Currents, the Gold Coast startup community-building group backed by Torus Ventures, has acquired Michael Batko’s Startup Striders. The purchase price was undisclosed, and the deal was completed entirely in cash. Startup Striders began in 2023 as a Saturday morning run and coffee meetup in Sydney. Since then it has become a large community with more than… Read more »
Hi, for those that don’t know me, I’m Tim, the cofounder of Vively, and I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic 3 years ago. When I was diagnosed, it was an absolute maze to try to improve my health. Hours of research, expensive tests, 6-month waits to see a specialist doctor that understands prevention – the list… Read more »
A Sydney software platform managing memberships for the world’s leader fitness brands has raised $17.3 million in a Series A from OIF Ventures and Bailador. Hapana’s platform, a white label CRM solution for membership payments, retention and loyalty, is used by fitness brands such as BFT, KX Pilates, UFC Gym and F45 across 17 countries.… Read more »
We’re living longer than in previous generations, with one in eight elderly Australians now aged over 85. But the current gap between life expectancy (“lifespan”) and health-adjusted life expectancy (“healthspan”) is about ten years. This means many of us live with significant health problems in our later years. To increase our healthspan, we need planned,… Read more »
People asking for exercise advice are usually looking for a simple answer. Do this over that. Do this many of that thing, for this long. Get these gains. In reality, things are never that simple. That’s certainly true for the age old question of how often one should change up one’s exercise routine. Unfortunately, there’s… Read more »
Four years into our business journey, the sharks started circling – and we welcomed it. My co-founder and I were pleased to accept the opportunity to appear on Channel 10’s Shark Tank, the show where potential investors were the sharks and entrepreneurs the meat. While our venture had started well, we were at the stage where… Read more »
A motion-detecting fitness app developed in South Australia that pays its users to exercise is set to launch this month. Adelaide-based app development company PixelForce has been working on the project – known as Fitbotic – for the past three years. Managing Director Hinney Lo said Fitbotic used motion detection technology to track the number… Read more »
The Healthy Mummy was founded by Rhian Allen in 2010 as an online community providing mothers with a solution and support network to help them lose weight.
Sydney-based Briometrix is developing technologies that addresses a total population of one per cent of people who use a wheelchair.
CreativeCubes is a coworking community whose workspaces look to “inspire left brain thinking for the right brainers [and] right brain thinking for everybody”.
Founders have used landing pads to springboard their startups into the US, including KoalaSafe, Event Workforce Group, Indee Labs, Gym Sales & Open Cities.
PredictBGL is an insulin dosage app for people for Type 1 diabetes helping users track their food, exercise and predict changes in blood sugar levels.
AirActive is a fitness activity booking app rewarding users with Velocity Frequent Flyer points with each booking made and offering on and off-peak pricing.
Pummel is a connection app allowing users to connect with personal trainers and fitness experts in their local area directly.
Commpow is an ecommerce platform where a small cut of each purchase will go directly to a school to help them finance resources and facilities.
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