App/tech business of the week – GroupMap

GROUPMAP ~ A visual, organised way for people to make decisions collaboratively.

Tired of unproductive business meetings? GroupMap collects responses from individuals, combines them into a group view for discussion, prioritisation and decision making. It can be used for board and strategy meetings, staff consultation and anything in between.

WHERE ~ GroupMap can be viewed from www.groupmap.com

WHO ~ CoFounders Jeremy Lu (managing director) and Brad Ward (CTO); advisers Derek Gerrard, Howard Digby and Vicki Hodgson.

QUOTATION ~ We wanted to challenge the way meetings are run currently and improve decision-making in teams. It was a tool initially designed to improve student engagement in the classroom, but has been used now to help shape national policy, decide on strategic initiatives for organisations and prioritisation of innovations in business

-Jeremy Lu

MARKET SIZE ~ There are an estimated 3 billion meetings a year. The enterprise social software market is approaching $1 billion. GroupMap has been used by over 27,000 people since 2013. Current finalists in the WAITTA awards, the latest version was released in March 2015.

GroupMap launched in 2012 and is ranked #50 by launch date in BNiQ Startups List