Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Melbourne.
Studied at @melbourne-business-school School, @university-of-evansville, 4 startups under the belt, founder of a new one on the go. Entrepreneur and getter of done.
Founder and CEO @airtasker-1
• Worked at @amaysim, @macquarie-bank • Studied at @university-of-new-south-wales (B. Comm, marketing)
http://blog.airtasker.com
Founder of @goodfilms. Data-crunching, high-scaling background. Film-lover.
Founder and CEO of @lexim.
Co-founder, @adioso. Product-designer, recruiter, hacker, writer, traveller.
http://tomhoward.co
CEO/Founder of World Wide Web Hosting. Life long entrepreneur and learning to love management. 100+ remote team running 24/7 around the world.
Co-founder & architect of @adioso. Hacker. Traveler.
http://fennb.com/
Founder CEO at A. R. Communications. Web Industry and Optimization Expert. Visionary Entrepreneur and Investor.
http://asif.im
Founded WebSavvy - Visual SEM Management
Founder & Designer @app-io. Passionate about great UI & UX.
http://diesellaws.com/
Now: Singularity University; Previous: President / Chief Scientist @kaggle; Founder @FastMail (sold to Opera) and @ODG (sold to Choicepoint). Worked @McKinsey.
http://jhoward.fastmail.fm
Founder: AudienceTV.net, Getprice.com.au
BDM at Pin Payments, Co-founder of Nitro. Software/Product Professional with technical background.
Co-founded @lifx and @angelcube. Mentor @500Startups.
http://andrewbirt.com
CTO @app-io. Founded @crashlog & @testpilot • Worked at @orionvm
http://ivanvanderbyl.github.com
Founder & CEO of @the-fetch. Writer. Led growth, digital media and community teams. BSc (Biotechnology), MB (Marketing).
Founder & CEO @app-io. Always creating awesome products and teams that are never boring and always exciting.
Founder @app-io • Worked at @skm-consulting, @papercloud • Studied at @university-of-melbourne, @rmit-university
Great Ape @ @bonobo. Designer of multiple #1 apps. I'm all about smashing business, design and technology into a delicious concoction.
http://www.bonobolabs.com/blog
Front-end engineer @kinnek • Former tech attorney @fenwick-and-west with a penchant for coding • Studied at @yale-university, @university-of-california-berkeley
Founder Make'n Movies, Smokin Apps (sold). Working on 5th venture. 1st company at 19. Internet entrepreneur Dell, BusinessObjects, SAP, Cisco, IronPort. Designer by trade.
http://ashconway.com
Associate @adventure-capital. Lead organiser of Startup Weekend Australia.
http://tumblr.com/dineshgeorge
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Head of Business Development @app-io, Founder @broccol-e-games. Comp Sci and Law degrees from @flinders-university-of-south-australia
http://blog.feedmybrain.info
Co-Founder at Techseeder Pty Ltd
Founder of @promisepay. 5th Startup. Helped build a technology platform for mortgage transactions that exceeded $30 billion p/a. Two years ago achieved an MBA.
Co-founder of @portable and CTO of new luxury lifestyle service @svbscription.
http://portable.tv
Founder CEO of @corus. Collaboration startup. Technologist.
http://blog.corus-share.com/2010/06/team-profile-1/
CEO & Product/graphic/UI/UX designer @ Skitch.com
Prior to Skitch: Co-founded & ran plasq. Designed UI for Award winning software, Comic Life.
http://atariboy.com
Founder @tutor-on-demand • Past high school tutor • Worked @goldman-sachs @kpmg • Volunteer at Baan Dada • Studied @university-of-melbourne & CFA Institute
CMO @liveexercise | Founder @link-me-2 | Online Marketing | Aussie Entrepreneur | I'm from the internet
Founder of Good44 (pre. AgendaSelects). Previous start-up experience as Head of BD at VC backed NileGuide. Led a team of 6 as the Director BD at Lonely Planet.
Mobile. Social. Gaming. Monetization. Been around long enough to know how to use a DOS shell. 5 startups. One $25M exit. Well traveled Australian. Connected.
Founding Partner of @getviable
Founded & successful exit of @exertrack, acquired by 1st round @techstars company, Gyminee, now DailyBurn.
http://www.getviable.com/?page_id=13
Co-founder, thinker, & hacker at Setkick. Previously tech lead at @portable, speaker & judge at Hong Kong mobile film festival 2011.
http://debugging.me
Founder @121cast | Experienced Software and Web Developer (mobile, front/back-end, servers), different, passionate, driven | Studied at @university-of-melbourne
CEO & Co-founder at Budge
Co-founder and CEO of @eventarc and @attendly
Founder @outtrippin. Speaks 4 languages. Lived on 4 continents. 2 time travel-tech entrepreneur. Former mgmt consultant. Travel nerd with a business background.
http://kckal.tumblr.com
Changing the way people buy media.
