 3D CAD software for manufacturing enterprises.

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• Auramet — Innovation | Ingenuity | Involvement
• Wollemi — Wollemi Capital is a global climate specialist investment firm. We fund and support businesses creating a net-zero future, securing the financial opportunity of our planet’s lifetime.
• Silicon Quantum Computing — To advance the development and commercialisation.

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• Hooray Foods — Hooray makes delicious plant-based meats that are designed to look, cook, and taste just like the real thing. Plants that remind us of our favorite meats while being made of ingredients we can feel good about? Now that's something to celebrate and say Hooray!
• Atolla — We're on a mission to change the mass skincare model. Using a patented process developed at MIT, we design a custom routine with complementary ingredients tailored to your skin needs. Then we give you the tools and guidance to support your skin health over time — so you can make the best decisions for your skin.
• Schoolyard Snacks — Old School Snacks Made the New Way: Low Carb, Keto Approved, High Protein

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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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• Vacation® — Excessively good sunscreen
• Cake — 18K Followers, 6,705 Following, 859 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Cake (@hellocake)
• Makeup by Mario — Shop the official MAKEUP BY MARIO collection from renowned makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic. Luxury makeup crafted to deliver a professional makeup experience for anyone who loves and is inspired by makeup. Shop MAKEUP BY MARIO eye collection.

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• Myriota — Global leaders in low-cost, low-power, secure direct-to-orbit satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things.
• Shoes of Prey — Shoes of Prey creates bespoke, hand-made women's shoes designed by the customer, and delivers them to anywhere in the world.Shoes of Prey has grown rapidly over 5 years and has won a number of awards including Online Retailer of the Year and Store Design of the Year at the World Retail Awards in Paris 2013.Founded in 2009, the company isheadquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States.

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• Browse AI — Monitor any webpage for changes. Download any data on the web as a spreadsheet. Turn any website into an API.
• Hints — Taking notes is not enough
• Giraffe — Giraffe develops an investment engine to help individuals and companies to improve the world. It provides an engaging learning environment about impact and investing. Giraffe is located in New York, New York.

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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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• Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.
• Curious Thing AI — Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more.
• Kepler Analytics — Kepler uses retail in-store analytics to provide retail managers with unprecedented insight into shopper behaviour and create amazing customer experiences.

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• Nexl — Nexl believes that CRM systems should be easy-to-use, affordable, and fully automated. They made it their mission to enable law firm's around the world to take back control over their business development efforts and enable them to grow at their full potential.
• ClearCalcs — Online structural design software. Calculation tools for shear force, bending moment, cantilever deflection, steel beam calculations, wood, concrete and more.
• Clipboard — Clipboard is a provider of software for managing extracurricular school activities. Clipboard is an Extracurricular Management System (EMS). An EMS is a purpose-built platform designed to help schools manage the administration of their extracurricular activities.

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• Beforepay — Beforepay understands that traditional pay cycles are a form of financial stress. So we set out to find a better way, giving Australians the control and confidence that comes with managing your own money, on your terms.That’s why we created Pay On Demand™ - a service that allows you to access the money you have earned at work, when you choose todo so. After all, it is yours!The app also automatically predicts when your bills are due, shows you how much is OK for you to spend, and automatically creates budgets for you, effortlessly.
• Academy Xi — Future-proof your career with our online short courses. Highly practical & employment-driven, stay ahead of the industry curve with our courses. Learn more here.
• 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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• Reebelo — Reebelo is APAC’s leading marketplace for pre-loved tech devices. Our vision is to reduce e-waste by building the circular economy for refurbished electronics. While doing so, we enable consumers to save up to 70% on their favorite brands and flexibly rent devices instead of buying them. Reebelo is based in Singapore with additional offices inAustralia, New Zeland & Malaysia. Get in touch if you want to be part of a high-growth, disruptive team working to make a positive impact!
• Portal Gate — Portal Gate operates as a compliant on-chain gateway to privacy and anonymity.
• Balthazar NFT Gaming — Own Your Game! We envision a future where gaming is powered by the players, not held captive by centralised systems.

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• Sonder — Our digital care platform improves organisational culture by delivering immediate safety, medical & mental health services to your people. Improve your wellbeing strategy and create a culture of Active care today.
• Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms
• 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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• Suplyd — Suplyd is a comprehensive digital solution that bridges the gap between restaurant operators and their suppliers in order to disrupt an untouched market with extreme fragmentation and resolve the problem end-to-end.
• Evrideo — Evrideo provied end-to-end cloud broadcasting platform, enabling to easily create and manage channels, using broadcast SaaS technology solution
• DocAuthority — Define, govern and implement your data through the automatic cataloging of unstructured files. Get in touch for more information.

