StartCon reveals 2018 Australasian Startup Awards winners
Announcement posted by StartCon 30 Nov 2018
The winners of this year’s Australasian Startup Awards have been revealed by StartCon, Australia’s largest startup and growth conference, at a special awards ceremony held during StartCon 2018 in Sydney on 30 November.
StartCon’s annual startup awards, now in their third year, recognise and celebrate the most innovative and disruptive startups, companies and people in the Australasian region. This year’s winners include the likes of Atlassian, Vinomofo, Fishburners and MadeComfy.
“I’d like to congratulate all of our finalists and winners,” StartCon CEO Cheryl Mack said. “It is an absolute honour for StartCon to be able to celebrate all of the incredible organisations and individuals that were in the running for this year’s annual Australasian Startup Awards. These awards showcase the best of what the local region has to offer, which is world-class innovation and pioneering entrepreneurship.”
Here is the complete list of our 2018 winners:
Startup of the Year Winner: MadeComfy
Other nominees: Audience Republic; Agridigital; BrickX; Mad Paws
Technology Company of the Year: Atlassian
Other nominees: Airwallex; CultureAmp; Vamp; Zoox
Startup Founder of the Year: Katherine Pace (Elanation)
Other nominees: Katherine McConnell (Brighte); James Begley (PickStar); Dr Elliot Smith (MaxwellPlus); Anthony Chow (Igloohome)
Startup Investor of the Year: Samantha Wong (Blackbird Ventures)
Other nominees: Adir Shiffman; Andrey Shirben (Follow[the]Seed); Mike Zimmerman (Main Sequence); Benjamin Chong (Right Click Capital)
Startup Incubator (or) Accelerator of the Year: INCUBATE
Other nominees: Collider (Creative Enterprise Australia); muru-D; River City Labs Accelerator; SheStarts by Blue Chilli
Female Entrepreneur of the Year: Katja Kempe (Viveka)
Other nominees: Monica Wulff; Hayley Warren (Halo); George McEnroe (Shebah); Jessica Ellerm (Zuper)
E-commerce Company of the Year: Vinomofo
Other nominees: Booktopia; Catch; Kogan; OzBargain
Community MVP of the Year: Maria MacNamara
Other nominees: Brendan Yell; Joshua Flannery; Fleur Brown; Aaron Birkby
Best Student-Run Startup: Get to Sleep Easy
Other nominees: AirSticks; Smart Soil; AusAir; BIOSCOUT
Best Startup for Social Good: Home Care Heroes
Other nominees: Floodmapp; Sempo; Humanitix; i=Change
Best SaaS Startup: DigitalMaas
Other nominees: AgriWebb; Biteable; Nod; Social Status
Best Mobile App Startup: Share with Oscar
Other nominees: Perx Health; Plann; UbiCar; UNIspotter
Best FinTech Startup: Spriggy
Other nominees: Cover Genius; Huddle Insurance; MoneyPlace; Trade Ledger
Best E-Commerce Startup: Skwosh
Other nominees: Ettitude; Glamcorner; Make My Piece; The Volte
Best Co-working Space: Fishburners
Other nominees: Desk Space; Hub Australia; Stone & Chalk; Tank Stream Labs
Best Bootstrapped Startup: Sleeping Duck
Other nominees: Bench; Blueberry Markets; HealthcareLink; Invarosoft
Startup Journalist of the Year: Gina Baldassarre
Other nominees: Dominic Powell; Paul Towers; Phil Hayes St Clair; Stephanie Palmer-Derrien
Congratulations to all our nominees and winners!
About StartCon
StartCon (formerly SydStart) is the largest Australian startup and growth conference, expo and entrepreneur community, established in 2009. Thousands of technology startup professionals, investors and ecosystem participants have already experienced StartCon events. This year’s conference was held on November 30th & December 1st at Royal Randwick Racecourse, with world-class international speakers in entrepreneurship and growth marketing, high quality workshops and an expo showcasing the biggest tech names and high-growth startups in Australia.
For more information, contact:
Leon Spencer
Director of Communications
lspencer@freelancer.com
Cheryl Mack
StartCon CEO
cheryl@startcon.com