We are pleased to announce that Google is our strategic growth partner and supporting us with Google’s Cloud Program as a Scale tier Artificial Intelligence (AI) first – equity backed company.

Google is supporting Gobbill as we explore the next phase of our R&D providing us with ~AU$500K over 2 years to AI financial credits, technology, resources and its community needed for us to grow .

Gobbill’s AI journey started back in mid 2015 when we applied Deep-Learning text-in-the-wild to automate bill payments and machine learning models for detecting fraud.

In our early days, we were based in our AI & Data Science partner Silverpond ‘s co-working space called The Pond (2016).

Gobbill’s journey has been an exciting one working with Silverpond and with plenty of support from Microsoft. Together, we have explored use-cases and what’s possible using AI over the last 8 years.

Gobbill CEO, Shendon Ewans presenting at 2018 and 2019 Applying Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Conference – Melbourne. Above and Below.

Australian AI submit 2019: Silverpond presenting examples of Australian startups using AI such as Gobbill.

We’re excited about our new strategic partnership with Google and their support in our next phase of Australian AI research and development.

The Age 24 Dec 2021 reports that Australians have experienced a number of remarkable economic achievements in 2021.

We were much better off generally as a result of the following factors despite the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns, travel restrictions and protests.

Those factors include:

1. Australian household wealth rose by 20% over the past 12 months due to rising stock markets, superannuation portfolios and property boom.
2. Australians are more likely to be in a job today than at any other time in our history. Unemployment fell to 4.3% in November, which is the lowest rate since the mining boom in 2008.
3. Australian farmers had their best year in decades.
4. Entrepreneurship is at record highs. New business registrations increased by 30% above pre-pandemic levels.
5. Wages growth is starting to trend up with RBA forecasting 3% over the next two years.

So what does the new year 2022 look like for us?

The RBA and most major economic indicators are pointing towards strong economic growth which is expected to hit its fastest rate in 25 years with an average growth for the calendar year of 5 per cent.

Whether you are buying more shares, a property and perhaps starting a business.

Have a great prosperous New Year 2022 from all of us at Gobbill!

Based in Melbourne CBD or Flexible Remote Work | Permanent | Immediate start

Join an amazing and passionate team dedicated to providing excellence in customer care.

We are looking for a key individual who is passionate about helping clients in the disability sector with experience in customer service and accounts payable. The ideal candidate has an understanding of the disability sector and accounts processing experience. The candidate must have excellent soft skills such as listening and empathising, and is process driven.

Gobbill is a high growth tech company that automates bill payments for small businesses and households. Founded in 2015 and sponsored by Microsoft, Gobbill can pay bills and invoices issued from any Australian provider including utilities, telecommunications, council rates, insurance, NDIS providers and more. Recently our company has expanded into the NDIS sector providing solutions and is growing.

A lot of this role will be shaped by the right person we find.

Why work with us:

• Part or Full-time permanent role based in Melbourne office and/or remote working.
• Hours are flexible and suits a self-driven individual.
• Exciting and growing company in Australia with global aspirations starting with UK.

Experience & Skills:

• Experienced in customer service, finance and administration or equivalent
• 1+ year experience
• Understands or worked in disability sector
• Formal or informal skills in Auslan sign language desired

Qualification: Social work, Community service, Disability and/or Finance, Business, Accounting.

All candidates are required to hold relevant working rights in Australia.

Remuneration: Negotiable.

Other details: Standard 3 months’ probation.

Location: 710 Collins Street Docklands VIC 3008

Reporting to: CEO

How to apply: Email your CV and Cover Letter to Shendon Ewans [email protected]

Applications close when the right candidate is found or 30 June 2020.

Gobbill is pleased to announce that it has been accepted into the prestigious NatWest and Royal Bank FinTech Accelerator. 

With major locations across the UK, our current base will be the Royal Bank of Scotland – Accelerator Hub, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.