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• ShadowBot — ShadowBot develops a software robot that performs repetitive online tasks. The software robot simulates various operations of humans and performs operations such as mouse clicks, keyboard input, and reading information on any applications, enabling enterprises to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Works Mate — Works Mate is a job search matching platform for daily workers in the field of construction and architecture sectors.
• Skybox Security — Skybox provides the industry’s broadest cybersecurity management platform to address security challenges within large, complex networks. By integrating with 130 networking and security technologies, the Skybox Security Suite gives comprehensive attack surface visibility and the context needed for informed action.It was founded in 2002 andheadquartered in San Jose, California.

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• Edlink — Edlink provides two-way connections for e-learning and companies and publishers to tackle challenges like single-sign-on (SSO), content integration, and grade pass-back. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States.
• Roq.ad — Roqad is an identity solutions provider for a post third-party cookie world. Forward-thinking companies in adtech are our customers.
• Vint — Make the wine market investable

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• Sendlane — Sendlane is the All-In-One eCommerce Marketing Automation Tool built for turning online shoppers into loyal, lifetime customers. Get started for free today.
• Prismatic — Prismatic is an integration platform for B2B software companies. It builds integrations quickly and delivers a native integration marketplace experience to the customers. Founded in 2019 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States.
• Practice Better — Health and wellness professionals use Practice Better to scale smarter and impact more clients. The only Practice Management software you need.

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• Curious Thing AI — Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more.
• Accredify — Build digital trust for your organisation with verifiable information. Issue instantly verifiable digital documents and simplify document management processes.
• Supermom — Supermom is an online marketplace for parents and expecting mums to shop for products and services covering maternity, newborn, baby, toddler, and kids. It offers products like diapers, feeding, baby food, bathing accessories, maternity wear, a wide range of toys, kids educational materials, enrichment services, strollers, car seats, bedding andnursery items, baby fashion.

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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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• ParcelPoint — Our vision is a world where people are more connected to their community. Parcelpoint has over 1400 locations to pickup or drop off your online orders.

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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.
• BintanGO — Creator Marketing Platform terbaik di Indonesia, lebih dari 40.000 Kreator dan 100 Brand sudah bergabung. Buat campaignmu jadi fleksibel, terlacak dan terukur.
• Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.

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• Chargefox — Welcome to Australia's largest EV charging network. Powered by 100% renewable energy and Australian owned and operated, we're connecting Electric Vehicle drivers with a cleaner future.
• AGL Energy — AGL is one of Australia's leading integrated energy companies, and the largest ASX listed owner, operator and developer of renewable energy generation in the country. Drawing on over 175 years of experience, AGL operates retail and merchant energy businesses, power generation assets and an upstream gas portfolio. AGL also has one ofAustralia's largest retail energy and dual fuel customer bases. AGL has a diverse power generation portfolio including base, peaking and intermediate generation plants, spread across traditional thermal generation as well as renewable sources including hydro, wind, landfill gas and biomass. AGL is taking action toward creating a sustainable energy future for their investors, communities and customers.
• Sundrive Solar — SunDrive Solar is a Wollongong based technology start-up creating lower cost, higher efficiency, more material abundant solar cells.

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• Rosterfy — Connect to your volunteers with a comprehensive & user-friendly platform where you can recruit, retain, reward and train your volunteers.
• InstantScripts — InstantScripts (instantscripts.com.au) is Australia’s leading online prescription service. Launched in 2018, the fast-growing platform allows Australians to access prescriptions online for more than 300 common medicines, delivered to their door or their local pharmacy. InstantScripts’ partnerships with more than 2500 pharmacies across Australia hashelped more than 300,000 Australians access their everyday medicines online. The InstantScripts Telehealth service connects Australians to a team of GPs seven days a week for health advice, online medical certificates and pathology requests. Visit instantscripts.com.au.
• Access Telehealth — Connecting people. Improving health outcomes. At Access Telehealth, we connect patients, GPs, specialists and Therapists through our secure, easy-to-use software. Access Telehealth - Connecting People, Improving Health Outcomes

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• Optera — Optera helps corporations measure, manage, and reduce their carbon emissions up and down their value chains, backed by comprehensive and trusted data.
• Firstcard — All-in-One Student Credit Builder. Build credit. Earn cashback. Grow your deposit.
• Numeral — Numeral provides fully automated revenue recognition and transaction-level cash reconciliation for high-volume businesses. The company's automated subledger provides real-time revenue reporting and transaction-level cash reconciliation for the digital payments era.

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• Lanterne — Lanterne is an award-winning startup based in London. Our mission is to improve people’s quality of life by unlocking the value of data. Our product makes micromobility systems responsive and profitable by predicting user demand and optimising operations.
• Cleverbean — Find explicit and quality literacy units and lessons all aligned to the Australian Curriculum
• Lewi Software — Lewi Software - process engineering meets cloud computing. we implement software to accelerate process engineering workflows.

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• Sunman — Sunman Energy is a technology company founded by a group of industry veterans delivering the future of Solar. Through the research and development of composite materials, Sunman has successfully commercialized the world’s first glass-free, lightweight and flexible Panel – eArc. Replacing glass completely, eArc brings solar power to markets andapplication scenarios that were previously impossible.
• Wave Computing — The future of high-tech in online casino is a bright one. For example, RFID technology will help casinos track and identify stolen chips. In addition, these systems can also predict player behavior and betting patterns. The latter are especially useful if a player is caught while he is trying to switch out his cards. These ... Read more
• Brisbane Materials Technology — Since 2005, we have helped thousands of people get the perfect domain name.

