Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur Anna Wright started BindiMaps in 2017. The app provides indoor maps for airports, shopping centres, hospitals, office buildings, libraries, sports grounds, and events.

Sydney-born Yael Stone spent 7-years starring in Netflix’s Orange is the New Black. When she returned home in 2019, Stone settled on the NSW Coal Coast and began a new role – training Aussies for the jobs of the future.

The estimated value of 11 leading private fintech startups shows declines as high as 79%. But a few have started to recover.

Kristina Karlsson was 22 when she borrowed $3,000 from her partner, Paul, to launch iconic stationery brand, Kikki.K. But decades later, Karlsson faced every entrepreneur’s nightmare when Kikki.K entered administration not once, but twice

Bridgit Mendler, an actress and singer best known for her roles in Disney Channel’s “Good Luck Charlie” and “Lemonade Mouth,” is adding a CEO title to her resume with her satellite data startup Northwood Space.

Fintech startups Coalition and At-Bay, founded by security and spy-agency veterans, are using their tech smarts to transform the fast-growing business of protecting companies against hackers.

Kristo Käärmann launched Wise (formerly TransferWise) back in 2011 with the aim of helping users move cash around the world – without the marked-up fees charged by banks. Since then, the company has gone on to process more than $48 billion in cross-border payments and save customers more than $2.9 billion

Parker Conrad is bringing Rippling, his US$11.25 billion work management platform to Australia, nearly a year after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse forced the business to liquidate $130 million to process its customers’ payrolls.

While many of us were stockpiling toilet paper in 2020, Jaimee Lupton was busy developing a product to disrupt the shelves of Coles and Woolworths. What she launched would go on to be coined liquid gold – and is on track to bring in $300 million in retail sales this year.

Serial entrepreneur Katy Barfield secured the seed round of funding from Asia Pacific early-stage VC Investible. Her company Yume has redistributed 8 million kilograms of food from customers including Kelloggs, Mars Food and Unilever.