Pocketbook

https://www.getpocketbook.com/

Last activity: 11.06.2016

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Take control of your money with Australia’s most loved personal finance app trusted by more than 800,000 users. Part of the Zip family.

Pocketbook helps you to save smart and spend even smarter. Life’s good when you’re on top of your money.

Learn more at https://getpocketbook.com/

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Followers

6.08K

Website visits

16.7K /mo.

Mentions

Overview

Location

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney

Employees

201-500

Total raised

$2.5M

Founded date

2007

Funding Rounds 1

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Mentions in press and media 24

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Sep 8, 2015	“Fail fast”: MoneyBrilliant’s Peter Lord on why you should quit your job	When Peter Lord quit his well-paying and stable corporate job to found virtual financial advisor MoneyBrilliant, he thought he was going to change the world. Even though the reality was a little different, Lord says quitting his job was one...
May 25, 2015	Television is changing, and viewer metrics need to change with it	The opening months of this year saw the first rumblings of a seismic shift in the Australian television market, with the introduction of three video-on-demand (VoD) subscription services: Stan; Presto; and Netflix. This is set to make 2015 ...
May 12, 2015	Ben Nowlan – co-founder of Sherpa	website twitter facebook Ben is an energetic, driven and methodical sales and marketing professional. A proven leader with entrepreneurial talent and a track record for getting results, Ben’s experience ranges from management consulting to ...
Apr 16, 2015	Akshat Khatri – Service Locale	Akshat Khatri is the co-founder of ServiceLocale – a local community marketplace that lets you list, discover and book the best of local services that Melbourne has to offer. For service providers, Service Locale helps to grow revenue, save...
Mar 4, 2015	Will Australians accessing American Netflix jump ship when the service launches Down Under?	Streaming giant Netflix will launch in Australia on March 24, however, thousands of locals already have access to the company’s American service thanks to browser plug-ins and VPNs. The exact number of Australians bypassing Netflix’s geo-bl...
Jan 8, 2015	Why your startup should be leveraging data from day one	Entrepreneurs should be harnessing their startup’s data right from the outset in order to validate, according to a number of Australian entrepreneurs crunching the numbers in order to create a better user experience. Jessica Wilson, founder...
Dec 19, 2014	Five key things these startup entrepreneurs wished they had done differently in 2014	For startups, the end of another year is a time to pause and reflect on the challenges they have had to embrace head-on. StartupSmart spoke to a number of entrepreneurs about what they learnt this year as well as what they wished they had d...
Aug 29, 2014	Six of the best startup tips these entrepreneurs ever received	There is no shortage of people out there willing to give advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, more often than not, business advice comes from people who have no real-life experience of launching a successful startup. At best, su...
Aug 28, 2014	Pocketbook hits 100,000 users and prepares to open its $2.5 million Series A round	Six months ago, personal finance and budgeting application Pocketbook were announcing they had just reached the 50,000 users milestone. Today it was revealed they announced 100,000 users. Out of that number, cofounder Bosco Tan has told Sta...
Aug 13, 2014	What does the switch from HTTP to HTTPS mean for startups?	The move from HTTP to HTTPS won’t have a dramatic impact on startups just yet, according to Online Store Guys’ strategy director Scott Kilmartin, and Pocketbook co-founder Alvin Singh. Last week Google confirmed that it’s been running tests...
Aug 5, 2014	Expansion plans made possible for Moneysoft with new funding round of $500,000	Australian money management app startup Moneysoft has closed a $500,000 follow on funding round that brings its total funds raised to $1.5 million, which will be used to continue its rapid growth in the financial services space. The BlueChi...
Jul 16, 2014	How Australian startups are implementing growth hacking	Startups are openly admitting to implementing growth hacking strategies to get some points on the board. It’s an approach that’s working for many startups, which often don’t have the money or traditional understanding of marketing to grow t...
May 14, 2014	Budget makes US look even more appealing, startups say	We asked some Australian startups what they thought of the budget and how it might affect them. Here’s what they had to say. Michael Fox, CEO, Shoes of Prey: It’s a challenge for tech startups raising capital in Australia and the temptation...
May 13, 2014	Sydney financial startup Stockspot eyes spot in Singapore showcase	Sydney-based financial technology startup Stockspot is hoping to become the second Australian company in two years to be named a finalist at the SWIFT Innotribe Startup Challenge’s Singapore showcase. Today the company announced it has been...
Apr 3, 2014	Turning a mobile app into a wearable one: Pocketbook shares their first forays with Google Glass	We hear a lot about apps created specifically for Google Glass. But if Google has its way, the wearable smart glasses could become the main platform for apps one day. Personal finance management app Pocketbook doesn’t want to get left behin...
Mar 10, 2014	From zero to 50,000 users: How we growth hacked our way without spending a cent on marketing	It’s been 511 days since the first line of code was written. That’s about 900 sleepless nights between Alvin and me and over 10,000 unsalaried hours of designing, coding, debating, testing, talking to our users and continuous tinkering. Mal...
Feb 19, 2014	Start-ups unite to offer $2000 scholarship for entrepreneurial uni students	Two start-ups have combined forces to offer a scholarship worth $2000 for Australian university students to encourage them to start their own businesses. Finance management app Pocketbook is offering $1000 in cash and textbook start-up Zook...
Nov 14, 2013	Personal finance startup Pocketbook secures $500,000 in investment	After raising $500,000 from notable Australian VC investors, personal finance startup Pocketbook is ready to go full speed in disrupting the banking sector. Founders Alvin Singh and Bosco Tan will be using the funds for aggressive marketing...
Nov 14, 2013	Growth strategy: Pocketbook raises $500,000 and shares expansion plans	Budgeting app Pocketbook has this week announced they’re closing their $500,000 seed funding round after signing investments deals with Tank Stream Ventures, Sunrise host David Koch and other private equity investors. Co-founder Bosco Tan t...
Jul 16, 2013	Bosco Tan – Business Development at Pocketbook	Bosco Tan and Alvin Singh are the cofounders of Pocketbook – a Sydney based startup that’s building an application which makes managing your money ridiculously simple. They do this by aggregating a user’s bank accounts, credit cards, loans,...
Jun 18, 2013	Tim and Jonathan – cofounders of Airtasker	Jonathan is a co-founder and COO of Airtasker and an avid supporter of the Australian start-up scene as a founder of Tank Stream Labs. Jonathan was a founding team member and the project manager for amaysim, a web-based MVNO, which achieved...
May 28, 2013	Critical Arc wins pitching comp at Australia’s largest start-up conference	The team behind Critical Arc, a software for security management, has won the SydStart pitching competition today, beating 11 other finalists to win a prize package of expert consulting, education and prizes. Critical Arc also scored the hi...
Jan 21, 2013	Pocketbook app aims to make personal finance a breeze	A new app called Pocketbook promises to make money management “ridiculously simple”. It does this by aggregating each user’s bank accounts, credit cards and loans, and providing a single view of their money. The Sydney-based business was fo...

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FAQ about Pocketbook

When was Pocketbook founded?

Pocketbook was founded in 2007.

How much funding has Pocketbook raised?

Pocketbook has raised $2.5M in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about Pocketbook?

Parsers VC has collected 24 articles mentioning Pocketbook, among them ““Fail fast”: MoneyBrilliant’s Peter Lord on why you should quit your job” (Sep 8, 2015) and “Television is changing, and viewer metrics need to change with it” (May 25, 2015).

Is Pocketbook still active?

Yes, Pocketbook is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 11, 2016.