Experience: Sara Lee, Roche, L'Oreal, Simplot, KPMG
Web MAD since '93
Co-founder @onetouch. Former finance guy turned tech entrepreneur
http://hanypham.tumblr.com
Founder & CTO @outtrippin. Previously Tech-Lead at schooools.com and Project Manager / Information Architect at doist.io. Bridging the gap between computers and people.
http://joaovalente.com/blog
Founder, Buildbox • Worked at @pin-payments, @the-frontier-group @desks-near-me-1
CEO, Tru-e Technology and Media Services INC.
Head of Marketing @tweaky-com • Founder of Vinspi • @angelcube-2 class of 2012 • Worked at OZHut, 69th Fastest Growing Australian Startup 2011
http://www.ivanmelvin.com/
Founder/CEO of CafePeople. Product guy, Aussie entrepreneur in the Valley behind a platform for coffee lovers to share interests, Social TV, meet amazing people
http://petemeehan.com
CEO of Tweaky.com.
Founder @perceptar, @StartupMelb • Melbourne Director @startup-grind Studied at @swinburne-university
"Top 50 Australian Startup Influencers"- Shoestring Startups
http://www.startupmelbourne.com
Founder Of @random-ramble, Online Games Consulting Company. Looking to expand consulting business to over 100 clients in 2012!
http://www.neilwalter.me
Co-Founder @beanhunter
Digital Marketing. PHP Programmer. Sales/Biz Dev guy. Online Marketing and #leanstartup background. Studied at @rmit-university, @swinburne-university.
Founder @melbourne-angels-inc, @australian-association-of-angel-investors-ltd, successful VC, Angel and serial entrepreneur MBS (MBA) BEng (Electronics) RMIT
Founder noWorriesHire; Started first Civil Construction Company 3 years ago. B.E. Civil Engineer. Strong industry background, 15 years plus.
Founder @ourcast
CTO and co-founder of Tweaky.com; former Consultant Developer at ThoughtWorks
Founder @fabbit • Worked at @pixar, @university-of-washington-1 • Studied at @university-of-washington, @school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago
CEO & Founder of @ettitude. Serial entrepreneur. eCommerce, Digital marketing
http://blog.ettitude.com/
Founder of fLinked (exclusive social club soon to be online). Worked in business/corporate strategy @anz-banking-group @accenture and @pwc-1.
CEO@Cashtivity. 3rd major product build and 2nd startup. Strong operational & business background, lawyer & grad scientist. Launched e-procurement venture for a telco during web1.0 days. Ministerial appointment to 2 boards including one in education. Colu
Director | Visionary | Architect | Human
Lead engineer at @the-fetch and web developer experienced in search, virtual currencies, gaming, languages, travel and disruptive technologies. BEng (Software).
Founder & CEO of etaskr - the task marketplace for enterprise. AngelCube (accelerator) 2013 startup. Enterprise background, KPMG. BCom/LLB.
http://www.etaskr.com/blog
Co-Founder & COO @whatsnew, Strong business background (Analyst and Broker @FNSYRUS), Monash University BBC, Sasin University MBA
Andrew Ward B.Ec (Syd Uni), is the founder and Managing Director of SelfWealth Ltd. 20 years experience in the financial services industry globally
http://www.selfwealth.com.au/blog
Co-founder of FlashCast. Founder member of the *iHub_ Robotics Initiative, worked in Banking, studied at Strathmore University and Monash University
Passionate about sports and technology. Founder of @c8apps-1.
Founder @wirestorm, @hood, @emit • Worked at @sensis, @australia-post, @smesh, @heyday • Studied at @university-college-london, @open-university-london
http://rayh.com.au
Founder @zaq, @explainers-1, @sms-diagnostics, @bulksms, @sms-central, @sniip, @streetwyse • BEng (Software) from The @university-of-melbourne
Founder Notesy • Worked at @lend-lease • Studied at @macquarie-university
Founder of @giftless, Co-founder of @indexmedia. Worked at @iris-data-services. 1st Class Honours in Comp Sci from UWA.
http://noizwaves.tumblr.com
Founder/MD of @venuemob. Previously started @crowdmass, one of Australia's first group-buying sites and acquired by @groupon in 2011.
Founder of Atlasa. Strong digital strategy background through agency work (Huge, Flint, Frog Design). Wharton UG'06. Has stepped foot on all 7 continents.
http://atlasablog.tumblr.com
Founder and COO of Cinergix and Creately. Love being independent and an entrepreneur. Always looking to grow and zoom. Master of IT.