The programme offers coaching, investment strategy review and alignment to the bank(s), we look forward to working closely with Royal Bank & NatWest, which provides a range of entrepreneurship support.

About the NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland Fintech Accelerator

The bank offers its Fintech Accelerator as part of its Entrepreneurship initiative to those that focus on the financial technology sector respectively.

https://www.business.rbs.co.uk/business/business-services/entrepreneur-accelerator.html

Microsoft has not only continued but increased its level of support for Gobbill on its Microsoft for Startups program until late 2020. Gobbill runs extensively on Microsoft’s Azure cloud and also utilises Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning) services within the platform and eco-system. Since launching several years ago, Gobbill has maintained high availability in its Production environment as well as using Azure for it Research and Development infrastructure, Testing and Quality Assurance environments that the company has maintained since 2015.

At this stage of the business, it makes sense for Gobbill to join the Microsoft Partner Network Support (Australia) and commence initial co-selling activities which is all part of the strategy of Microsoft’s $500m investment in its startup program. The investment allows startups to piggyback on Microsoft’s existing sales force. Gobbill has benefited greatly from its support from early days of proof of concept through to today, being used commercially by businesses throughout Australia. Microsoft says it loves startups, and well the feeling is mutual.

CEO & Co-founder of Gobbill, Shendon Ewans said “Without Microsoft’s sponsorship and support especially in the early days, we would have struggled to get Gobbill off the ground. Looking back, it was a great decision my CTO and co-founder Quentin Marsh made by selecting Azure and pitching the idea of Gobbill to the 2015 Microsoft BizSpark team in Sydney.”

Thank you Microsoft (Australia and Singapore). You know who you are that have helped us on our journey.

*** NEW STAFF ***

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Pollitt as Gobbill’s Business Development Manager focusing on the company’s UK growth.

Michael is a veteran startup and scaleup CxO in the UK and Australia. He has over 20 years of ICT experience working in London for Deutsche Bank, Hewlett Packard, Compaq and startups in the field of robotics, payments and data analytics. He is also a passionate blues musician and singer! Welcome onboard Michael.

We are very pleased to welcome Erica Gilmore to the Gobbill team.

Erica will be helping to care for our customers and partners, assisting them to make the best use of Gobbill. She has joined us after 9 years at Expression Australia (formerly Vicdeaf), which is the peak organisation for the deaf and hard of hearing community. Erica managed the Auslan interpreting service including invoicing and payroll, and implemented NDIS services across Expression Australia.

Welcome Erica to Gobbill!

We would like to welcome Andrew Jaworski, Gobbill’s General Counsel. Andrew is an amazing Australian and UK solicitor having worked as a director at KPMG (legal), special counsel at K&L Gates and King & Wood Mallesons, Technology Lawyer at BBC Worldwide…now in the startup world. Welcome Andrew to Gobbill!

Laneways by LaunchVic featured Gobbill’s data stewardship policy in a recent article.

Toeing the line of profit-making and protecting customer data is a difficult tightrope for any startup, but Gobbill has made it their mission to put people first, writes Ruth Thomas

Protecting our consumers’ and our own data within Gobbill is a very important to us. We’ve developed everything on-shore in Australia and we process and support our customers in Australia as well. As we look to expand into new territories, the same ethos will remain to up hold data sovereignty and to employ locally benefiting surrounding communities.

The article contains a number of tips for other startups.

Read more at Laneways.

Gobbill recently launched a partner program which is available to bookkeepers and accountants. Partners that join Gobbill before 30 June 2019 will be recognised as our Foundation Partners. This status will be unavailable from the 1 July 2019, hence it’s a limited time to be part of something new, exciting and game changing.

We are looking for early adopters of emerging technologies that are willing to work with us to shape things. We’re not perfect but with your help, you’ll see the product evolve and be proud to support Australian tech innovation.

If you’d like to know more or to join the Partner Program, visit https://gobbill.com/partner

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