Story

Our

Tiparra is developed by The Tiparra Group, a proud Canberra-based business that employs 17 Canberrans who have combined decades of operation in the ACT across multiple business streams.

Proudly Canberra-based

Supporting local innovation with ACT Government backing

Tiparra’s technology is built using products that we developed with the direct support of the ACT Government and the CBRIN program through a 2016 ICON Grant and a 2020 Boosting Innovation Grant.

17

Team Members

5+

Years Building

50+

Partner Organisations

2

Government Grants

Mike, James & Dave

Our founders at GIO Stadium with the ACT Brumbies – our first major professional sports partner

"From startup vision to stadium reality - building fan engagement solutions with our first professional partner"

Innovation

Five Years of

From QR code pioneers to sports engagement leaders

2019

QR codes & Innovation Foundation

The Tiparra team first gets together to build an innovative, mobile-first solution to the problem of property and asset management in commercial tenancies and public spaces. Our QR-code based FixIt platform is launched, making it easy for members of the public to scan an asset code and raise a maintenance issue for repair.

2020

COVID-19 & The QR Revolution

We all remember what made 2020 infamous. The surprise resurgence of QR codes was one silver lining, with the power of those little interaction squares really kicking our FixIt platform into the next gear. Thanks to a Boosting Innovation Grant from CBRIN and the ACT Government we develop new components for two-way interaction between real world events and digital versions of those events.

2021

Platform Launch & First Major Partner

The outcome of an internal app ‘pitch-fest’, Tiparra is born as a new platform for community groups and micro-creators to generate and share content with their audiences. Tiparra picks up our first major event partner, the ACT Brumbies rugby union club. The most successful professional rugby club in Australia adopts Tiparra to run all Game Day engagement with fans, introducing our platform to a massive new audience.

2022

Professional Sports Breakthrough

Building on our success with the ACT Brumbies, we refined our game day experience platform and introduced advanced fan engagement features. This year marked our transition from a startup experiment to a proven solution for professional sports organizations.

2023

Growth & Revenue Innovation

Tiparra just keeps growing in 2023, with new application features and new event partners added on almost a weekly basis. We introduced our new processes for increasing sponsor and partnership ROI through the Tiparra platform, opening new revenue opportunities for sports clubs and event hosts.

2024

Multi-Sport Growth & Global Expansion

Tiparra picks up our second and third major event partners, Brisbane Roar FC mens and womens teams and Basketball ACT’s mens and womens NBL1 teams. Commencement of our UK and European expansion plans starts in April.

Founders

Meet The

Decades of combined experience in technology, product development, and customer success

James Hodge

Founder / Chief Executive Officer

Prior to Co-Founding Tiparra amid the pandemic James spent 22 years as Founder and CEO of Fyshh, pioneering innovations in the social media and mobile applications space. Fyshh developed the very first social networking application aimed at the LGBTIQ+ market, leveraging the then newly created 18+ App Store category and paving the way for industry names like Grindr.

David Sullivan

Founder / Chief Product Officer

David is a seasoned product owner with well over two decades of experience in technical, learning and development and project management he has been a driving force behind the implementation of innovative IT projects across various industries. He has a keen interest and extensive experience in all things technology and has successfully developed and launched a variety of innovative products and solutions that have helped organisations effectively connect with and communicate to their target audience.

Mike Benjamins

Founder / Customer Success Chief

As Customer Success Chief at Tiparra, Mike has made it his mission to build meaningful relationships between sports properties and fans. Starting out in technical fields such as PCB design, he discovered a need for clear communication about technology for a wider audience. This sparked a 20-year career in Learning & Development as a designer, communicator, and analyst.

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Proud Canberra business • Government grant supported • 17 local employees