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Founders, funding, and the companies trying to break through.
Lyka Pet Food opened Western Australia cold-chain hubs in Perth and Geraldton to cut overnight freight to subscription customers, as fresh pet-meal demand grows faster than east-coast kitchen capacity.
Harrison.ai signed a Queensland Health imaging validation pilot spanning regional hospitals, deploying Annalise.ai chest X-ray triage tools under clinical governance before wider state rollout.
Airwallex opened a Brisbane treasury desk aimed at Queensland exporters, pairing multi-currency accounts with on-the-ground specialists as Mandala Partners data show SME export revenue on the platform surging to A$14 billion.
Employment Hero channelled fresh compliance investment into payroll audit tooling as Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors surprise-checked payslips nationwide, pitching automated award interpretation to SMEs facing record-keeping fines.
