Wednesday, 13 November, 2013 - 15:30
Innovator awards to continue
The Department of Commerce-run WA Innovator of the Year awards will continue in 2014 despite a 70 per cent cut to the department’s budget for industry and technology.
Former deputy principal Grant Grosser was the co-founder of Perth-based educational technology business SEQTA Software. Mr Grosser and his wife Sharon started SEQTA on their kitchen table in 2006. As other schools began asking for the system he was developing, they decided to create the all-in-one software system that could connect parents, children and teachers. That was in 2006 and since then, the business is a public (unlisted) company and won the Business News Rising Stars award in 2015. Mr Grosser and his wife were also national finalists in the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
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The Department of Commerce-run WA Innovator of the Year awards will continue in 2014 despite a 70 per cent cut to the department’s budget for industry and technology.
SPECIAL REPORT: The Springboard program nurtures selected WA start-up leaders to think of their concepts and potential earnings in global terms.
SEQTA software enables schools to manage attendance, student welfare, lesson planning, marking and reporting.
A commitment to making things easier in education has been the key to success for this year’s Rising Stars winner. Click through to see more on SEQTA Software and the other winners of Business News' 2015 Rising Stars awards.
This year's Business News Rising Stars award winner, Seqta, has concluded a capital raising with support from a number of high-profile investors, including Mineral Resources chief executive Chris Ellison and chairman Peter Wade, Revel Systems investor Sean Tomlinson and Navitas co-founder Peter Larsen.
Educational software developer SEQTA has entered into a collaboration agreement with Perth-based consulting company JourneyOne.
EY has named 13 West Australian finalists in its annual Entrepreneur of the Year awards while also announcing Adrian Fini as its latest Champion of Entrepreneurship.
The latest winners in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards have illustrated the diverse potential of the state’s economy by developing value-adding businesses in sectors including education, oil and gas, agriculture, and construction.
SPECIAL REPORT: More than 5 million jobs in Australia are at risk of digital disruption during the next 20 years, with a range of industries having already exchanged human capital for automated software and machinery.
Perth company SEQTA Software has combined with Melbourne-based Synergetic Management Systems to create Australia’s largest education software business.
OPINION: The startup and innovation sector is well prepared for the challenge ahead.
The investment holding company that has bought Perth startup success story SEQTA Software is poised to lead further rationalisation in the education software sector.
Education technology company Education Horizons Group, which counts Perth-based SEQTA Software among its portfolio, has made its largest acquisition, in the UK.
Perth-based visual logistics start-up SpaceDraft has attracted $1.5 million via a round of seed funding backed by angel investors Tim Haggett, Grant Grosser, and Larry Lopez.
Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank |
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Executive Director, Chief Executive
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2015 - 2019 | ||
Executive Director, Product & Innovation
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2017 - 2019 | ||
Director, Product Strategy & Business Development
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2011 - 2015 | ||
Chief Executive
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2006 - 2011 | ||
Deputy Principal since 2001
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1994 - 2006 | 26 | |
Teacher
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1993 - 1994 | 23 |