Everyone is
talking Ziinkle
Eat Live Escape - 08/03/22
Get to know our Founders. In this interview, Melanie Leahy spoke to Balance The Grind about work, life & balance.
Who Australia - 08/03/23
Today, we celebrate the achievements of the incredible women around us. Our Founders spoke to Who about being a female founder and the advice they wish to share with other women.
Spaceship - 08/03/23
Our Founders, Elisse and Melanie, recently sat down with Spaceship to talk about all things Ziinkle, disrupting online dating, being women in business, and the challenges of capital raising as a female founder.
Sydney Design Awards, Gold Winner - 19/01/23
This award celebrates creative and innovative design in the traditional or digital visual representation of ideas and messages. Consideration given to clarity of communication and the matching information style to audience.
B and T - 02/11/22
The impressive capital raise announcement follows Ziinkle’s acceptance into the world-renowned Newchip Accelerator Program, where the tech startup was chosen out of over 1,000 applicants. “We are excited for Ziinkle and believe they will be well positioned to take advantage of a global ecosystem” said Armando Vera Carvajal, Vice President of products at Newchip.
Beyond Impossible podcast - 26/10/22
Beyond Impossible sit with some incredible hard working figures in the Australian sphere, who achieved the impossible by means of hard work, dedication and relentless action. In this episode Joseph sits with the founders of Australian dating app, Ziinkle, Elisse and Melanie.
Broadsheet - 11/08/22
When Sydneysider Melanie became single after a long-term relationship, she did what many others do when they’re looking for love: she downloaded a dating app. After swiping and feeling like she was a “digital commodity”, her friend Elisse offered to be her ultimate wingwoman to help her meet people in bars, the old-fashioned way.
Reason With Me podcast - 01/08/22
Melanie and Elisse reason with me about the problem that dating apps created and the solution that is being solved by Ziinkle. Ziinkle brings connection, communication and authenticity back into the dating game with the ability to find other singles out and about.
B and T - 29/07/22
As of today, Ziinkle is now available for singles all across Australia, solving the issue of dead-end digital profiles one meaningful connection at a time. Think less mindless swiping and more going on dates and meeting other single people.
Mumbrella - 28/07/22
The client for IAA Big Idea 2022 is the dating app Ziinkle and this year’s challenge is to create an innovative, high-impact campaign to help grow awareness and drive downloads of the Ziinkle app among single Australians.
So You Want to Start a Business podcast - 12/07/22
Founders Melanie Leahy and Elisse Alexander are using Ziinkle to encourage daters to swap from swiping on the couch to locking eyes across the bar.
Women Love Tech - 28/05/22
Our Founders, Melanie Leahy and Elisse Alexander, have put together their best dating app tips so you can cut through the BS and be seen.
The Adelaidian - 15/05/22
Ziinkle believes the best connections are made in real life, spotting someone across the room and getting that ‘instant vibe’, which is why they want to help more people match and meet when they’re out and about.
Channel News - 02/05/22
Rather than mindlessly swiping, users are able to find out where to go, and have a real-world personal connection. Ziinkle gives you guidance and a tiny push for that leap of faith.
The Greek Herald - 29/04/22
“Humans are social creatures, we need physical contact” our co-founder Elisse tells The Greek Herald. Read more to find out what makes Ziinkle different to other apps, and how we got to where we are.
Mumbrella - 24/03/22
Ziinkle has up-dated the dating experience and will set a new global standard. Designed for people to match and meet, in real-life, in real-time.
Pedestrian Group - 08/03/22
We're taking a safety-first approach with Ziinkle. Find out how in this interview with our Founders.
Eat Live Escape - 08/03/22
Find out why Elisse and Melanie decided they needed to create their own dating app.
Channel 10 News - 25/02/22
We know that you’re over the swiping games and endless chat that goes nowhere. So, we’re helping you see where other singles are out and about socially to get yourself in the right place, at the right time.
Balancing the grind - Elisse Alexander
Get to know our Founders. In this interview, Elisse Alexander spoke to Balance The Grind about work, life & balance.
Balancing the grind - Melanie Leahy
Get to know our Founders. In this interview, Melanie Leahy spoke to Balance The Grind about work, life & balance.
How Ziinkle will help singles look for love post
lockdown 2.0
Our candid interview with The Remarkable Woman in which we discuss our journey and hurdles so far.
In this article we discuss why we have chosen to Equity Crowdfund and the unconscious discrimination female founders still face when it comes to capital raising, despite female-led startups returning an average 78 cents in revenue, while male-led startups return 31 cents.
We spoke to Lucy Dean from Yahoo Finance about our 'why' and our vision for Ziinkle.
Watch our interview on Ticker News as we discuss all things Ziinkle (we're on from 13mins)
Our candid interview with The Remarkable Woman in which we discuss our journey and hurdles so far.
We spoke to Lucy Dean from Yahoo Finance about our 'why' and our vision for Ziinkle.
