Following a two-week intensive bootcamp, 12 startups were selected to take part in the six month Stockland Accelerator Program. Powered by Australia’s largest tech startup accelerator BlueChilli, the Stockland Accelerator program aims to identify and develop ‘PropTech’ (property technology) startup solutions that will help create better connected communities.
Selected from a group of 60 founders from 40 different startups, 16 entrepreneurs from 12 startups have now secured a place in the accelerator program. These founders will have the opportunity to work with Stockland and BlueChilli to refine their PropTech idea and develop it into a technology company, with $38,000 in pre-seed investment and up to $500,000 in follow-on funding.
Robyn Elliott, Chief Innovation, Marketing and Technology Officer at Stockland, said “We launched this program to find and develop new business ideas that could reshape the property industry and improve the lives of people in our communities.”
Accelerator Group
“The founders were selected based on the strength of their problem space, their capability as founders and their fit for Stockland’s business and customer base. We’re very excited to begin this next stage with BlueChilli and look forward to working with these new startup businesses to identify pilot opportunities across the Stockland Portfolio.”
With more than 500 applications, 40 shortlisted PropTech businesses were invited to take part in a two-week intensive bootcamp with BlueChilli’s Product, Engineering and Entrepreneur-in-Residence teams.
The objective of the bootcamp was to provide these founders with an opportunity to assess the viability and strength of their ideas, before the final 12 teams were selected to move forward into the formal Stockland Accelerator program.
During the six-month program, each of these 12 businesses will receive hands-on support to develop their idea with the help of expert product managers, technology developers, mentors and a co-working space with BlueChilli in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.
The start-ups selected for the Accelerator program are:
● Early Match – Ewan Le Bourhis – using predictive models to simulate which properties should be back on the market in the future.
● Fair & Square – Anissa Farrell – allowing builders to pay their contractors on time, every time.
● Hey Neighbour – Julia Suh – bringing communities together to look after their shared spaces.
● Home:LIFE – Simon McPherson – providing personalised evaluations of the lifestyle, sustainability and cost of living for housing choices.
● IMBY – Chris Mury & Melanie Mury – increasing transparency around property development applications and approvals.
● Lotly – Ben Starkey – demystifing and de-risking development opportunities.
● Parachuute – Maggie Scott – connecting parents and communities to get things done.
● POD Farms – Christian Collison – providing passive solar greenhouses for microgreens.
● Rental Heroes – Benjamin Burton & Dominik Chmielewski – connecting landlords and tenants to better visibility of property management.
● Senior Care Solutions – Milind R Kulkarni & Geoff Lamperd – connecting with their elderly relatives living in their homes.
● Trajectory – Adam Young – making it easier to present, manage and analyse imagery from inspections.
● Yodel International – Simon Harris & Tyson Jennings – connecting your entire workforce through a business communication and workplace management platform.
