Hospitality ordering app Mr Yum has been named startup of the 12 months within the annual Governor of Victoria Startup Awards.
The fintech, at present in talks with rival Me&u over a doable merger, was recognised for its function in serving to the state’s restaurant sector persevering with to function throughout pandemic restrictions and now serving to the hospitality sector because it recovers from Covid lockdowns.
The inaugural awards final 12 months noticed sustainable vitality retailer Amber Electrical and medtech Seer Medical named joint winners of Victorian startup of the 12 months.
The 2023 awards spanned six classes starting from scaleup of the 12 months for corporations lower than 10-years-old to greatest newcomer for a startup lower than three-years-old, was nicely as investor, ecosystem hero and regional hero.
Fintech Zeller was named scaleup of the 12 months for setting an Australian file for the quickest time a neighborhood firm has hit a $1 billion valuation, greater than doubling its employees to over 220 and rising its buyer base to 35,000 companies in its first three years of operation.
Greatest Newcomer went to “deathtech” startup Willed, based in 2019, earlier than launching in 2020. It’s an property administration platform that permits individuals to create a authorized will in lower than 20 minutes on-line. The corporate raised $6 million final 12 months.
GippsTech CEO Dr Elena Kelareva was named Regional Ecosystem Hero of the Yr for bringing digital innovation to Gippsland by means of applications akin to Startup Gippsland and for establishing a co-working house for regional innovators and entrepreneurs.
Well being tech champion and Facet Stage Ventures investor Emily Casey was named Ecosystem Hero of the Yr for her work to boost the Australian well being tech group, and whereas Blackbird companion Nick Crocker shared the Investor of the Yr award with Rachael Neumann for his or her assist for early-stage founders.
The Governor of Victoria, Linda Dessau, offered the awards to the winners at Authorities Home.
The awards come within the wake of the Victorian authorities allocating a further $5 million in final week’s state price range for the Alice Anderson fund, its feminine founders-focused co-investment fund.