Gina Baldassarre, Author at Startup Daily

Adelaide startup Betswaps lets punters buy and sell sports betting tips

Gina Baldassarre - April 5, 2016 3 MIN READ

Forget the stereotype of the old guy down at the TAB – thanks to the very fact that mentions of sports betting platforms are quite literally inescapable during any given sports broadcast, whether it be through ads or updates on odds from broadcasters at half time, the market is increasingly attracting younger customers who demand innovative solutions. The latest is Betswaps, an Adelaide platform allowing people to buy and sell their tips.

Advice

FinTech startup Pennybox aims to teach kids the fundamentals of banking

Gina Baldassarre - March 15, 2016 3 MIN READ

For decades Australian schoolchildren have been learning the basics of banking and saving through the Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites program.

Other

Home cooking delivery startup Marley Spoon raises AUD$22 million Series B to expand around Australia

Gina Baldassarre - March 14, 2016 2 MIN READ

German home cooking delivery startup Marley Spoon, which launched in Australia last August, has announced the raising of a €15 million (AUD$22 million) Series B round from Luxor Capital, QD Ventures, Kreos Capital, and existing investors.

Other

Facebook acquires Masquerade; WeWork raises $430 million at $16 billion valuation; PlantMiner raises $3.5 million

Gina Baldassarre - March 11, 2016 4 MIN READ

Another busy week has seen Facebook acquire Masquerade, the startup behind MSQRD, the app behind the faceswapping tool taking over the internet, while Intel has acquired Replay Technologies to help create a new category for sports entertainment. Meanwhile, WeWork has raised $430 million at a valuation of $16 billion to help launch a push into Asia, and closer to home Melbourne’s Culture Amp raised $10 million while Brisbane’s PlantMiner raised $3.5 million.

Advice

Melbourne startup Tipping Cartel wants to reinvent the office footy tipping competition

Gina Baldassarre - March 8, 2016 3 MIN READ

While the paper-based tipping system has worked well for decades, Melbourne startup Tipping Cartel thinks it can be done better, and is doing so by putting it online.

Advice

The Social Club is bringing social media influencer campaigns to the New Zealand market

Gina Baldassarre - March 7, 2016 3 MIN READ

The Social Club is looking to try its hand as one of the first platforms in the social media influencer space in New Zealand. Its mission is like most others: to connect New Zealand’s largest community of social media influencers with brands and agencies in order to create authentic and meaningful influencer campaigns

Topics

Tradie marketplace hipages acquires business directory StartLocal

Gina Baldassarre - March 3, 2016 2 MIN READ

Just a few weeks after entering into a strategic partnership with real estate group Ray White, tradie marketplace hipages has announced its acquisition of Australian business directory StartLocal and related assets, including Home Service Engine and Aussie Tradesman User Guide. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Advice

Sydney startup clapit raises $2.57 million in seed funding to tackle the crowded social media space

Gina Baldassarre - March 1, 2016 3 MIN READ

Despite the number of social media platforms in the market, investors are still keen to buy in and find the next big thing, with new Australian social media startup clapit last week announcing it had raised $2.57 million in seed funding from investors including Mark Moran and Paul Siderovski pre-launch.

Topics

Melbourne startup HealthKit raises $1.6 million Series A round

Gina Baldassarre - March 1, 2016 2 MIN READ

Melbourne healthtech startup HealthKit, which has created a practice management system for private practices and a health management platform for patients, has raised $1.6 million in a Series A round led by a Melbourne-based family office investor, with participation from existing investors.

Topics

Peazie raises fresh funding and appoints former general manager of Salmat as CEO

Gina Baldassarre - February 29, 2016 2 MIN READ

Peazie, the Australian startup helping brands build, run, and monitor competitions and promotions, has announced that it has raised a fresh round of funding and appointed Thomas Mahon, former general manager of Salmat, as its new CEO.

Advice

Sydney opinion polling startup Metapoll aims to be the most accurate predictor of the federal election

Gina Baldassarre - February 25, 2016 4 MIN READ

Over the course of the 18 months I worked at Newspoll, the market research organisation behind The Australian newspaper’s fortnightly political opinion poll, I saw three different Prime Ministers in office, with those very opinion polls I was helping to conduct leading to the demise of two of them. But while opinion polls have developed an extraordinary power in Australian politics, their accuracy is questionable.

Topics

Qantas partners with TEDxSydney to host tech talks on flight to San Francisco

Gina Baldassarre - February 18, 2016 2 MIN READ

As governments around the country and the startup ecosystem itself look to sell innovation to Australians, brands too are getting on board. Qantas yesterday launched ‘Ideas that Travel’, a partnership with TEDxSydney that saw speakers deliver tech talks from 30,000 feet on a flight from Sydney to San Francisco.

Advice

Sydney startup Followit helps real estate agents deliver real-time information to property watchers

Gina Baldassarre - February 18, 2016 3 MIN READ

It’s long been a stereotype, but Sydneysiders young and old truly are obsessed with property. To help fuel those endless conversations about property prices and how millennials will never be able to afford to buy comes Followit, a communications platform connecting consumers with real estate agents.

Advice

Splend is a car hire platform supplying aspiring Uber drivers with brand new vehicles

Gina Baldassarre - February 10, 2016 3 MIN READ

Enter Splend, an Australian car rental startup that provides customers with brand new vehicles specifically for the purposes of on-demand driving services such as Uber.

Topics

Investec Australia acquires 20 percent stake in investment platform Equitise

Gina Baldassarre - February 9, 2016 3 MIN READ

As Australia gears up for the long-awaited changes to equity crowdfunding regulations to come into action, Investec Australia has acquired a 20 percent stake in ‘trans-Tasman’ investment platform Equitise. The deal values the startup at close to $10 million.

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