How it started; How it’s going 2022
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Welcome to Ignition Lane’s Wrap, where they cut through the noise to bring you their favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
What a roller coaster of a year!
How things can change in a short space of time. We looked back through the archives to our first Wrap of 2022 to compare then and now:
Growth rounds & virtual/hybrid collaboration
Then: Multi-billion dollar valuations and US$400m+ capital raisings by virtual collaboration tech companies – Miro, Airtable and Clickup.
Now: Growth rounds are out; ‘fit’ startups are in. Almost overnight, VC advice went from “grow at all costs” to “ensure you have a two year cash runway.”
The war for talent
Then: ‘The Great Reshuffle’ and the need for companies to have flexibility and work-life balance in order to win in the war for talent.
Now: The tables have turned, with thousands of people in tech being made redundant around the world.
Big international VC investment in Australia + grocery delivery hullabaloo
Then: Grocery delivery startups were flavour of the month with big backing from international VCs. Sydney-based Milkrun raised $75m led by Tiger Global and Voly raised $18m led by Sequoia.
Now: Voly has shut up shop. Milkrun is rumoured to have been (unsuccessfully) shopping around for deals with Uber, Coles and now defunct Deliveroo Australia.
Sadly one of the OGs of grocery delivery, Your Grocer, which aimed to help independent grocers announced on Friday that it is also shutting down.
Over in Europe, Getir bought Gorillas this week for US$1.2bn, valuing the two combined at US$10bn vs $15bn last year. Gorillas was reportedly burning $1.50 per dollar of revenue.
In VC land, the most active US VC firms made just seven investments in Australia during the second half of 2022, compared to 28 and 39 in the two halves prior, according to Cut Through Venture.
Elon
Then: Zero mentions of Elon Musk in the Wrap.
Now: We can’t get away from the guy after his Twitter purchase blew up the internet.
What’s remained constant: new VC funds, early-early-stage investing, M&A deals, choppy public markets and Wordle.
The big Aussie VCs raised record funds. Sydney VC AirTree kicked off the year with a $700m raise. Blackbird and Square Peg ended the year with A$1bn and US$550m raises respectively.
VCs ploughed capital into early-stage companies throughout the year, with 80%+ of the big 3 Aussie VCs’ (named above) investments into new companies being seed or pre-seed deals. Square Peg even wrote a whole post reminding people that they invest early.
Local M&A deals continue. Uber acquired Carnextdoor in January. Now, that Aussie-grown product is being roll out around the world as Uber Carshare. This month saw Relay Commerce acquire SmartrMail. Last mile delivery business Drive Yello and café ordering app Hey You also merged.
Wordle took the world by storm. This week Google confirmed it was the most searched term of 2022.
Still relevant:
Did Bloomberg copy us?! We’ll take the win. LOI > Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/ktNm2TtS9h
— Letter of Intent (@letterofintent_) January 31, 2022
Local newsings
Winning a market. Australians spent a total of $7.3bn with Uber last year, generating $2bn in revenue and $1bn gross profit. Deliveroo, on the other hand, was losing around $3m a month on its Australian operations before it shutdown last month.
In other closing down news, online furniture retailer Brosa has gone into administration.
FTX ripples. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in The Bahamas. Meanwhile, Australian crypto exchanges are battling to stay amid the FTX fallout. Digital Surge went into voluntary administration due to its exposure to FTX. Swyftx has announced it will lay off 40% of its workforce (around 90 people) and CoinJar has cut around 20% of its staff.
Winner winner chicken dinner.
Women and purpose-led businesses took out the most wins at Pause Awards ‘22. Two standouts, winning three awards each were Great Wrap (compostable Stretch Wrap made from potatoes) and Verve (ethical super fund for women). In the Deloitte Tech Fast 50, Montu (medical cannabis telehealth and training) was announced as the overall winner, followed by FrankieOne (fraud and money laundering risk management) and me&u (restaurant table ordering platform).
New local funds
Melt Ventures launched Australia’s first dedicated Advanced Manufacturing Venture Fund (e.g. clean technologies, automation and robotics, agriculture, transport and space), targeting a $20m raise by the end of March 2023.
Accelerator, Startmate is aiming to raise $30m by early 2023, including for a new Continuity Fund that will let Startmate continue backing its successful alumni as they mature.