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• Adumo — We are your expert partner in payments, enabling you to seamlessly and securely accept payments in-store and online with our true omni-channel experience. Never miss a sale with South Africa's largest independent payments processor.
• Hecate Energy — Hecate Energy is a developer of solar, wind, and energy storage projects.
• Pulse Clean Energy — Pulse Clean Energy builds and operates power stations. We deliver power into the UK’s network when it is most needed.

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• Tiliter — Tiliter's tech increases supermarket efficiency reduces loss and gives your shoppers a more convenient checkout experience.
• GGWP Academy — The best creators of tomorrow have to be well versed in analytics, skilled at branding and entertaining.
• iluminr — iluminr simplifies the work of agility-building by providing teams with the context, capability, and connectivity to conduct efficient wargaming and gameday response.

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• Zitcha — Zitcha builds own-branded, high-performance, Retail Media Businesses by connecting Retailers and Brands to all marketing channels in one omnichannel platform, onsite, offsite and in-store.
• DataMasque — Simply mask your sensitive data while maintaining its function for testing, development, training and analytics. DataMasque makes it safe to explore, implement and harness the opportunities that data provides, free from privacy concerns or compromise.
• Dataweavers — Dataweavers WebOps | Automation of Customer Experience Ecosystems | Move from people-based Infrastructure Hosting to an end-to-end automated ecosystem.

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• Vytal.ai — Vytal allows for brain health evaluation in minutes with just a laptop. Take control of your cognitive health.
• Akhetonics — Creating the first all-optical RISC Processor
• Greena World — In a world where travel connects us, we often overlook the impact we leave behind. Tourism accounts for over 8% of global CO2 emissions. Beyond environmental challenges like deforestation, pollution, and water scarcity, local communities also face pressure, experiencing changes in their traditions and ways of life.With expertise from SwanseaUniversity and the United Nations, our team recognised these challenges and envisioned a world where travel helps, not harms. Introducing Greena World. More than just a piece of technology, it's a guide for hotels and restaurants, helping them understand, improve, and share their impact on both the environment and local communities.The true beauty of embracing sustainability? The rewards. With the Greena Index, businesses can improve their sustainability and, in doing so, unlock a new market of over 100+ million eco-conscious travellers, boost revenues, and save on operating costs.The sustainable tourism sector is rapidly expanding, currently valued at $75B and witnessing a growth rate of 9.7% each year. While our initial focus is on hotels and restaurants, the Greena Index has ambitions to reshape the entire spectrum of the industry, from airlines to activities and destinations.Join us on a mission to transform the entire tourism industry for many generations to come.

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• Carbar — Carbar is Australia's first and leading vehicle subscription service. Carbar started off as a virtual car dealership that streamlines the process of selling and buying cars. It also offers a car subscription service, an alternative to car ownership where a customer can get to use a car for a recurring fee. Their car subscription serviceincludes no fixed term-contracts, fully inclusive of insurance, registration, maintenance, roadside assistance and the ability to switch cars depending on your needs.Carbar was founded in 2016.
• InStitchu — InStitchu is an online custom clothier specializing in tailor made menswear. Customers are able to design custom made garments online which are then made to their exact measurements.InStitchu provides tailor made, high quality menswear through a simple online ordering process. Once a customer has added measurements to their profile, a suit orshirt can be ordered in a few minutes and on its way in two weeks. There are multiple ways for a customer to get their measurements perfected and enjoy that “perfect fit” InStitchu customers keep coming back for - our measurement guide will take you on a journey from your living room to the hustle and bustle of our tailor’s studio. Customers can choose from a wide range of globally sourced high quality wool and cotton fabrics, and when you’ve chosen, we’ll deliver your design right to your door. This new approach to shopping is stress free and cuts out the middleman, allowing us to deliver customers luxury tailor made suits and shirts without the high price tag.
• CarExpert.com.au — Australia's most reputable and independent motoring experts bring you the latest car reviews, comparisons, news and auto content.

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• Previsico — Previsico is a spinOut company from Loughborough University specialising in modelling flooding in real-time, using weather predictions to make street-level flood nowcasts and forecasts. The company's mission is to be the leading global provider of cutting-edge flood prediction that saves lives and livelihoods.Its FloodMap Live producesround the clock street-level flood risk predictions and analytics. Uniquely, these are continuously modelled and updated using a combination of different weather forecasts. This allows the company to map the likelihood of short and long-term surface water events in real-time to the street level.
• Looper Insights — Looper Insights - Optimizing Content and App Placement Across Connected TV Devices. The market leader in analytics on Connected TV devices.
• We Are Fulfilment — We Are Fulfillment is an e-commerce company that provides warehousing and management services.