SBE Alumnae in the News - September/October 2022

The latest SBE Alumnae news for the month of SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022

• Fedora has expanded their Crypto gift cards further, by allowing users to obtain giftcards from Prezzee (Founder Claire Morris, Tech 2018). Prezzee iOS app is currently ranked 62 in the shopping apps and along with over 100k downloads on Android. More here.

• SpaceDraft (CEO Lucy Cooke, Tech 2020) are progressively being installed into all stages of education, making pre-production engaging for students. More here.

• After more than a year of development, Melanie Perkins (Tech, 2013), founder of Canva is excited to announce its new tool “Canva Whiteboards,” which lets people work together and organize their tasks and projects. More here.

• Reproductive BioMedicine Online (RBMO) journal has published results of an international clinic study by Presagen showing that its AI product Life Whisperer (Founder Dr Michelle Perugini, Life Science 2019) can reduce time to pregnancy for IVF couples by 12%, potentially saving costs and heartbreak associated with failed cycles. More here. 

• LYLY Co-founders Hannah Spilva (Tech, 2019) and Verity Tuck are exploring a second market in Malaysia after Australia and re-invent the flower industry through its commitment to zero waste. More here.

• Jacqi Nelson, managing director of Dekko Secure announces its new cloud-based data sharing and storage service designed to allow workgroups to share and collaborate on sensitive files in a completely secure environment. More here. 

• Danielle Morton (Evolve, 2022), founder and CEO of Zondii has created a real-time smartphone verification tool to combat increased food and fiber fraud. More here. 

• Yesterday Stories cycling app launched in time for Wolongong’s UCI Road World Championship. Founder and CEO, Sandra Pires (Evolve, 2018) comments. More here.

• Finalists of the 2022 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards have been announced. Dr Silvia Pfeiffer (Tech, 2017) in the Emerging Leader in Health, Carolyn Mee (Tech, 2015) in the Emerging Leader in STEM, and Camille Socquet-Clerc (Evolve, 2021) in the Emerging Leader in Climate Action. More here. 

• Conserving Beauty’s Natassia Nicolao (LS, 2021) is a finalist in the Women’s Weekly Women of the Future Award for her mission to reduce the beauty industry’s water footprint. More here. 

• Jeanette Cheah (Global Tech, 2022), Founder and CEO of HEX is featured on the High Flyers podcast. More here.

• Canva co-founders Melanie Perkins (Tech, 2013) and Cameron Adams recently shared their advice for today's entrepreneurs. Here's what they said. https://www.smartcompany.com.au/plus/canva-melanie-perkins-cameron-adams-startup-founders-advice/

• Nick Eshkenazi has been appointed Chief Digital Officer at Prezzee (founder Claire Morris, Tech 2018). More here. 

• Canva has amassed a slew of top Silicon Valley investors: Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and more. In May, the startup led by CEO Melanie Perkins (Tech, 2013), added another notable name to that list: Bob Iger, former CEO of Disney. More here. 

• Amy Armstrong (Explore, 2021), founder of Dry but Wet, will be amongst a line-up of guest speakers at the Australia Hotels Association (Victoria), who is presenting the inaugural HospoFuture Expo event to bring together operators and solutions.

• Life Whisperer, a product of AI healthcare company Presagen has been introduced to Bloom IVF Group in India to help get patients pregnant sooner, for lower costs. CEO Dr Michelle Perugini (LS, 2019) comments. More here. 

• CEO Tessa Court (Tech, 2013) comments after the announcement of IntelligenceBank, the leading innovator in digital asset management and marketing operations solutions, announced a new connector integration with Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace. More here. 

• C0-founder and director of Hitnet Julie Gibson (Evolve, 2017) has ceded the company, which brings information and services to close the digital exclusion gap in rural and remote communities, to visual dreaming, a First Nations technology platform drawing on cultural practices and storytelling to support Indigenous youth. More here. 

• Switch Automation launches freemium portfolio benchmarking to equip portfolio owners to meet ESG and Net-Zero goals. CEO and co-founder Deb Noller (Tech, 2013) comments. More here. 

• Rachael Greaves (Global Tech, 2022), Co-Founder and CEO of Canberra-headquartered artificial intelligence (AI) compliance software specialist Castlepoint Systems, has been named Australia's most Outstanding Woman in IT Security. More here.

• LENSELL (Founder and CEO Laura Rusu, Evolve 2019) launches TableBits, a data extraction software to speed up data analysis. More here.