Co-founder and CEO at CheckinLine, MBA (Entrepreneurship and Innovation), also founded innovation consultancy NeoCogs.
http://www.neocogs.com.au/blog
Co-founder of @moneytribe, founder @superapps . Co-founded AgentArts (acquired by Fast Search). Strategy consultant at Accenture. Hack musician.
http://www.moneytribe.com.au/category/blog/
Founder @modbot , @lkbk-com • Worked at @general-motors • Studied at @swinburne-university, @rmit-university
Founder @ediply, MA Grad • @ebs-oestrich-winkel, @hku @rmit-university. Varied Business background. Globally orientated.
Entrepreneur & Investor
Founder Atlas Capital • Studied at @melbourne-business-school, @university-of-melbourne
Founder & Director at StudioProper - boutique product design studio
Studied at @university-of-sydney, @university-of-technology-sydney
http://cinnamonpollard.com/blog/
CEO and Founder of Listium. Successful fund manager who left to follow the dream of building a startup. A generalist, with a passion for constantly learning.
http://www.marcharrison.net
Project Manager University of NSW Faculty of Engineering Web Project. Founder & CEO @life-s-project
Writer, Editor, Publisher, Entrepreneur.
Founder, Report Machine: http://reportmachine.com.au
Twitter @ReportMachine Swin MEI, UniMelb IP Law, RMIT Journalism
Worked at @goldman-sachs • Studied at @oxford-university, @university-of-queensland
Founder at Amectronix. BBA. Developed social network & launched iOS games to Top-3. Started first organisation at 13.
http://www.daylidonis.com
CEO of Liquorun. 3rd start up out of high school. Ex-AFL footballer. Extensive commercial experience in start ups, investment & sales.
B.Bus at Monash University
Marketer, incl via social media. 3 startups over 20 yrs. Specialised in profit sharing, sustainability, selling, industrial relations. PhD (Econ). Law degree.
http://www.profitsharz.com
Co-founded @visionary-igaming, a live online casino provider, in 2008.
Web technologist, CTO of @99designs, San Francisco.
CEO and founder of Fyrebox, former co-founder of Broccol-e-games, founder of Melvia. Studied at INSA, RIT. Worked at ALTRAN, RIT, EADS, GE.
Founder of @choosly and an innovative innovator.
Tech Consultant • Works at @accenture • Studied at @monash-university #teamSaaS
Director at @beanhunter; 1st employee at TinyMe.com; Developer.
Founder & CEO of @xsrpm Studing Business advertising
officially 1 million dollars = 1 share in @xsrpm
http://direct.xsrpm.com
Founder of AquaTrophic - experience in algae biotech, consulting engineering, research commercialisation and sustainability, with a PhD in biomass processing.
Founder @zaq, @Mobileroo, @Delux, @gtext
Get the Story
http://agilebench.com/blog
Founder @ 2Crates. 15 years IT industry; Masters in Entrepreneurship (Swinburne)
http://deealpost.blogspot.com
Founder @propdocs, @melbourne-christmas-trees • Worked at @ashurst, @effective-measure-international
Founder cAlert • Worked at @ibm, @telstra @datacom • Studied at @Deakin @Swinburne University of Technology
CTO@CloudSpark, founder of BipIO, distributed system specialist with an e-commerce background. I love complex systems and building product.
Lover of life and successful learner. Businessman, Human Behaviorist, Big Dreamer and avid hack sacker.
http://dallasmkrueger.tumblr.com/
Co-Founder @whogotstuff. Developer (Elec Engineering, Comp Sci, Systems Engineering, Cyber Security). Street photography, Taichi, cooking.
http://blog.whogotstuff.com
Founder & CEO at JASU
co-founded @pearlPRAUS and @dainesinger. strategy director for @portable
COO fanfuel
Entrepreneur with an interest in Product Development, eCommerce and Digital Strategy.
http://thisiscourtneyd.tumblr.com
Co Founder, Exective Producer at BoxMedia Network
Founder foodinger • Worked at @jp-morgan • Studied at @university-of-new-south-wales
CEO & Founder IntelligenceBank. Profitable & Scalable. Exec Team @ Hitwise with successful exit. Springboard Enterprises Alum.
http://www.intelligencebank.com/blog
Aerospace Engineer & Entrepreneur
Zoop Founder; former Web Team Lead and Web Strategist at Nitro PDF (Melb and San Francisco); Founded and built killyourstereo.com whilst in University
http://crimsonronin.tumblr.com/
http://EntrepreneurNews.com.au
Founder On The Door • Studied at @university-of-melbourne
Founder @small-epic. Believes in idealism, entrepreneurship, user experience, Ruby, and the ‘Greater Fool’.
http://nonprofiteer.com.au/
Digital strategy and growth specialist. Agency Marketer working with tier 1 brands for more than 7 years and founder of Melbourne based tech incubator, GENIAUS.
http://www.cameronrambert.com
Co-founder of Lexim
Founder of MathsPathway. Background in software entrepreneurship, IT and management consulting (LiTMUS Group), joined teaching via Teach for Australia.
