Clever Aussie start-ups line up for Tech23 showcase

THE 23 young and innovative technology companies presenting at the upcoming sixth annual Tech23 2014 event define what is ‘uniquely clever’ about Australia’s innovators.

The technology innovations featured this year range from big data technologies to location services, enterprise applications to healthcare. They will all gather in Sydney, travelling from around Australia, to present at Tech23 on October 23. 

One Tech23 company, Sound Scouts, has developed an app which looks like a game but doubles as a diagnostic tool for hearing loss in primary school-aged children.

LEAPIN Digital Keys has invented a smart lock system which requires no onsite power or infrastructure.

Skrydata has created technology to predict the future based on big data analytics.

Tech23 is the national celebration of innovation, with founders hailing from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and one from the ACT.

“People are innovating across Australia, and it’s great to see the breadth of the nation represented amongst the clever technologies being presented at Tech23 this year,” promoter of the event, SlatteryIT director Rachel Slattery said.

The company founders presenting are also a diverse group, involving some very young entrepreneurs still completing their undergraduate degree and others with decades of experience and multiple start-ups under their belt.

Ms Slattery said bringing together this diverse range of backgrounds and experience is what makes the Tech23 event outstanding.

“When Tech23 started six years ago, it was all about creating connections,” Ms Slattery said.

“It’s great to see this happening even more now, as Tech23 alumni companies and founders, industry leaders, sponsors and supporters go out of their way to help the next wave of innovative companies,” she said. “It’s exciting to see how many alumni have pitched in.”

Ms Slattery said Australian technology “superstars” Michelle Deaker, Leni Mayo, David Spence and Richard White were among the industry leaders who would question and advise the 23 companies on the day.

Many former Tech23 companies have donated a bevy of prizes, she said, “including a trip to Boston from bigtincan, valuable mentoring sessions with the likes of Jonathan Barouch (Local Measure founder), John Palfreyman (chairman of IPscape) and the founders of BugHerd”.

Tech23 is facilitating important connections with enterprise too, with PayPal, REA Group, Citrix, and ThoughtWorks contributing to the prize pool as well as ATP Innovations and SIRCA.

Tech23 2014 takes place on Thursday October 23 in Sydney and will feature five minute presentations from the 23 selected companies and commentary from industry leaders. The day concludes with the awarding of prizes.

Tech23 2014 is sponsored by NICTA, ASX, Bendigo Bank, Citrix, CSIRO, Suncorp, AusIndustry, London & Partners, MYOB, and UNSW:AGSM. The event is being staged at The Auditorium, NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, 37 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills.

www.tech23.com.au

 

The Tech23 2014 companies are:

Appbot - Better app reviews and more sales appbot.co 

AUUG - Make music through motion www.auug.com

Bluedot Innovation - Precise, battery friendly location services www.bluedot.com.au

Clevertar - Clever avatars for innovative aged care annacares.com

Clipp - The bar tab app: Open - Share - Pay clipp.co

Doarama - 3D GPS track visualisation www.doarama.com

GeoMoby - Proximity platform for mobile apps www.geomoby.com

Global and Smart - The story behind the good www.globalandsmart.com

GoFar - Cutting car costs through informed driving www.gofar.co

Intelligent Fleet Logistics - Vehicle routing and scheduling optimisation www.nicta.com.au/research/projects/intelligent_fleet_logistics

LEAPIN Digital Keys - A smartphone enabled access control system digitalkeys.co

Maestrano - One-click interconnected business apps for SMEs maestrano.com

Mika Compliance - Aged care management software / resource portal

Oar Inspired - Make every stroke count www.oarinspired.com.au

Peepable - Liberating online video though search and shareability Peepable.com

Pop Tech - Transact instantly and control your data www.letspop.com

Red Eye - Cloud based engineering drawing management solution www.redeye.co

Robological - Robotics in the cloud and beyond robological.com

Skrydata - Discovering the value in big data www.skrydata.com

Sound Scouts - Harnessing games to help our health www.cmee4.com.au

Statsilk - Interactive mapping and visualisation software www.statsilk.com

Tzukuri - Beautiful wearable technology tzukuri.com

uSig - Breakthrough in password and identity management usig-passwords.com

 

 

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