The following businesses located in the City of Melbourne received a Small Business grant in the Business expansion category. Each was chosen for their capacity to enhance the city's reputation for innovation and business vitality, while demonstrating a business model based on solid market potential and long-term financial viability.
Current Circus Pty Ltd
Current Circus specialises in developing creative games and software applications. The expanded activity is the introduction of new interactive digital projections and installations and the relocation of the company studio into the City of Melbourne.
Funding will be applied to purchase IT and specialist equipment and re-development of the website. Visit Current Circus Pty Ltd.
3FLOORSUP
3Floorsup Pty Ltd develops high-end websites and web-based software systems. It is developing a web-based software package specifically tailored to the maintenance management of wind turbines. Visit 3FLOORSUP.
Accuteque
Accuteque Pty Ltd provides independent testing services to both small and large organisations to provide assurance when delivering new software or systems. It is developing a web-based professional test management tool. Visit Accuteque.
Aerostaff Australia
Aerostaff Australia Pty Ltd is a CASA-approved, AS 9100 Certified sheetmetal workshop based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company manufactures close tolerance high precision sheetmetal components and assemblies for the aviation, defence and specialised sheetmetal industries. Aerostaff Australia has the opportunity to be involved in the manufacture and support of components and assembly for the Lockheed Martin project to develop the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) which will replace the Royal Air Force’s ageing fleet of FA / 18s. Visit Aerostaff Australia.
AGTC Consulting
AGTC Consulting Pty Ltd (AGTC) is a boutique consulting firm that specialises in the provision of IT / Biotech professional services to a broad range of companies, research institutions and industry associations. Visit AGTC Consulting.
Auspicious Arts Incubator
Auspicious Arts Incubator provides business and financial management training, mentorship and coaching to small arts businesses. Visit Auspicious Arts Incubator.
Bluebag
Bluebag is a fresh food company expanding into the creation and distribution of reusable coffee cups for the socially-conscious espresso coffee retailer. Visit Bluebag.
Buro North
Buro North has developed an indoor eco-friendly 'Christmas tree'. The Buro trees are made from environmentally aware materials through low energy production techniques. Visit Buro North.
Business for Millennium Development (B4MD)
B4MD seeks to connect Australian companies with business opportunities that will alleviate poverty, particularly with leading Australian companies with HQ’s in Melbourne. Funding was approved to assist with the company's office relocation into City of Melbourne. Visit B4MD.
Clarinox Technologies
Clarinox Techonologies Pty Ltd develops software for small wireless products and provide design and project management services. It is the only Australian company that has revolutionised Bluetooth technology capabilities and protocols to be qualified against a multiple platform framework. Visit Clarinox Technologies.
Compoundia Australia
Compoundia Australia Pty Ltd provides custom-made prescription medications for patients requiring differing strengths of medication not offered by ’off the shelf’ products and therapies. It also offers medications no longer being produced by existing manufacturers. Visit Compoundia Australia.
Harbinger Escrow Services
Harbinger Escrow Services is developing the first online intellectual property protection and source code escrow service in Australia. Visit Harbinger.
InCharge Investment Pty Ltd.
InCharge Investment is a boutique human resources management organisation that provides in-house human resources solutions for businesses. Visit InCharge.
Medicines Development Limited
Medicines Development Limited project manage drug development programs for early stage biotechnology companies. The proposed new service is to provide clinical research management, as a stand-alone service for biotechnology companies during the clinical trial phase of a drug development. Visit Medicines Development.
MYN Diversities t/a Marekai Events
Marekai specialises in event catering, management and marketing. It helps clients develop a personalised approach for their event, including transforming venues through clever production design for a concept and food matching.
Marekai is planning to introduce a new series of events that would target tourists to Melbourne looking for an event that captures several iconic elements of Melbourne – culture, food and wine, performance. The first of the series is a proposed event to be held at Old Melbourne Gaol. Visit Marekai.
Studio Periscope
Studio Periscope is a boutique studio that offers a range of integrated design solutions. It has created a new packaging solution, 'The traveller' that enables 1 or 2 bottles of wine to be safely posted around Australia and abroad, featuring customisable branding. Visit Studio Periscope.
The Wilpak Group
The Wilpak Group Pty Ltd is behind a product called Insulcap, a 100 per cent Australian made and owned solution for protecting temperature-sensitive products during transport and shipping. Visit the Wilpak Group.
Tiffins
Tiffins Pty Ltd is an Indian style hot food lunch delivery system using reusable temperature controlled tiffins containers. It proposes to upgrade its website and implement a fully electronic sales and delivery system. Visit Tiffins .
Tundra Interactive
Tundra is a progressive web agency. It is developing a dynamic online folio tool for designers, photographers, artists and small businesses wishing to build their presentation, or folio websites and display these online. Visit Tundra Interactive.
Turtle House
Turtle House Pty Ltd has developed digital vending kiosks which can deliver digital pre-paid services directly into a customer’s mobile device without the traditional use of vouchers, cards or pin numbers. Visit Turtle House.
Web and Flo
Web and Flo Pty Ltd provides workflow software and analysis services across many industries. Its 'Kontinuum' technology is a single platform that can be scaled from small to large business solutions allowing the applicant to create workflow applications to automate business processes quicker and more cost effectively. Its planned expansion activities include delivering new features and capabilities to the software. Visit Web and Flo.