Co-Founder of Wise Guides. Background in Commerce (Entrepreneurship and Innovation).
eCommerce & Online specialist
Founder @partystar Function Room Brokerage
Founder/Ex-Director @pocha-leather (Sold), Customer-centred focus passionate about ideas & businesses.
Entrepreneur taking @seeksolve from inception through design & development to @launch and beyond. Love data & design, form & function and exponential growth.
Cofounder and CTO of @coinjar
http://twicetwice.net
Cofounder and Developer of StomachSmart; Studied at @swinburne-university Uni though still learning everyday.
Founder DiscoverMe - your episodes of talent
http://streaming.nfm.id.au
CEO/Founder in|out. Inventor Voice Logistics System 2012 & world's 1st app store 2002. Systems engineer $1M plant roll-outs. Univ of Melbourne PhD.
http://www.antarapa.com
CEO and Founder of Gouniq. Worked at @betfair UK and Betfair AUS in Marketing and Operations roles. Studied at @University of Victoria in Marketing and IT.
Founder & CEO @continu.
Previously, Co-Founder @createone.
http://scottburgess.co
Worked at @moodswing • Studied at @la-trobe-university
I build things. Sometimes they don't break.
Founder & CEO @yellloh • Studied Science (mathematics) @monash-university University • Previous Financial Planner @Plan4Wealth.
Director | Leader | Banker | Human
Founder @localz • Worked at @kpmg, @national-australia-bank
Founder ShutterClass • Works at @pwc-1 • Pro photographer, cinematographer and compulsive problem solver
Student & Passionate entrepreneur building trustworthy environment that brings Joy and Satisfaction through collaboration on realizing great idea.
Founder and Director at @channelpace • Extensive business experience. Worked at @ibm, @lenovo, @toshiba in sales and management positions over 25 years.
http://channelpace.com/perspectives
Founder & CXO @yellloh | Strategic Design (Hons) @university-of-otago | UI/UX, Growth, Business Strategy, Beer
UX/social media/digital strategy. Studied at @monash-university-1, BA (Honours). Previous at @deloitte-digital. E3 eligible.
http://juliahughan.com
With 10+ yrs of digital & software experience, Brian prides himself in product ideation, offering a wide range of disciplines from a mosaic of former positions.
Sports trader, founding Director of Limehouse (Australia's fastest growing 3D agency) and investor.
CTO and Founder at Yellloh. Science and Aerospace Engineering, programmer, nerd.
http://adoado.dx.am/
Studied at @monash-university
http://myopinion.matthiaspeitsch.com
Co-founder of Goldspades.
Technologist, product creator, ex-BSkyB mobile and interactive
Entrepreneur since age 15 and equipped with knowledge well beyond my years. I'm the hungry for success entrepreneur that big businesses should be afraid of.
SME Business professional with a successful 20+ years track record of profitable small to medium business ownership
Founder RapidFMS. Please visit me at Linked In.
http://clould.com.au/
Bootstrap Entrepreneur and Professional Product Manager. Strong diverse background in both Business Strategy and Software Engineering.
Full Stack marketer & generalist
nonprofit management, business startups, and developing solution of integrating the whole person with ecological sustainability and organic living.
Studied at International Learning Centres. Sole Proprietor, Kinesiology Instructor/Consultant. Senior instructor RMT International.
Founder of @hatchvid. Entrepreneur, programmer, realist, industry veteran, MIS.
http://www.nilkanth.com
Developer, Designer, Business Man
Founder & CEO of @reach: Whats your poison?.
Founder of babiinet.
Entrepreneur and stay at home dad with a strong finance background.
Founder @grout-2. Experience building web & mobile applications.
Founder and CEO at Zarfo People Communities. Working with beta members from over 100 countries around the world is both exciting and challenging!
http://arifromoz.blogspot.com.au/
Founded @tiip • Work at @telstra-australia • Studied at @university-of-ballarat
http://LeighSherman.com
Owner/Organiser of Central Sun Trance Festival 2013, Melbourne, Australia
Founder @windsale-marketing, @fossil-energy, @Mayne Tank Rentals
Founder WizeOwl, successfully developed and brought to market media technologies contracted internationally by McDonalds, 7eleven. Innovator of media marketing solutions, philanthropy and social responsibility.
Founder of Wink & Winn. Living and working in China for the past 10 years.