ABOUT REFRESH

Keeping people safe and building a better workplace are one job.

Keeping people safe and building a better workplace are one job.

Keeping people safe and building a better workplace are one job.

Not two. We’re building the system that runs both, starting with the risk that sits in how work is designed.

Not two. We’re building the system that runs both, starting with the risk that sits in how work is designed.

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Made in Sydney

Anonymous by default

WHAT REFRESH IS

Technologists who build safety software.

Technologists who build safety software.

Technologists who build safety software.

ReFresh is a technology company that turns the law protecting people at work into a system an organisation can actually run.

ReFresh is a technology company that turns the law protecting people at work into a system an organisation can actually run.

ReFresh is a technology company that turns the law protecting people at work into a system an organisation can actually run.

Today that’s the people operating system: one record for the risk in how work is designed, who owns fixing it, and proof it was done. Next, physical safety and workers compensation join the same record.

Today that’s the people operating system: one record for the risk in how work is designed, who owns fixing it, and proof it was done. Next, physical safety and workers compensation join the same record.

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CUSTOMERS

Real controls at real workplaces

Real controls at real workplaces

Real controls at real workplaces

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HIGHER EDUCATION · CUSTOMER STORY

“Placeholder for a customer quote about the first regulator visit after ReFresh. Sourced, attributed and approved in writing before it goes live.”

“Placeholder for a customer quote about the first regulator visit after ReFresh. Sourced, attributed and approved in writing before it goes live.”

“Placeholder for a customer quote about the first regulator visit after ReFresh. Sourced, attributed and approved in writing before it goes live.”

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40 sites

17 categories on one register

First regulator request answered from the record

First regulator request answered from the record

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HIGHER EDUCATION

A first regulator request answered from the record.

A first regulator request answered from the record.

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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

6,000 field workers. Physical and psychosocial risk in one system.

6,000 field workers. Physical and psychosocial risk in one system.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

People risk kept current through every acquisition.

People risk kept current through every acquisition.

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WHAT WE BELIEVE

People have always had to manage their own safety. We thrive in places that feel safe and predictable.

People have always had to manage their own safety. We thrive in places that feel safe and predictable.

People have always had to manage their own safety. We thrive in places that feel safe and predictable.

Physical safety took thirty years to get its infrastructure. The psychological side of work is getting the same shift in ten.

We exist so that shift lands on a system, not another spreadsheet.

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The design of the work does the damage, not the worker.

The design of the work does the damage, not the worker.

The design of the work does the damage, not the worker.

So we change the work, and leave people to do theirs.

02

Awareness is not change. Systems are.

Awareness is not change. Systems are.

Awareness is not change. Systems are.

A poster in the kitchen has never fixed a workload.

03

Admin doesn’t keep people safe. Time with people does.

Admin doesn’t keep people safe. Time with people does.

Admin doesn’t keep people safe. Time with people does.

Every hour we take off paperwork goes back to people.

04

A system only works if the people inside it trust it.

A system only works if the people inside it trust it.

A system only works if the people inside it trust it.

Anonymous by default, and nobody is watched.

05

A human stays in the loop. Always.

A human stays in the loop. Always.

A human stays in the loop. Always.

AI does the housekeeping. People make the calls.

06

Legislation changes behaviour, so we build on it.

Legislation changes behaviour, so we build on it.

Legislation changes behaviour, so we build on it.

The law sits underneath every workflow, not beside it.

OUR STORY

We started in awareness. It wasn’t enough.

We started in awareness. It wasn’t enough.

We started in awareness. It wasn’t enough.

Before ReFresh, Harrison built Really Mental, a mental health media company that reached more than 25 million people. The conversations were real, but workplaces didn’t change, because nothing about how the work was run changed with them.

So Harrison and Taylor built the missing piece: a system that makes the risk in how work is designed visible, puts a name and a date against fixing it, and proves it was done.

BEFORE

BEFORE

Really Mental

Really Mental

A mental health media company reaching 25M+ people, working with Amazon, Seven West Media and Sony. Proof that people care, and that caring alone doesn’t change the work.

[YEAR]

[YEAR]

ReFresh is founded

ReFresh is founded

Harrison Kennedy and Taylor Laing start building in Sydney: technologists setting out to make the law protecting people at work something a company can run.

