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Jan 2023
Ivy is an innovative, mobile-first company in the fin-tech/health-tech space serving a USD $100 billion market. We develop tools and platforms to help independent health providers and their patients have an improved healthcare experience, including the Ivy Pay app, for handling payment and billing.
Our mission is fundamental in everything we do. We aim to support independent health professionals with tailor-made mobile apps and platforms that unburden providers and remove barriers to outcomes for patients. Ivy has an established presence in all 50 states and is growing fast.
Our founder and CEO, Mandy Silverman, is a seasoned Bay Area technology executive who helped with Yelps IPO and is an alum of Stanford Graduate School of Business. Were a team that comes from top companies including Apple, Match.com, Tripadvisor, Uber and Yelp. Were continuing to build our company with team members who align with our values of inclusiveness, humility, respect, ability to be hands-on and jump in, appetite to learn and challenge yourself, desire to be fearless and move fast, and a passion to serve our providers and patients. If thats you, lets talk!
Venture investors include Javier Olivan/Head of Growth at Facebook, John Anderson/Head of Payments at Facebook, Ed Fenster/Chairman of Sunrun, Jed Nachman/COO of Yelp, Andy Dunn/Founder at Bonobos (acq Walmart), Tristen Langley with Amalfi Capital who famously led the Skype investment as well as Ipsys Series A, Slow Ventures, Burst Capital, among others.
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Jan 2022
AppliedAI is an Abu Dhabi-headquartered technology company building AI-native workflow systems for highly regulated industries including banking, fintech, insurance, and healthcare. Backed by strategic investors including Mubadala, Palantir, and G42, we focus on institutional-grade AI designed to operate within strict regulatory and security constraints.
Our flagship platform, Opus, automates and supervises mission-critical, document-heavy processes with embedded governance, auditability, and human oversight. We help enterprises achieve measurable productivity gains while increasing operational reliability and trust.
Co-Founder & Investor
Jan 2016
EzLicence is a global online marketplace that connects learner drivers & verified driving instructors. We bring transparency, choice and efficiency to the selection of a driving instructor and the ongoing management of driving lessons.
Visit us at www.ezlicence.com.au and at www.ezlicence.co.uk.
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2025
Investor
Jun 2025
We dont just build apps, we build market-dominating businesses—ones that dont just look great but perform, scale, and drive massive revenue.
With 100+ successful launches, our team has helped clients like SWEAT become the #1 global fitness app, transformed EzLicence into Australias leading driving lesson marketplace and propelled Traininpink to dominate the Italian market. Our expertise in app optimisation, user growth, and revenue scaling has helped our clients reach thousands of users and generate millions in revenue.
💡 Why PixelForce?
✅ $1.5B+ in revenue generated for clients across six industries
✅ 99.99% uptime and crash-free rates across all platforms
✅ 98% client satisfaction from startups to enterprises
✅ 30+ awards, including Apple App of the Year & Developer of the Year
As your tech partner, we develop apps built for performance, retention, and long-term profitability - whether youre building your first MVP or scaling an existing product.
🚀 Not Just an App—A Business Designed to Scale. Let’s build something extraordinary.
Lets Chat
🔗 https://pixelforce.com/contact
2023
Co-Founder
Jan 2023
At The People Plugin, we cater to a range of businesses spanning various industries such as Services, Professional, Financial, Technology/Software and eCommerce. Our sweet spot is working with scale-ups based in Australia, often with the Founder still involved with the business. We take pride in our white-glove service (sans the gloves), emphasising practicality over hype. We deliver Talent Acquisition and Virtual Human Resources services in a premium way, with premium outcomes for our clients operating through our dedicated talent arm of The People Plugin.
Our founders have extensive experience leading and scaling significant businesses, including the renowned Australian tech startup success story, Sweat, as well as the international marketplace, EzLicence.
Our CEO and Co-Founder Sara Siami has a drive for Peopl-ing in businesses to get the most out of the relationship for both parties.
Sara is passionate about the culture and performance of workforces in young, and accelerating business. “I know you can have an engaged workforce, you can recruit, develop and retain top talent, and you can absolutely do it in a way to generate better business results.”
With over 15 years of global Corporate experience, and a 2 year stint in Government, Sara spent the last 5+ years loving the start-up/scaling landscape. Sara led the People and Culture discipline for South Australia’s most successful startup- Sweat. With a 240% headcount growth, she has lived experience in scaling the workplace to support the workforce.
We offer:
- Outsourced ongoing HR
- Recruitment to find top talent for organisations
- HR Products including implementation
Reach out to sara@thepeopleplugin.com for more information!
Investor
Jan 2023
Ivy is an innovative, mobile-first company in the fin-tech/health-tech space serving a USD $100 billion market. We develop tools and platforms to help independent health providers and their patients have an improved healthcare experience, including the Ivy Pay app, for handling payment and billing.
Our mission is fundamental in everything we do. We aim to support independent health professionals with tailor-made mobile apps and platforms that unburden providers and remove barriers to outcomes for patients. Ivy has an established presence in all 50 states and is growing fast.
Our founder and CEO, Mandy Silverman, is a seasoned Bay Area technology executive who helped with Yelps IPO and is an alum of Stanford Graduate School of Business. Were a team that comes from top companies including Apple, Match.com, Tripadvisor, Uber and Yelp. Were continuing to build our company with team members who align with our values of inclusiveness, humility, respect, ability to be hands-on and jump in, appetite to learn and challenge yourself, desire to be fearless and move fast, and a passion to serve our providers and patients. If thats you, lets talk!
Venture investors include Javier Olivan/Head of Growth at Facebook, John Anderson/Head of Payments at Facebook, Ed Fenster/Chairman of Sunrun, Jed Nachman/COO of Yelp, Andy Dunn/Founder at Bonobos (acq Walmart), Tristen Langley with Amalfi Capital who famously led the Skype investment as well as Ipsys Series A, Slow Ventures, Burst Capital, among others.
2022
Investor
Jan 2022
AppliedAI is an Abu Dhabi-headquartered technology company building AI-native workflow systems for highly regulated industries including banking, fintech, insurance, and healthcare. Backed by strategic investors including Mubadala, Palantir, and G42, we focus on institutional-grade AI designed to operate within strict regulatory and security constraints.
Our flagship platform, Opus, automates and supervises mission-critical, document-heavy processes with embedded governance, auditability, and human oversight. We help enterprises achieve measurable productivity gains while increasing operational reliability and trust.
2020
Limited Partner
Jan 2020
We’re a venture capital firm focused on early-stage B2B software companies in Australia and New Zealand. With five funds under management, weve been fortunate to partner with some of the regions most exciting software businesses over the past decade.
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