Community Capital launched a new credit fund that will donate a portion of its management fees to charities. The fund aims to give multi-year grants of between $100,000 and $500,000 a year to 10 and 15 early-stage social purpose organisations.
In the US of A
Grow big or go home. US VC a16z launched a Guide to Growth Metrics benchmark tool for VC-backed B2B companies.
4/ First, we compiled a proprietary dataset based on 2014-2021 data from companies that have successfully scaled to help founders benchmark the most meaningful indicators for growth, retention, margin, sales efficiency, and business efficiency. pic.twitter.com/u5focdFguD
— David George (@DavidGeorge83) December 14, 2022
Everyone is leaving Salesforce. Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is leaving in early January. This comes less than a week after it was announced that Salesforce’s vice-chair and co-CEO Bret Taylor will be stepping down and Tableau CEO Mark Nelson is also moving on (Butterfield says the departures aren’t related).
Open iPhone. After ferociously fighting to keep iOS as a closed ecosystem, Apple is preparing to allow alternative app stores and side-loading on iOS in response to looming EU requirements. It is also exploring opening up its camera and NFC stack to developers.
Terrible UX. Hertz will pay $168m to settle 364 claims related to the company falsely reporting rental cars as stolen. Thanks to a few bugs in Hertz’s back-end systems, its innocent customers were stopped at gun point, arrested and even imprisoned.
Jail, cont’d. Theranos Exec Sunny Balwani was sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding patients and investors – that’s 2 more years than CEO Elizabeth Holmes.
Chinwag. Over 2 million people have signed up to use OpenAI’s conversational text-generation model, ChatGPT. Massive hype and an equal amount of criticism:
“It often looks like an undergraduate confidently answering a question for which it didn’t attend any lectures. It looks like a confident bullsh*tter.” – Benedict Evans
Here’s VC Turner Novak giving ChatGPT a whirl:
my job is now 100% automated pic.twitter.com/uyk6PurvgH
— Turner Novak 🍌🧢 (@TurnerNovak) December 3, 2022
This wrap was not written by ChatGPT (yet).
That’s a wrap! Thanks for joining us this year. See you in 2023.
Bex, Gavin and the team at Ignition Lane
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Gavin and Bex make it their business to know everything going on in technology, startups and venture capital.
Gavin is the Founder and CEO of Ignition Lane. He has 25 years of experience in the technology industry across startups, corporates and venture capital. Gavin was a founding Partner at venture capital firm Square Peg, an SVP of Product and Technology at Experian, and was one of the first employees and CTO at Hitwise – a venture-backed startup that was acquired for US$240m in 2007.
Bex is a founding Partner at Ignition Lane. Driven by curiosity, her career is the epitome of unconventional – spanning technology commercialisation and operations, corporate law, IT delivery and more. Applying this unique mix of skills and experience, she now works with CEOs and their teams to solve problems, drive growth and move beyond the status quo.
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![Championing breakthrough](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PA23-Article-Images-1080p29-150x150.jpg)
Championing breakthroughs in today’s business world
21 June, 2023
![Sam Altman OpenAi](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PA23-Article-Images-1080p-150x150.jpg)
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says hai
19 June, 2023
![Pause Awards - Announcements 1](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PFA23-Announcement-Cover-2023-150x150.jpg)
Top 5 compelling reasons why you should enter
18 June, 2023
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PA23-Article-Images-1080p17-150x150.jpg)
Pause Awards vs Webby’s, Cannes Lions and Effies
18 June, 2023
![Pause Awards Judges 2](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PFA23-Judges-Announcement-J2-150x150.jpg)
The new faces of Pause Awards in startup, product and experience
15 June, 2023
![Pause Awards - Announcements 2](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PFA23-Announcement-Cover-20232-150x150.jpg)
A tour of 11 new categories
12 June, 2023
![How does it work, Pause Awards](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PA23-Article-Images-1080p10-150x150.jpg)
Inside out of Pause Awards
5 June, 2023
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Aim for the Diamond: Understanding the Different Categories
1 June, 2023
![Pause Awards Judges](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PFA23-Judges-Announcement-5-150x150.jpg)
The new faces of Pause Awards in strategy, growth and innovation
30 May, 2023
