Australia is celebrating the rise of women in space with NSW-raised Dr Meganne Christian selected as part of the European Space Agency’s 2022 astronaut class. She is one of 11 reservist astronauts, alongside five career astronauts and one parastronaut chosen from more than 22,500 applicants. If she goes to space, it will be as a… Read more »
‘Chief Twit’ Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company, Tesla, has copped its third vehicle recall in Australia in less than a month from safety regulators, with the latest software glitch involving around 15,900 Model 3 and Model Y cars imported this year. “Due to a software error, the tail lamps on one or both sides may… Read more »
Kiwi tech company Blackpearl Group (BPG) will list on the New Zealand stock exchange next month – the only IPO for the NZX in the second half of 2022. Blackpearl builds, acquires, and markets data-driven cloud services involving productivity and demand generation applications for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). Its proprietary data platform, the Pearl… Read more »
Metigy founder now bankrupt as liquidators find the adtech startup didn’t earn ‘any revenue’ in its 7-year life
History repeats with Deliveroo’s collapse echoing Foodora’s 2018 exit at the expense of gig economy riders
3 Gold Coast startups looking to change the world for the better
Consumer data right startup TrueLayer puts Australian operations on hold
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Business strategy
The spate of global and local data leaks – privacy breaches that affected millions of Australian consumers and thousands of Australian businesses – have much to teach the corporate world: that business growth should not come at the expense of customer privacy. These incidents tend to occur because many companies operate business models that collect,… Read more »
Funding
NSW tech startup Oceanfarmr, previously known as SmartOysters, has raised$1.45 million in a bridging round. Oceanfarmr is one of 23 impact tech startups to receive investment from Katapult VC and its accelerator program, selected from 1,900 candidates in 62 countries. The fresh capital will allow the aqua farming tech and finance startup to ramp up… Read more »
Antler Australia
Early stage investment company Antler Australia recently backed 13 startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily has shared the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series and today it’s the final profile of those ventures. This series is designed to give you a quick, sharp… Read more »
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