{"id":93183,"date":"2021-04-22T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/codafication-builds-30m-start-up-during-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T02:03:00","slug":"codafication-builds-30m-start-up-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/codafication-builds-30m-start-up-during-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Codafication builds $30M start-up during COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BRISBANE, Australia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 22, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <span class=\"xn-location\">Brisbane&#8217;s<\/span> best-kept tech secret, Codafication, started with a <span class=\"xn-money\">$1 million<\/span> personal investment by co-founders <span class=\"xn-person\">Dan Sandaver<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Drew Butler<\/span> five years ago. As we head further into 2021, Codafication is valued at approximately <span class=\"xn-money\">$30 million<\/span>, have tripled their staff, and are partners with some of the biggest names in technology such as Microsoft and Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder8814\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1493780\/1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1493780\/1.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Drew Butler (left) and Daniel Sandaver, co-founders of self-funded tech start-up Codafication.\" alt=\"Drew Butler (left) and Daniel Sandaver, co-founders of self-funded tech start-up Codafication.\" \/><\/a><br \/><span>Drew Butler (left) and Daniel Sandaver, co-founders of self-funded tech start-up Codafication.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Codafication offers software solutions for insurers, brokers, and their supply chains, working with some of <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia&#8217;s<\/span> biggest names in insurance, including Aon, Suncorp, IAG, QBE, Youi, and Auto and General. <span id=\"spanHghlt5e8b\">To date, the self-funded start-up has saved the industry over <span class=\"xn-money\">$55 million<\/span><\/span> by digitising manual processes and providing transparency to end users.<\/p>\n<p>Their Virtual Assist technology connects businesses to their customers instantly through video streaming, which is a key tool for many insurers to remotely triage claims amidst lockdowns and social distancing requirements. While their newest release Crunchwork (available at Crunchwork.com) is an end-to-end project and business management platform to optimise the entire insurance supply chain. <\/p>\n<p>From automating manual processes and streamlining communication, to tracking tasks and vendor management, Crunchwork is revolutionising the claims processing lifecycle. It automates up to 80% of a team member&#8217;s day and can speed up the insurance claim life cycle by up to 2 weeks. This means insurers can drive results for customers sooner, especially during extreme weather events such as bushfires, hailstorms, or floods. <\/p>\n<p>Crunchwork is already saving time and driving profits for Codafication&#8217;s sister business, Australian Building &#038; Construction Group, an insurance repairs company. ABC Group powers through a high volume of claims annually and has a network of over 1,000 contractors. <\/p>\n<p>&#034;With ABC Group, processing 200 claims a day used to be a challenge,&#034; said co-founder of Codafication and ABC Group, <span class=\"xn-person\">Dan Sandaver<\/span>. &#034;Since we switched to using Crunchwork to manage the entire workload, our team is easily processing 500+ actions each day. So we are confident in the software as it has been battle hardened and tested in the field with our own related businesses&#034; <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sandaver says it&#8217;s been an ongoing investment as they develop products and scale up, with positions in the team expanding from 15 to 50 over the COVID-19 pandemic period.<\/p>\n<p>&#034;The success of our first business Australian Building &#038; Construction Group \u2013 which services the financial services industry \u2013 allowed us to facilitate the research and development required to start a tech company.&#034;<\/p>\n<p>&#034;For Codafication, the key to scaling has been solid product market fit. There was a clear problem, demand, and a solution that we could commercialise. We&#8217;re still in the midst of scaling and refining our process, but the success we&#8217;ve found so far is due to strategic resource timing,&#034; said Mr. Sandaver.<\/p>\n<p>&#034;We&#8217;ve never relied on angel or seed funding, so there was no panic to get to an MVP or to keep the lights on. We didn&#8217;t have to play the dangerous game of frantically building on a shoestring budget, or jumping from funding round to funding round. We could take the time to really understand our clients and build something comprehensive,&#034; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#034;What&#8217;s worked for Codafication is having a foundation that&#8217;s built for agility and speed, combined with a solid vision and clear prioritisation. We don&#8217;t jump on every whisper in the market. We stay true to our clients&#8217; needs and grow in a direction that services them.&#034;<\/p>\n<p>&#034;We&#8217;re also proactive, always looking at new ways to innovate and strengthen our market position \u2013 it&#8217;s not just about satisfying the latest trends, but anticipating what clients&#8217; will need in the next 5-10 years and beyond,&#034; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Codafication continue to grow, and are welcoming a range of new staff in the coming weeks. The team are currently kicking off new projects with some of the biggest names in <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>, helping the insurance supply chain and large enterprises to rapidly transform their processes and drive results. <\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Codafication products and software solutions, visit virtualassist.io or Crunchwork.com or get in touch at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:hello@codafication.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">hello@codafication.com<\/a><span id=\"spanHghlt38bf\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span id=\"spanHghlt4c7c\">For more<\/span> information or for interview opportunities with <span class=\"xn-person\">Daniel Sandaver<\/span>, please get in touch with <span class=\"xn-person\">Ebony Breen<\/span> from Codafication at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:ebony.breen@codafication.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">ebony.breen@codafication.com<\/a>. &#160;<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder0\">  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRISBANE, Australia, April 22, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Brisbane&#8217;s best-kept tech secret, Codafication, started with a $1 million personal investment by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}