![Pause Awards - The Australian benchmark for business excellence](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PA23-HD-size-images2-150x150.jpg)
Where business recognition gets a paradigm shift
24 May, 2023
![Jodette Cleary Chief People & Culture Officer, hipages Group](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/JodetteC-1-150x150.jpg)
Industry leaders predict a transformative year ahead
17 May, 2023
![Pause Awards grows to $412 Billion ecosystem of participants](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PA23-HD-size-images-Growth-150x150.jpg)
Pause Awards grows to $412 Billion ecosystem
17 May, 2023
![Investable Score](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Investable-Score-150x150.jpg)
Shaking it up with new Investable Score™
17 May, 2023
![Personality test](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Personality-2-150x150.jpg)
Tap into your inner powerhouse
5 May, 2023
![Mercedes F1 Petronas](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Merc-Petronas-150x150.jpg)
Life in the fast (tech) lane
24 April, 2023
![evee — Pause Awards 2022](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/evee-4_8esxltdtt-150x150.jpeg)
evee rides the electric wave
18 April, 2023
![Circle In — Pause Awards 2022](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CircleIn-129_sgjjxcou4-150x150.jpeg)
Big win for the female-led business Circle In, lands $2 Million
14 April, 2023
![Aesop](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Aesop-2-150x150.jpg)
Designing global empires:
How local brands can conquer the world
10 April, 2023
![Nic Blair, Midnight Health](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/MidnightHealth-1-150x150.jpg)
A passionate pursuit for Healthcare reinvention
4 April, 2023
![SXSW Sydney](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SX013-Asset12-2115x940-Banner5-150x150.jpg)
The game-changing sessions at SXSW Sydney
30 March, 2023
![Ai Platforms](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/deepmind-LIlsk-UFVxk-unsplash-150x150.jpg)
Top AI tools you need to try now
29 March, 2023
![Louise Fisher, LunchFox](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Louise-Fisher-150x150.png)
A journey to revolutionising healthy school lunches
28 March, 2023
![SVB](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SVB-150x150.png)
Panic! at the SVB & metrics that matter
16 March, 2023
![Call for Entries '23, Pause Awards](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PFA23-Launch-Date-Creative-v212-150x150.jpg)
Call for Entries
opens on 17 May ‘23
1 March, 2023
![Australian startup funding](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jason-goodman-LR5CYw3AQNo-unsplash-150x150.jpg)
Startup funding in decline, but early-stage hits peak in Aus
10 February, 2023
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Music for wellbeing:
The healing power of sound
20 January, 2023
![ChatGPT](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ChatGPT3-150x150.jpg)
Deep dive with ChatGPT about Aussie tech ecosystem
17 January, 2023
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Learning from mistakes and how to tackle the upcoming headwind
14 December, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
Claiming your PauseNFT trophy
13 December, 2022
![Pause Awards Winner 2023](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PA22-GroupShot-jess-middleton-2-150x150.jpg)
Women and purpose led businesses take the most wins at Pause Awards ‘22
6 December, 2022
![Professor Fiona Wood](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Fiona-Wood-HOF22-150x150.jpg)
Professor Fiona Wood – The pioneer of ‘Spray-on-Skin’ technique, ReCell.
6 December, 2022
![Sunrise Conference](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sunrise-Conf-150x150.jpg)
Rise and Demise
28 November, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
Let’s have breakfast with champions?
15 November, 2022
![Pause Awards 22 Finalists, Great Wrap](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/PA22-Finalists-1-150x150.jpg)
82 Bold Finalists Announced for the Pause Awards ‘22
10 November, 2022
![Judge Sessions with Lumigo, Tribal DDB and Clipboard Hospitality](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PA22-Judge-Sessions-2343-150x150.jpg)
Judge Sessions with Lumigo, Tribal DDB and Clipboard Hospitality
24 October, 2022
![Judge Sessions with LongView, Fullstack and Art Processors](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PA22-Judge-Sessions-234-150x150.jpg)
Judge Sessions with LongView, Fullstack and Art Processors
20 October, 2022
![Pause Awards Trophy Design 2022](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PA22-Trophy-Black-3D-PromoB-150x150.jpg)
The first look at the new wearable trophy design
13 October, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
The Public Voting is open, go get them!
