Shark Mitigation hits top Techboard spot

Shark Mitigation Systems has climbed to the top of Techboard’s latest ranking of startup companies, having spent the previous three fortnights at number two.

The recently-listed company last week secured a contract with the World Surf League, which will see its Clever Buoy technology deployed at the J-Bay Open world surfing event, and attracted significant press coverage as a result.

ResApp Health was Techboard’s second highest ranking company, after an eventful fortnight in which it was shortlisted for Best Tech IPO/ Venture Capital Raising in the Talent Unleashed Awards, and released new data which showed its diagnostic app works on adults as well as children.

The healthtech's website also showed significant improvements in rank, daily time on site and page view metrics.

Talent marketplace LiveHire came in third after its successful ASX debut following a $10m IPO.

Fourth-ranked Energy Made Clean announced delivery of New Zealand's first grid-connected commercial BESS to energy company Alpine Energy.

In addition, the company's Belmont headquarters played host to opposition leader Bill Shorten, who was in town to launch a $62 million apprenticeship plan.

The cleantech is Techboard’s highest ranking 'unlisted' company.

ResApp is joined in the top five by fellow healthtech and Curtin University spinout ePAT.

The startup announced a memorandum of understanding had been signed with UK insurance counter-fraud group Strenuus Ltd.

This is an exciting development for the facial recognition technology which until now had been focussed on assessing pain in non-communicative patients. 

The news resulted in a price surge of shares in MinQuest, who is in the process of a RTO with ePAT.

Safety startups in Telstra Awards

Health and safety solutions provider Health Safety Works is a finalist in the 2016 Telstra Business Awards, in the Micro Business category.

The startup provides software covering a broad range of requirements from induction to incident and learning management.

Fellow safety software startup Tap Into Safety also features as a finalist, in the New Business category.

Tech Mpire completes Croatian acquisition

Media company Tech Mpire has completed its acquisition of Croatian software development company Appenture.

As a result of the technical expertise gained through the acquisition, the listed marketing technology company is seeking to accelerate the development of its nxus technology platform.

The platform provides clients with customer acquisition solutions.

WorkLife Calendar launches on App store

Schedule management startup WorkLife Calendar has launched its app on both the Apple and Google app stores.

The software allows users working a shift based work schedule to stay connected and communicate with family and friends.

6Q finalist in Internet Awards

Employee survey startup 6Q is a finalist in the Australian and New Zealand Internet Awards.

6Q joins other tech startups Product Lighthouse, Linewize, Rock.AI and Latipay as finalists in the Tech Startup category.

“I am so pleased to see that the judging panel saw the merit in what we have set out to achieve,” managing director Miles Burke said.

“We have proven that simply asking six questions using 6Q increases employee engagement and helps strengthen employee retention.

“It literally is the easiest action you can do to help improve company culture.”