Shorthand

The company operates a horizontal B2B SaaS publishing model. It develops and maintains a cloud-based digital storytelling platform, including a browser-based editor, scrollytelling modules, integrated hosting/CDN, analytics and enterprise security features. Customers gain value by producing and publishing long-form, multimedia stories more quickly and with fewer technical resources, while retaining control over branding and deployment (hosted or integrated with existing CMS).

Revenue is generated primarily from recurring subscription contracts across tiered plans that scale with usage (story credits), member seats, integration needs and support level. Higher tiers and enterprise contracts capture larger, more complex customers and regulated organisations that value compliance, hosting flexibility and support. Additional value is created and monetised via optional add-ons such as extra story credits, additional members and bespoke enterprise services (e.g., custom themes or implementations).

Shorthand Pty Ltd is an Australia-based software company that provides a cloud-hosted, no-code digital storytelling and publishing platform. The product enables customers to create scroll-based, multimedia long-form stories such as brand features, reports, digital magazines and internal communications, with optional custom code and enterprise-grade security and hosting.

The company sells its platform on a subscription basis to organisations that need to publish visually rich, web-based stories without extensive developer involvement. Typical customers include communications and brand teams, publishers, universities, government and non-profits, particularly those requiring ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliant infrastructure and scalable hosting on AWS-backed services.