We are proud to announce the official opening of our Autumn Semester. Apply Here Important dates: 19th December 2011 – Applications for Autumn Semester officially open 25th January 2012 – Applications close 23rd – 25th January 2012 – Shortlist notified 1st April 2012 – Autumn Semester begins. Often we’re asked about what we look for [...]
2011 has been a massive year for Pollenizer. This year we: Had media coverage to 1m+ people. Talks to over 5,000 people. Received and screened over 300 applications and ideas. Tested 16 ideas. Started 8 businesses. Raised $7m for portfolio companies. Raises $1.1m for incubation. Sold Spreets for ~$40m. Welcomed Tony Faure and Mark Greig [...]
We’re happy to announce that Dealised have raised $5.3m From Singtel Innov8 and Yuuwa Big congrats to the Dealised team in Pollenizer for an amazing year. From starting the company to growing some great customers and now closing this funding from excellent investors, it’s a hard job, done well. Hat’s off to Oliver, Andy, Serdar, Kevin, [...]
Last week we organised 2D2R(Two Days to Release). Let’s have a look at some of the pitches we had during 2D2R : 1. Red Meow RedMeow is a subscription service where you get 4-5 deluxe samples of beauty products mailed to you each month in a stylish box. 2. Raffle Cloud Raffle Cloud plans to [...]
As many of you already know, Pollenizer Ventures prefers to invest in concept stage startups with little technical expertise. This is where we add great value. If this doesn’t fit with your start-up, and you’re looking for alternative funds, there are many financing options available in Australia. They are: Seed Funds, Angel Investors & Venture [...]
How cool is this?! Recently, Mozilla launched a new programme called Web FWD, where young businesses are invited to spend 4 weeks in the Mozilla San Francisco HQ building their products. They’ll have access to Mozilla-spiked resources and, at the end of four weeks, an MVP ready to launch. Pollenizer’s Phil Morle is a mentor, [...]
Pollenizer wants to be a co-founder of your next web business. Our goal: Invest our team and money in 10 web startups by June 30, 2011. Pollenizer’s focus is on: Startup, idea-stage web businesses, In Australia, Targeting consumers, Commercially focused, With a committed founder, with industry experience, That need an experienced co-founder to invest time [...]
