BMX world champion Caroline Buchanan ready for Olympics

CLIENT: NUTRI-GRAIN

OUTLET: NINE WORLD WIDE OF SPORTS

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For Australia's BMX world champion Caroline Buchanan, delaying the Tokyo Olympics has proved a blessing in disguise. The 30-year-old is the first to admit she would have struggled to qualify had the Games gone ahead in 2020, such was the mountain she had to climb to recover from the shocking injuries sustained in an off-road accident at the end of 2017.

Mr Yum’s the world

CLIENT: MR YUM

OUTLET: INDUSTRY OBSERVER

As the live entertainment and hospitality industries awaken from an enforced slumber, one Australian startup moved into a sweet, strategic position. Mr Yum, a Melbourne-based tech business that specialises in QR Code food ordering at pubs and restaurants, is applying the same technology for live concerts and music festivals. If the proof is in the pudding, then a handful of artists and music industry players have had a taste.

ARIA Award-winning electronic music trio Rüfüs Du Sol, along with Untitled Group, UNIFIED Music Group, San Antonio Spurs and Boomers star guard Patty Mills, and others, have joined other investors to the tune of $11 million in post seed funding for Mr Yum.

Digital Babysitter’s Club Launches in Australia

CLIENT: KIDNEST

OUTLET: CHANNEL NINE NEWS MELBOURNE

KidNest is the digital equivalent of a babysitter's club, allowing parents to swap child minding duties while saving thousands of dollars in childcare fees.

DLCOMMS is looking forward to being part of another Birchal raise and has high hopes for this golden idea.

Australia's Childcare Crisis

CLIENT: KIDNEST

OUTLET: TODAY SHOW

The stresses of childminding will be dramatically lessened with the launch this week of Australia’s first ever digital childminding platform that reduces costs to only $25 per week.

The founders of KidsNest joined Karl and Ally on the Today Show to discuss how KidsNest will solve Australia's child care crisis.

1Question to Unlock Screen

CLIENT: 1QUESTION

OUTLET: STUDIO 10

1Question's Issac Elnekave was interviewed by the Studio 10 panel. He discussed how 1Question successfully juggles screen-time and learning. Elnekave went on to say why privacy is at the forefront of the start-up, assuring no data would be sold.

DLCOMMS is proud for the rolling coverage 1Question has received, with the app taking Australian parents by storm.

Sign In & Dine

CLIENT: MR. YUM

OUTLET: TICKERTV

Mr Yum has a proven track record in helping venues increase average customer spend by 20-40% while also streamlining operations. It does so with its sleek web platform that allows menu items to jump from the page with beautiful imagery.

Parents invent a quirky app that will only unlock your child's phone if they can answer a math question

CLIENT: 1QUESTION

OUTLET: TODAY SHOW | DAILY MAIL

Issac and Ann Elnekave have launched 1Question, an app that can be linked between parents and their child's phones as a sort of childlock that can be opened by answering educational questions. 1Question has recently been featured in both The Today Show and the Daily Mail.

The Today’s Show’s tech expert Trevor Long named 1Question as a viable solution to changing children’s screen-habits.

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Australian app 1Question makes kids answer questions to unlock phones

CLIENT: 1QUESTION

OUTLET: THE MORNING SHOW | CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS SYDNEY

We are very excited to be working with such a genius app – and today’s media uptake is testament to 1Question’s brilliance. This app makes kids answer a maths question correctly in order to unlock their fave apps on their phone.

1Question featured in Channel Seven news prime time bulletins across the country and the morning after 1Question was covered in Newscorp mastheads including a full-page story in The Adelaide Advertiser. Even Kylie and Larry on Channel 7’s The Morning Show loved the innovation. For parents – this app is a no brainier!

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Women investors push for higher stakes

CLIENT: GOOD EMPIRE

OUTLET: AAP

This week, our client Good Empire went into a fundraising round. Like most startups, it expected most investors would typically be older, wealthy and male. Instead and to its surprise, it overshot the target - raising more than half a million dollars while nearly 60 per cent of its investors were women.

Good Empire finished up their raise with $878,000 from 1075 investors, and are now ready to save the f**cking world.

Hungry Panda becomes Australia's best delivery app for gig-economy workers

CLIENT: HUNGRY PANDA

OUTLET: CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS SYDNEY

DLCOMMS is proud to step-up for delivery platform Hungry Panda who wanted to share their story after a wave of unfavourable press.

Hungry Panda will become the benchmark for food delivery apps in Australia with the launch of its comprehensive insurance policy for all riders/drivers - this, coupled with its recent pay increase for riders/drivers, are considered major milestones for gig-economy worker benefits in Australia.