Australian Web Awards

1999 The year it all began!

1 July 1999

A star is born!

We launched under the name of Get Started, with four team members in a studio apartment in Melbourne’s CBD.
2005

Built the first Kidspot site

Took on a fledgling organisation called Kidspot, which would end up being bought by NewsCorp six years later for a cool $45 million.
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2007

Made our debut into the world of pop music

We launched the first website of Australian alternative rock group The Cat Empire.
2012

Flicking the switch on Clipsal

We completed our first website for Clipsal, which would lead to over 30 more projects (and counting) for Clipsal and related entities.
2014

Our first fully remote worker

A female developer became our first fully remote employee, working out of Canada.
2017

Canine chaos

Our Melbourne office turned into doggy daycare on 7 April with ‘Bring Your Dog to Work Day’.
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