Real-time governance monitoring to prevent reputational disasters
ANU has suffered $100 million in reputational damage from a string of governance failures.
BoardShield continuously scans university decisions, policies, and processes against TEQSA and Australian governance standards. It delivers instant risk alerts to vice-chancellors and auto-generates audit-ready reports, eliminating the governance gaps that cost ANU $100M in reputation.
Vice-chancellors, university council members, and senior administrators at prestigious Australian universities
Built exclusively for Australian Go8 and prestigious universities with pre-loaded TEQSA, ACNC, and ANU-case frameworks that generic board portals cannot match.
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Live overview of governance health across all regulatory pillars
Real-time notifications via email and Slack when thresholds are breached
Tamper-proof logging of all decisions with cryptographic verification
One-click generation of regulator-ready compliance reports
Secure central repository for policies, minutes, and evidence
Granular permissions for VC, council, and admin users
Import agendas and minutes directly from Teams/Outlook
Track acknowledgment and understanding by all council members
University-specific governance metrics and trend tracking
Forecast potential failures based on historical patterns
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| domain | text | No |
| framework | text | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| university_id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| role | text | No |
| name | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| university_id | uuid | No |
| category | text | No |
| status | text | No |
| score | int | No |
| last_checked | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| university_id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| risk_score | int | Yes |
| status | text | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/compliance/statusReturn current governance health scores
/api/alertsFetch active and resolved alerts
/api/decisionsLog new council decision with risk assessment
/api/reports/generateTrigger regulatory report creation
/api/audit/logRecord immutable governance action
8 users per university
Unlimited users
Custom SLAs
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 22 | 18% | $920 | $11,040 |
| Month 6 | 105 | 31% | $4,850 | $58,200 |
The only compliance platform built for Australian universities. Real-time monitoring, automated TEQSA reporting, and immutable audit trails trusted by vice-chancellors.
Warm outreach to former colleagues and LinkedIn connections at University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, and Monash. Offer 90-day free pilot with dedicated onboarding and co-branded case study upon success. Attend the next Universities Australia conference with a booth and live demo.
Polished board portal used globally
Generic compliance frameworks, expensive, no Australian regulatory intelligence
Purpose-built for Australian higher ed at 1/5th the cost with TEQSA rules embedded
Proprietary dataset of Australian university governance incidents and remediation patterns that improves risk scoring over time (data network effect).
The very public $100M reputational damage at ANU has created acute awareness and budget availability among all prestigious Australian universities to adopt governance technology immediately.
Small number of target universities in Australia
Design platform to be expandable to New Zealand and UK universities from day one
Handling highly sensitive governance data
Achieve SOC2 Type II and Australian data residency from launch
Success: 80% confirm they would pay minimum $25/mo
Success: All 3 renew and provide testimonials
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