JUN 2025

JUN 2025

Antler backs ReFresh

Antler backs ReFresh

Our first institutional investment, at pre-seed.

DEC 2025

DEC 2025

Pre-seed closes at $1.6M

Pre-seed closes at $1.6M

A $1.3M round led by Black Nova VC takes the pre-seed to $1.6M.

MAY 2026

MAY 2026

Partnering to reach further

Partnering to reach further

A referral partnership with HSI Donesafe brings ReFresh to employers already running WHS on Donesafe.

[MONTH] 2026

[MONTH] 2026

First enterprise customers go live

First enterprise customers go live

Organisations across [x] sectors move their psychosocial risk onto one record. Confirm wording and customers named.

SEP 2026

SEP 2026

$2.5M seed round

$2.5M seed round

Led by Black Nova VC, with Antler and Archangel VC, to take ReFresh across the whole duty of care.

2027

2027

One system for the duty of care

One system for the duty of care

Physical safety and workers compensation join the same record, to the same evidence standard.

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A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDERS

We didn’t set out to build another safety tool. We set out to make the way work is designed safe for the people doing it, and to give the people responsible for them their time back.

We didn’t set out to build another safety tool. We set out to make the way work is designed safe for the people doing it, and to give the people responsible for them their time back.

We didn’t set out to build another safety tool. We set out to make the way work is designed safe for the people doing it, and to give the people responsible for them their time back.

That’s bigger than any one team, so we build it with psychologists, safety professionals, lawyers and the customers who run ReFresh every day.

Harrison Kennedy and Taylor Laing

Co-founders, ReFresh

CAREERS

Help us build the next duty of care.

Help us build the next duty of care.

Help us build the next duty of care.

Small team, big remit, and work that changes how people are treated at work.

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ADVISORS

Advised by people who know the work.

Advised by people who know the work.

Advised by people who know the work.

Three advisors who test our thinking on the science, the law and how the business grows.

Three advisors who test our thinking on the science, the law and how the business grows.

PORTRAIT

Janey Martino

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PORTRAIT

Dr Glenn Fox

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PORTRAIT

Matt Browne

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BACKED BY

$4.1M raised across pre-seed and seed.

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Black Nova VC

Pre-seed and seed

LEAD INVESTOR

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Antler

Pre-seed and seed

INVESTOR

ARCHANGEL VC LOGO

Archangel VC

Seed

INVESTOR

OUR VALUES

How we work when nobody is checking.

How we work when nobody is checking.

How we work when nobody is checking.

Three operating values the whole team is held to, in hiring, in reviews and in every conversation with a customer.

Three operating values the whole team is held to, in hiring, in reviews and in every conversation with a customer.

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01

Own in the open

Own in the open

Own in the open

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Put your name against the work and show it early. Problems raised in the open get fixed; hidden ones grow.

Put your name against the work and show it early. Problems raised in the open get fixed; hidden ones grow.

Put your name against the work and show it early. Problems raised in the open get fixed; hidden ones grow.

IN PRACTICE

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Work is shared early, drafts included.

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Every task has a name and a date against it.

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Mistakes are written up, not tidied away.

02

02

Talk straight

Talk straight

Talk straight

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03

03

Maximise tempo

Maximise tempo

Maximise tempo

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SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE

Ready for your IT and procurement review.

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SOC 2

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SOC 2

Type I and II audited

GDPR

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GDPR

Compliant

USDP

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USDP

Compliant

Hosted in Australia

AWS Sydney

Privacy Act

Australian Privacy Principles

Single sign-on

SAML and OIDC

IN THE NEWS

What people are saying.

What people are saying.

What people are saying.

Press kit

STARTUP DAILY · SEP 2026

Headline placeholder: ReFresh raises $2.5M to build the system for the next duty of care

STARTUP DAILY · SEP 2026

Headline placeholder: ReFresh raises $2.5M to build the system for the next duty of care

STARTUP DAILY · SEP 2026

Headline placeholder: ReFresh raises $2.5M to build the system for the next duty of care

SMARTCOMPANY · SEP 2026

Headline placeholder: why directors are now personally exposed

FORBES AUSTRALIA · 2026

Headline placeholder: confirm once it runs

PODCAST · 2026

Headline placeholder: Harrison on why awareness isn’t change