Andrew Apostola: Ledger

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Role	Organisation	Sources
Chief Executive Officer	Portable	Dealroom, SmartCompany

Grant ~$780k

Portable wins US$711.8K grant to fight Australian wage underpayments

Design and technology company Portable received a Business Research and Innovation Initiative grant to build Sweep, its wage-underpayment detection platform, as Australia criminalises intentional wage underpayment.

Dealroom Fri 18 Sep 2026 Portable Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII)Andrew Apostola

Grant $1.1m

Portable gets $1.1 million for tech tool to stop worker underpayments

Portable received a $1.1 million federal BRII grant to advance Sweep, its tool for wage compliance, as Australia cracks down on worker underpayment, which became a criminal offence in January 2025.

SmartCompany Wed 2 Apr 2025 Portable Business Research and Innovation Initiative (BRII)Andrew Apostola Luke Thomas

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Portable wins US$711.8K grant to fight Australian wage underpayments

Portable gets $1.1 million for tech tool to stop worker underpayments