H2 Ventures invests in their fourth cohort of diverse and exciting start-ups
- Written by Melissa Hurwitz
H2 Ventures—a leading fintech focused venture capital investment firm—announced today that it has invested in seven technology startups as part of its leading fintech accelerator program, the H2 Accelerator.
H2 Ventures has invested $100,000 in each startup and they will spend six months as a part of the H2 Accelerator program, based in their Sydney offices, developing their products and business models and launching solutions in the market.
“We are once again delighted with the quality of applicants received for this round of the accelerator and have chosen seven fantastic teams, of passionate founders who are driven to change the world,” said Toby Heap, Founding Partner at H2 Ventures.
The startups selected for this fourth intake of the H2 Accelerator programme are:
• DishMe (www.dishme.com.au) DishMe is an online marketplace to get personalised food homemade by a local chef on demand.
• Divi (http://divipay.io/) Divipay allows you to pay as a group by splitting the cost of any purchase at checkout both online and instore.
• FanTrade (http://fantrade.com.au/) The social sports trading game. Compete against your mates and other fans during live sport.
• Goodments (http://goodments.com/) Creating a more sustaibale future by making it easy to invest in good business.
• InsideSherpa (http://www.insidesherpa.com/) InsideSherpa connects students with young professionals to help prepare those students to get their first job.
• Nod (www.nod.money) Nod is a platform for getting advice about money from financial experts on-demand.
• Reji (http://www.rejiapp.com/) Reji creates customer happiness by helping Retailers and Manufacturers to personalise sales, service and support.
H2 Ventures will be holding its annual fintech Expo Day in June 2016 as the startups in the current round of the H2 Accelerator graduate from the program.
This event will feature the current cohort alongside other startups in the H2 portfolio and other leading Australian fintech startups.
Anyone interested in attending should visit www.h2.vc and subscribe to the H2 newsletter.
Details of the H2 Accelerator programme are available at www.h2.vc/accelerator/ and applications for the fifth round of the H2 Accelerator programme, commencing in August 2017, are now open.
Quotes from the new cohort: "H2 is a hugely important part of the Goodments team being able to realise our mission of building a more sustainable future through investing. It’s so exciting to be part of a group of startups, all looking to not only innovate, but also connect with a new generation of customers." – Tom Culver, Goodments
"H2's backing will help us grow the InsideSherpa network so that all university students can get on- demand career advice and job application help from successful young professionals." – Tom Brunskill, Inside Sherpa “FanTrade is building Australia's first social prediction app for live sport. H2 were excited about our concept because it combines fantasy sports with a stock market dynamic.” – Dalibor Frtunik, FanTrade
“The support of the industry partners H2 bring to the table has allowed us to navigate the complexities of the Australian payments ecosystem to deliver a better customer experience.” –
Daniel Kniaz, Divi “Reji is a digital assistant that enables Retailers to offer Customers personalised deals based on their social profiles and purchase history. H2 is accelerating our ability to help partner Retailers improve Customer experience and challenge the online gorilla Retailers entering the Aussie market.”– Justin Osmotherly, Reji
“We're really excited to be joining the H2 Accelerator program because we think it gives Nod the best possible platform from which to solve the problem of equitable access to great advice about money for young people.” – Joel Robbie, Nod
“Dishme is the world's first marketplace where busy professionals can get an on demand personal chef for fresh and homemade food cooked based on their individual taste and dietary requirements.”– Pushpinder Bagga, Dishme
