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CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT
OUTLET: HERALD SUN
Among the trash of 2020, Chapel Street's Pawnbrokers has unearthed plenty of treasures. Owner Michael Kaoulla said the shop had received an influx of people wanting to sell their valuable items as a result of decluttering during lockdown.
The legendary pawnshop has recently been commemorated as a long-standing institution of the Chapel Street Precinct in the latest campaign: The Souls of Chapel Street.
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.
CLIENT: GOOD EMPIRE
OUTLET: THE AUSTRALIAN
Investors appear to be behind Andre Eikmeier's start-up Good Empire which has attracted $605,000 in equity funding through Birchal crowdfunding.
Mr Eikmeier says 58 per cent of the investors are women and "they are also investing larger amounts than their male counterparts".
"Having been involved in the start-up world for over a decade now, I know the imbalance and how far we have to go to empower female founders and investors, and I know some good women and organisations working on this.
“To see us not only at 58 per cent of investors identifying as women, but also at 66 per cent of the funds raised from women – it’s awesome, and promising."
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.
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT
OUTLET: STUDIO 10
After 41 years of business, Melbourne’s infamous 24HR café Chapelli’s has flipped the pages of its own history book. Manager of the iconic Chapel Street venue, Lisa James, revealed her own stories on Studio 10. Like the time politely asked a dusty-looking Pearl Jam to eat outside because they were wearing no shoes – she had no idea who they were!
Chapelli’s has been commemorated as an iconic business of Chapel Street by featuring in the precinct’s short-doco series: Soul of Chapel. The series shines a spotlight on its colourful community who have dedicated their life to being custodians of the Precinct’s culture.
CLIENT: DR ZAC TURNER
OUTLET: CONCIERGE DOCTORS
DL COMMS client Dr Zac Turner, and his company Concierge Doctors, has become one of Australia's leading facilitators for private hotel quarantine. Concierge Doctors has been responsible for the private quarantine of many high profile celebrities and philanthropists, which comes at no cost to the tax payer and doesn’t take up limited hotel quarantine spaces reserved for Australians wishing to return home.
Alternative quarantine has advantages for the public because it frees up places in the hotel quarantine system, creates direct employment such as private security jobs, and could help Australia and especially NSW position itself as a “massive hub” for film production. Read this story in the Sun Herald for the full background.
CLIENT: DEMAND.FILM
OUTLET: SCREENHUB
We've recently wrapped up a great campaign promoting the release of the documentary on one of the world’s greatest sporting commentators, Phil Liggett. Alongside the team at Demand.Film we were able to secure great coverage across TV, Radio and Online news.
Screenhub recently reviewed the documentary saying, "the filmmakers do a fine job of taking what was a relatively quiet life and making it feel bigger."
CLIENT: GOOD EMPIRE
OUTLET: CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS SYDNEY | BRISBANE | PERTH | ADELAIDE
Like many other business success stories, wine distributor VINOMOFO started in a small Adelaide garage. Ten years on and with business booming, founder Andre Eikmeier has turned his sights onto his next business move: social media that aims to save the planet.
Replacing Riesling with awareness, the new app Good Empire will gamify social media trends, such as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, to raise money and awareness.
CLIENT: GOOD EMPIRE
OUTLET: THE AUSTRALIAN
Adelaide-based entrepreneur Andre Eikmeier co-founded Vinomofo in his Adelaide garage and turned it in to a global success story now worth over $100m, and he‘s now turned his focus to his next venture – a tech platform taking inspiration from the ‘ice bucket challenge’ and viral TikTok videos.
Mr Eikmeier says his new app, Good Empire, is – in his own words – about ‘gamifying good humaning’. He said his app is focused on tackling global apathy toward saving the planet and human rights by encouraging its users to create TikTok-like challenges around a social cause.
He said he’s taken inspiration from the ’ice bucket challenge’ that raised an estimated $220m to tackle motor neurone disease.
CLIENT: LITT
OUTLET: THE AUSTRALIAN | STARTUP DAILY | TICKER NEWS | BUSINESS NEWS
A new Australian equity crowdfunding record was set yesterday with LITT raising $500,000 in just 40 minutes. The company, which is offering $1.5m worth of shares, became the second fastest to raise $1m, hitting that number in 11 hours.
LITT co-founder Brent Thompson says he's recommending any investors who were considering participating in the offer do so before it's too late.
“Everyone in the office was cheering every time we hit refresh on our laptop – our team has worked so hard over the past few years and to have investors now share in our vision can only be described as pure joy!” Mr Thompson said.