10 October, 2022
![Canva, Ignition Lane Wrap](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ignition-Oct-150x150.jpg)
Cash to splash & other VC news
2 October, 2022
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The Final Deadline Extended to midnight 14 October
30 September, 2022
![Judge Sessions with Wavia, SEIKK and MedTech Actuator](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PA22-Judge-Sessions-2342-150x150.jpg)
Judge Sessions with Wavia, SEIKK and MedTech Actuator
26 September, 2022
![Pause Awards packaging and trophies](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mailer-box-hero-shot-1525-150x150.jpg)
Pause Awards Wins Australia’s International Good Design Awards for Design Excellence
19 September, 2022
![Judges, Synergy Group, AOK Creative and i4 Connect](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/PA22-Judge-Sessions-1-150x150.jpg)
Judge Sessions with Synergy Group, AOK Creative and i4 Connect
16 September, 2022
![Matt Vitale, Co-Founder Birchal](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Matt-Birchal2-150x150.jpg)
A word with Birchal’s Co-Founder – Matt Vitale
6 September, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
What can Pause Awards bring to your company
30 August, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
Google, Synergy Group, Spaces Interactive, Safari and By Jacs judges for Culture categories
24 August, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
Loyal VC, Media.Monks, AOK Creative, Storyfolk and Irene Lemon judges for Good categories
15 August, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
Fullstack, Lumigo, Netambition, MedTech Actuator and Unhedged judges for Operators categories
10 August, 2022
![Peter Brennan, Heaps Norman and Analogue Digital](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PeteB-1-150x150.jpg)
A word with Heaps Normal’s Head of Brand – Peter Brennan
9 August, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
Tribal DDB, We Are Unity, Bullfrog, BeautifulAgile and The Audacious Agency judges for your Excellence
2 August, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
Simply Wall Street, IBM, Forestlyn, CFOWorx and Accenture Song are this year Growth Judges
1 August, 2022
![Starward whiskey, award winner San Francisco](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ILW-Starward-150x150.jpg)
Venture snapshot: down but not out
26 July, 2022
![Birchal founders, party, equity crowd sourcing](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Birchal-2-150x150.jpg)
Best equity crowdfunding year in Australia – $86m!
22 July, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
How to navigate the awards Entry Portal?
14 July, 2022
![Canva, Sydney, Ecosystem, growth, startup, founders](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Ecosystem22-1-150x150.jpg)
Startup Genome ecosystem report 2022 review
10 July, 2022
![newsroom, news, ecosystem, founder stories, insights, advice, product, growth, learnings](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Newsroom-1-150x150.jpg)
We’re giving a voice to our community with a stylish newsroom design
10 July, 2022
![Prof. Martin Green, father of solar cell, innovator](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/profgreen.joeg_-150x150.jpeg)
Professor Martin Green
– The father of solar cells
10 July, 2022
![Dr John O'Sullivan, inventor of WiFi, CSIRO, Pause Awards Hall of Fame 2020 winner](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/John-OSullivan-1-150x150.jpg)
Dr John O’Sullivan
– The inventor of modern WiFi
10 July, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
14 New award categories under five tracks to highlight the ecosystem success
5 July, 2022
![GO1, unicorn, education](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ILW-GO1jpg-150x150.jpg)
M&A on the rise & the EV SPAC demise
29 June, 2022
![George Hedon, Founder & CEO, Pause Awards](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/220614-george-hedon-jess-middleton-photographer-001-150x150.jpg)
Our new vision:
The home for champions
27 June, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
Awards LIVE Briefing and Entry Kit
22 June, 2022
![Pause Awards, the Porsche of awards for innovation](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PA22-Porsche-Article-150x150.jpg)
The Porsche of awards programmes with community at its heart
21 June, 2022
![Haley Worley, Founder of The Sheet Society, winner Pause Awards 2021](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-sheet-society-3-150x150.jpg)
The Sheet Society
– Success Stories
17 June, 2022
![Pause Awards 2022, announcements and important news](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image2-150x150.jpg)
We’re looking for our final few judges – could you be one?
