Innovation Bay Member News > July 2024

Welcome to another installment of: our members continue to take on the world!

At Innovation Bay, there’s nothing we love more than hearing about what our members are up to. From brand new start-ups, to raising funds, to receiving growing industry accolades… it’s all happening. Read on for our latest member news!

💸 Ethan Singer, Fundabl. Fundabl just raised a Venture Debt fund. A very flexible mandate, funding terms up to 3 years, with cheque sizes up to $5 million.

🏆 Anthony Willmott, DAS Intel. DAS was named Startup of the Year at the LaunchVIc 2024 Governor of Victoria Startup Awards.

💸 John Fargher, AgriWebb. AgriWebb has secured an additional AU$11 million (US $7.2 million, £6 million), in an oversubscribed round.

💡 Steve Fanale, DriveYello. With over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience, Steve has just launched his new Fractional Exec site, Fanale Exec.

💡 Steve Lewis, Nabu.ai. Steve is launching healthcare advocate Nabu AI, securing high level industry advisors along with partnerships for trials starting Q4. Get a sneak preview here.

🎤 Keaton Okkonen, Black.ai was part of the AFR Entrepreneurship Summit 2024 panel on AI Startups.

💜 Mark Dombkins, Forever Projects. Our charity partner Forever Projects ran a successful EOFY campaign for a new vehicle for their Tanzania partners, raising $85K in 13 days! Innovation Bay are proud to support Forever Projects’ overheads, enabling 100% of funds raised to reach Tanzania and help women break the cycle of poverty.

🏆 Jeremy Leibman, Powour. Powour made the cut for this year’s QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge. This is a global challenge powered by Leading Cities (a Boston-based B2G accelerator). They were selected from over 740 applicants from 70 countries.

🤗 Robert Kinkade, Dynamic Uplift. Dynamic Uplift has achieved significant milestones with the ‘FutureFit’ program in partnership with Optus, receiving strong user feedback and high NPS. The venture focuses on offering scalable consulting advice for SMBs, leveraging digital strategy and transformation expertise, with recent expansions including new strategic advisors and Google cloud credits for advancing their generative AI product roadmap.

📺 Anna Wright, BindiMaps. BindiMaps was featured on Channel 10 Evening News (10 News First Melbourne) highlighting its collaboration with Guide Dogs Victoria (GDV) in setting a new gold standard for accessible buildings.

🏆 Dominic Woolrych, Lawpath. Dominic was named a finalist of the “Innovator of the Year” award at the Australian Law Awards.

🏆 Carolina Dreifuss, SyncTechnologies. SyncTechnologies has been named a finalist for the “Insurtech Startup of the Year” award by ANZIIF for the second consecutive year!

💸 Dennis Savic, Savic Motorcycles. Savic Motorcycles’ Equity Crowd-Sourced Funding Expression of Interest phase is now live with Birchal. The offer to actually invest will go live on 1st August. Those who sign up through EOI will get priority access before the public from 30th July. Sign up to stay informed here.

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