Now in its sixth year, the annual OzApp Awards concluded last night announcing the 2016 winner as Townsville-based Safety Culture, selected from five grand finalists which included Perth-based Formalytics, Melbourne's Law Advisor and Reword, and Shippit (Sydney).
Seventeen Perth-based startup organisations have been selected to participate in the KPMG Energise and OzAPP Awards accelerator programs to help grow their businesses.
The announcement of a $1.1 billion ‘ideas boom' innovation package yesterday was well timed for Western Australia's startup sector, representatives from which had gathered at the Perth Town Hall for the annual West Tech conference and OzAPP Awards.
Sydney-based mobile app Swift has won this year's OzAPP Awards for its logistics dispatch service, which can be used to easily route deliveries and reduce transport costs.
Five finalists have been announced for the 2015 OzApp awards program run by Curtin University, including Perth company Simply Wall St, with the winner to be unveiled next week.
Six Perth-based startups have been shortlisted of the 2014-15 OzAPP Awards, which seek the most innovative tech startup companies from the Asia Pacific region.