Founded by four mums, Kindship has just raised $1 million to help parents navigate the complex NDIS system

CLIENT: KINDSHIP

OUTLET: SMART COMPANT

Four mums, raising children with disabilities have cracked $1 million in funding through a Birchal equity crowdfunding campaign for their startup that provides parents with tools to navigate the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). 

Founders Summer Petrosius, Sandy Golder, Steph WIcks and Tara Thomspon have made it their mission to unshackle parents just like them from the complexity of the NDIS infrastructure. 

You can read about their great work here in Smart Company here.

Empowering parents: social network app Kindship raises $1m to tackle NDIS planning

CLIENT: KINDSHIP

OUTLET: BUSINESS NEWS AUSTRALIA

An Adelaide-based social networking app designed for parents raising children with a disability has raised more than $1 million via equity crowdfunding platform Birchal as it looks to launch a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) budget management tool for its 2,000-plus users.

Founded this year by mothers Summer Petrosius, Sandy Golder, Steph Wicks and Tara Thompson, Kindship’s latest round of funding comes a month after the company secured $360,000 under the state government’s Seed-Start program to scale the business.

 You can read the great work of Kindship here.

Melbourne mum turns her grief into a toilet paper business worth more than $300K

CLIENT: EMOTIONS

OUTLET: KIDSPOT

A Melbourne mum who struggled to explain her toddler the complexities of emotions after they were rocked by a sudden loss of family member has created a product that is making a difference in thousands of households. Émotions is a premium four ply toilet paper brand that has 19 different characters of emotions and feelings to open up discussions surrounding the fluctuating emotions of sadness, tragedy, disappointment, happiness and more. 

DL COMMS client, Rochelle Rich talked to Josephine Agostino of Kidspot about her journey – from a lightbulb moment to a $300,000 business.

Kindship gives parents of disabled children a chance to return to their careers

CLIENT: KINDSHIP

OUTLET: KIDSPOT

Parents who have had to give up their careers to concentrate on raising their children, now have an opportunity to return to the workforce – on their terms. Kindship, the first social networking app built by and exclusively for parents raising children with disabilities, delays, and neurodiversity, is able to give parents the support and advice they need in juggling the complexities of life.

Amanda Kenny, Head of Community Wellbeing and Meetups for Kindship, who has lived experience, talked to Josephine Agostino of Kidspot, Australia’s leading online publication for parents. Amanda explained how Kindship has been the best thing to have happened to her and other parents like her.

Aussie doctor settles the fridge vs pantry debate

CLIENT: DR ZAC TURNER

OUTLET: STUDIO 10

It’s an age-long debate that has divided households across Australia– where do items like sauces, jams and vegemite go... in the fridge or the pantry? Sydney based doctor, Dr Zac Turner, appeared on Studio 10 to break down some dos and don’ts of how to store food and highlight some common food mistakes that allow for harmful bacteria to grow, causing food poisoning.

Watch DL COMMS Client Dr Zac Turner explain to hosts Sarah Harris and Tristan MacManus if they’re storing their sauces and spreads right.

New tech firm to slash energy bills for Aussies

CLIENT: 1KOMMA5°

OUTLET: SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

European tech firm, 1komma5, is coming to Australia with an aim to slash electricity prices for households and small businesses by up to 120 per cent – with excess energy generated sold back to the grid. 1komma5 will open Apple style stores across Australia with Sydney’s first site set to open in March. This will be an addition to the company’s successful stores in Hamburg, Munich and Berlin in Germany, and Stockholm in Sweden.

DL COMMS Client and CEO of the firm’s APAC branch, Chris Williams, spoke to Sue Williams of Sydney Morning Herald about the company’s goal of making clean energy available and accessible by offering products like EV chargers, solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps that work together in a one stop shop. 

All aboard Melbourne’s 1st ever floating night club venue!

CLIENT: ATET

OUTLET: 9 NEWS AND THE AGE

Melbourne’s first ever floating, open-air club and event space, ATET, is set to shake up the city’s party scene as it officially opens this Spring. The 570 m2 sq venue with the ability to host 550 revelers across two stories will give party goers sweeping views of Melbourne’s skyline across as they dance the night away! Modelled after European day clubs of Mykonos, Ibiza, Amsterdam and Berlin, ATET will be a home for aficionados of electronic music.

From weddings to music festivals, DL COMMS client and the brains behind ATET, Jake Hughes, talked to Allan Raskall of Nine News and Cara Waters of The Age about Melbourne’s ultimate open air venue. Read and watch the full stories here.

World’s first stink free socks put to the test on A Current Affair

CLIENT: PAIRE

OUTLET: A CURRENT AFFAIR

For some people, life’s too short to wash their socks after every use – which is why Paire sock’s world first Cool Blend technology is such a gamechanger. The world first blend of wool and cotton make the socks stink free so you can wear them three days in a row without washing. Paire co- founders, Rex Zhang and Nathan Yun have spun together the best attributes of each fiber, making it antibacterial and temperature regulating.

DL COMMS client put the socks to ultimate test and recruited A Current Affair to help tell the story. We enlisted one of the world’s greatest noses to sniff out the difference between a Paire Sock and a regular sock with a club of 30 sweaty runners used as guinea pigs. Watch A Current Affair’s feature to see which sock won (spoiler alert – it’s good news for Paire)!

From being scammed to exposing scams

CLIENT: SECRET SNEAKER STORE

OUTLET: DAILY MAIL

DL COMMS client and former pharmacist, Edwin Low, used the learning he received from being scammed and turned it in to a multimillion dollar business, that protects people from buying fake, limited edition sneakers.

He spoke to Carina Stathis of Daily Mail about his business, Secret Sneaker Store, that is also set to turn over $20 million in the next 12 months.

The store making sneaker enthusiasts’ lives easier

CLIENT: SECRET SNEAKER STORE

OUTLET: 7 NEWS

The Limited edition sneaker industry is a big business but is also rife with fakes. The Secret Sneaker Store is making life easier for sneaker enthusiasts by authenticating and sniffing out the difference between scammers and the real deal. From logos to shoe symmetry to stitching, they have a team of authenticators that help customers identify real from fake.

DL COMMS client and founder of Secret Sneaker Store, Edwin Low, spoke to Gemma Acton of 7 News about his business that stops sneakerheads from being cheated out of their favourite shoes.