Timeline

• September 2015 – SmartShepherd reaches finals of Westpac BlueChilli innovation challenge Blue Chilli blog post
• November 2016 – MVP completed
• March-July 2017 – HAX10 ($250k invested)
• August 2017 – 150 collars
• August 2017 – Field trials completed
• September 2017 – first paying customer
• December 2017 – 905 animals through system
• February 2018 – 1,513 animals through system
• March 2018 – 1500 collars produced
• June 2018 – 5,048 animals through system
• July 2018 – 6500 collars produced
• August 2018 – 8,010 animals through system
• August 2018 – rental program starts with Sheepmatters
• September 2018 – 14,828 animals through system
• December 2018 – Version 2.0 of firmware released, major operational improvements.
• December 2018 – 28,519 animals through system
• February 2019 - ask Dave about February 2019.  Actually, don't ask Dave about February 2019.
• April 2019 – 6,500 collars refurbished out of Armidale, all collars returned in time for 2019 season.
• May 2019 – 16,500 collars produced in total, off the back of a major order from Sheepmatters as their rental business expanded.
• June 2019 – 36,150 animals through system
• June 2019 – NZ export, startup with 2000 collars
• August 2019 - Server system replaced with modern .NET Core service.
• September 2019 - first NZ data comes into system
• September 2019 – 59,309 animals through system
• November 2019 - Chile export, first data from Chile
• December 2019 – 85,716 animals through system
• 2020 – export push to new markets
• February 2020 – 95,231 animals through system
• April 2020 – Collars exported to Texas A & M University for trials
• May 2020 – 100,000 animals through system
• September 2020 – 150,000 animals through system
• December 2020 – 190,000 animals through system