No founder achieves greatness without getting spooked along the way. So the challenge is how you vanquish those demons, with the right ghostbusters by your side, that makes all the difference. Funding and customer growth may be the loudest concerns we hear from startups, but there’s a lot more happening beneath the surface that should… Read more »
Can AI algorithms treat depression? Will climate migration fuel local innovation? Pull up a bar stool and quench your thirst for big ideas at Raising the Bar 2024, a night of 20 talks across 10 Sydney venues. It’s not every day you walk into a bar and get to hear from climate tech, neurotech or… Read more »
Need a little extra fuel in the tank to power your startup’s growth? Global payments fintech Airwallex is giving founders the chance to win a $10,000 acceleration grant. The Melbourne-born unicorn is celebrating its recently announced partnership with Formula 1 racing team McLaren with a new competition to help businesses fast-track their growth. Airwallex is… Read more »
From a telco platform recognised as having the ‘Best AI Product in Telecom’ at London’s CogX Festival, to AI-powered retail tech that increases shopper basket sizes, these Australian and New Zealand startups are getting noticed globally. Earlier this month, Startup Daily and Microsoft joined forces for our first-ever AI Deep Dive event for startups, founders… Read more »
Having broken new ground in health tech for high-risk situations, Canaria Technologies is taking its next giant leap – to infinity and beyond. The Brisbane-based startup is gearing up to take its pioneering tech in predictive biometrics to the next frontier: outer space. Canaria’s wearables, which combine data about how the human body functions with… Read more »
Brisbane electric vehicle charging startup EVOS Energy is one of 35 exporters backed with funding and support from Trade and Investment Queensland’s Go Global Export Program. EVOS Energy is taking its Australian-made EV home chargers and fleet energy management to the world with a little help from the Queensland Government. The sixth round of Trade… Read more »
As AI innovation accelerates rapidly, Microsoft is bringing the local tech community up to speed over two events in Sydney this February: the Microsoft AI Tour and the startup-focused AI Deep Dive event with Startup Daily. We spoke to Andrew Boyd, General Manager, Digital Natives and Startups, about how startups can leverage Microsoft’s latest AI… Read more »
There are plenty of inspirational founder soundbites out there, but “you’ve got this” will only take you so far. So if you want to get the nitty-gritty behind growing a startup or nurturing the seed of an idea, heed the hard-won lessons from SproutX. Founders get a 10 out of 10 for passion, optimism and… Read more »
Dispelling the myths that sustainability is too pricey or difficult for small businesses to implement, a free digital masterclass next week will sort fact from fiction. Startup Daily’s sister publication Kochie’s Business Builders and cleantech startup Greener for Business are inviting startups to join the charge and discover how to tackle your net zero emissions… Read more »
From a local entrepreneur using ‘maggot robots’ to address food waste to one of the world’s leading generative AI experts, AgriFutures evokeAG. 2024 has unveiled a compelling lineup of local and international agrifood tech thinkers and innovators speaking at the two-day event in Perth this February. Will AI change how and what we eat? Does… Read more »
Equity may be tough to secure in the current market, but it’s not the only option for startups looking to weather the funding storm. For some, it’s not always the right choice either. AI eCommerce software platform Particular Audience is fuelling its expansion using ‘growth credit’ – venture debt funding suitable for scaling companies, which… Read more »
Applications have opened for the 2024 evokeAG. Startup Program to help boost our nation’s best agrifood tech innovators. Centred around the two-day event in February 2024, the program gives applicants a unique chance to connect with potential investors, corporates and customers. Startup Daily spoke to an exciting success story from the 2023 program. Indoor vertical farming… Read more »
With a culture of ‘radical candour’, transparency and more-than-flexible working arrangements, Kanopi has won the Best Startup Culture category, sponsored by The Culture Equation, at the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards. When runways are tight, the funding environment uncertain and everyone in a hurry to build, startup culture can be placed at the… Read more »
Making the pivot from pilot to climate tech startup founder, Onvol’s Molly Fullee is flying high after winning the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards’ Best New Founder award, sponsored by Tank Stream Labs. Becoming one of the youngest female airline captains for a major airline back in 2010, Fullee knows what it’s like… Read more »
Imagine if you could detect disease in ginger, fraud in Manuka honey and adulteration of tea tree oil using a smartphone? Those capabilities are among the plans of Zondii, winner of the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards’ Best Regional Startup award, sponsored by Investment NSW. From Armidale in NSW’s northern tablelands, this innovative… Read more »
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