Awesome Melbourne Tech Startups

There are a lot of really great things happening in the Australian startup scene and particularly in Melbourne. I thought I’d create a list of some of the more interesting, young and web-based startups. Some are bigger than others but it’s sometimes hard to know where to draw the line.

99Designs – Crowd-sourced design.

Aconex – Project management software for the construction industry

Adioso – Airfare search engine

AgileBench – Agile project management

Assess’d – Competency based recruitment testing

Corkboard – Email based file sharing

Creately – Online diagramming and design

BaseEstate – Real estate search engine

BinaryPlex – Twitter analytics and data mining. See Tribalytic

Docoloco – Local business reviews.

DPhoto – Simple online photo sharing and backup.

Edublogs – Blogging platform for students and teachers.

Event Arc – Automated ticketing and online registration for events

Intelimail – Email marketing

I Vote For Art – Online art community and marketplace

JebHunt - Job application manager

Jodoro – Collaborative modelling tool.

Merspi – Social learning tool for VCE students

MyTVR – Online television recording/viewing

Nodecity – Non-profit wireless networks

Orgnition – Non-profit organisation management.

QMCODES – Mobile marketing

Red Bubble - Online art community and marketplace

Rentoid – Rental industry aggregator

Retail Me Not – Discount store aggregator

Service Central – Australias #1 online services marketplace.

SimpleSponsorship – Sponsorship management

Skitch – Screenshot and collaboration tool

Smart Energy Groups – Energy awareness communities.

Stateless Systems – makers of RetailMeNot, BugMeNot etc

StoreCrowd – Discount store aggregator

Suburb View – Real Estate search tool

Tribalytic – Twitter analytics to filter the noise and focus on the topics.

XHTMLised – PSD to XHTML service

Yabble – Local business reviews

These are just some of the awesome startups coming out of Melbourne. I’m sure there are plenty more on their way and some that I’ve missed.

Who else should I add?

Ned

UPDATE: 8/04/2010 Added DPhoto, Smart Energy Groups and EventArc