8 June, 2022
![Josh Howard | Pause Awards Judge](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Josh-Single-Use-Aint-Sexy1772smokegrey-150x150.jpeg)
Single Use Ain’t Sexy
– Success Stories
1 June, 2022
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/afterpay-logo-holding-phone-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)
Afterpay
– Success Stories
24 May, 2022
![Pause Awards 2021 event walking dance](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Pause-Awards-2021__124-150x150.jpg)
This is how we celebrate innovation champions
15 December, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Pause-Awards-2021__138-150x150.jpg)
The most ambitious and forward-thinking companies in Australia revealed
24 November, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/LAVO-images.557-150x150.jpg)
Pause Awards 2021 Finalists Skyrocket
17 November, 2021
![Pause Awards 2021 cover](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image-150x150.jpg)
Final Deadline is Looming
1 September, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PA22-NEW-Judges-Interview-Cover-Website-11-150x150.jpg)
Get to know:
Carolyn Breeze – Judge
24 August, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PA22-NEW-Judges-Interview-Cover-Website-6-150x150.jpg)
Get to know:
Will Hayward – Judge
17 August, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PA22-NEW-Judges-Interview-Cover-Website-9-150x150.jpg)
Get to know:
Shamila Gopalan – Judge
10 August, 2021
![Tom Leyden | Pause Awards Judge](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TomL-1-150x150.jpeg)
Get to know:
Tom Leyden – Judge
3 August, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PA22-NEW-Judges-Interview-Cover-Website-7-150x150.jpg)
Get to know:
Jules Brooke – Judge
26 July, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PA22-NEW-Judges-Interview-Cover-Website-8-150x150.jpg)
Get to know:
Jamie Finnegan – Judge
18 July, 2021
![Pause Awards 2021 cover](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image-150x150.jpg)
Early Entries end This Week
12 July, 2021
![Pause Awards 2021 cover](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image-150x150.jpg)
Need Help Entering Pause Awards?
6 July, 2021
![Pause Awards 2021 cover](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image-150x150.jpg)
2021 Award Category Guide
1 July, 2021
![Pause Awards 2021 cover](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image-150x150.jpg)
How to Enter The Pause Awards in 7 min?
25 June, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PA22-NEW-Judges-Interview-Cover-Website--150x150.jpg)
Get to know:
Melanie Rayment – Judge
24 June, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PFA20-Dom-Pym-Up-Headshot-High-Res-150x150.png)
Past winners:
where are they now?
24 June, 2021
![Pause Awards 2021 cover](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image-150x150.jpg)
Pause Awards 2021 opens for entries
9 June, 2021
![Pause Awards 2021 cover](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image-150x150.jpg)
New categories revealed for Pause Awards 2021
5 June, 2021
![Pause Awards 2021 cover](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PFA22-Article-Cover-2021-New-Image-150x150.jpg)
Meet the Judging Board 2021
13 May, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/slush2019-1-150x150.jpg)
The Reign in the North
1 February, 2021
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Vincent-1-150x150.jpg)
What went into creating Vincent, a hyper-real digital human
21 January, 2020
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/patagonia-1-150x150.jpg)
Dane O’Shanassy on Patagonia’s moral compass and commercial success
6 November, 2019
Pause index
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Goterra-0-150x150.jpg)
Goterra
Circular Pioneer
![Bare Cremation— Pause Awards 2022](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Avatar_image_1x1_ffr3qoxqu-150x150.jpeg)
Bare Cremation
Defiant Ones, On The Rise
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/evee-avatar_bqp42ofvw-150x150.jpeg)
evee
Going Green
![The Peers Project | Pause Awards Winner](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Michelle_Headshot-copy-150x150.jpeg)
Michelle Akhidenor
Prodigy
![Birchal equity crowd funding australia](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Birchal-0-150x150.jpg)
Birchal
Hammer
![Hungry Hungry | Pause Awards Winner](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Hungry-Hungry-0-150x150.jpeg)
Hungry Hungry
Unexpected Twist
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sToy2oXVBXtUIDwG4rubC5fmYQeum606su-2zMG-orE-150x150.jpeg)
Angela Harbinson
Women In Business
![WeVolt](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/WeVolt-0-150x150.jpg)
WeVolt
Culture Champion
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MidnightsHealth-0-150x150.jpg)
Midnight Health
Wildfire
![Pentanet](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pentanet-0-1-150x150.jpg)
Pentanet
Wildfire, Hammer
![Single Use Ain't Sexy | Pause Awards Winner](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/SUAS_Shot-1_031-150x150.jpeg)
Single Use Ain’t Sexy
I Wish I'd Done That
![](https://www.pauseawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GreatWrap-0-150x150.jpg)