The corporate, answerable for the Focusband wearable mind frequency-sensing headwear, gained each the Finest Product and Better of the Finest Award.
“It was such an honour for Neuphoria to win River Rival’s Finest Product and Better of the Finest,” stated Neuphoria founder and CEO, Henry Boulton.
“Being chosen as one of many 7 companies to take part within the River Rival Pitch the ultimate occasion of One thing Tech 23 convention. River Metropolis Labs, particularly Pauline and Peter and the entire group put collectively a tremendous convention yearly.”
The Focusband headwear gives real-time efficiency suggestions and evaluation to athletes and coaches by means of a cellular app with champion golfer Jason Day amongst its customers.
Profitable the Individuals’s Alternative award was Yas Grigaliunas from round financial system enterprise Circonomy which gained the votes from the 250 attendees at Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves.
Initially based because the World’s Greatest Storage Sale in 2013, Circonomy works to offer Australians entry to reused merchandise starting from workplace furnishings, renewed expertise, and residential furnishings as a part of the corporate’s mission to “create a world the place nothing goes to waste”.
Neuphoria and Circonomy had been among the many seven startups pitching to a panel of judges together with Craig Scroggie, Subsequent DC CEO and managing director; ACS chief development officer, Siobhan Casey; Enterprise associate and startup founder, Shahirah Gardner; and Ten13’s Steve Baxter.
The occasion was the finale of the two-day One thing Fest convention that noticed River Metropolis Labs launch the Elevating Feminine Founders program that can see as much as 20 ladies entrepreneurs supported of their journey to take their companies to the following stage.
This system affords eight months of assist, together with structured mentoring, teaching, training expertise workshops, trade connections, and a devoted Entrepreneur in Residence, together with a 12-month digital membership to River Metropolis Labs, and is presently open for purposes.
Pauline Fetaui, Director of ACS Innovation Labs, stated she was pleased with the standard of rising expertise firms throughout Queensland.
“Congratulations to the winners of River Rival and thanks to all of the audio system who offered over two days and the week as a part of One thing Tech and One thing Fest,” she stated.
“We’ve been blown away by the assist and enthusiasm of the Brisbane tech scene and we’re wanting ahead to a good greater occasion subsequent 12 months.”