The concept of farm-gate-to-plate is not new, and hasn’t always been a solution, as farmers supplying to Aussie Farmers Direct found out last year when the 13-year-old business slid into administration. But the appeal of going straight to the source is powerful and one thing farmers growing food and flowers have in common is… Read more »
SparkLabs Cultiv8, the New South Wales startup accelerator for food and agtech, will hold its annual Demoday in Sydney on Tuesday, September 10. The event which brings together the brightest entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, media and government leaders, while at the same time sector experts will share their insights and global tech trends. It’s also… Read more »
Consumers in Australia and New Zealand have the highest customer experience expectations in the world, according to a new survey from software firm Adobe. The survey, of 1,000 shoppers in the two countries, reveals the danger of losing customers for businesses that don’t make it easy to buy online. Nearly half (48%) of the… Read more »
Monarc Global founder & CEO Royce Crown An automated booking platform for private aircraft hire, founded by a Queensland helicopter pilot, is hoping the transform the way people use charter flights and take on the massive US market. Brisbane startup Monarc Global, founded by Royce Crown in 2017, has just closed a $500,000… Read more »
Some of Australia’s leading VC funds, including Blackbird Ventures, Airtree VC, Grok Ventures, Square Peg Capital and Rampersand VC are coming to Melbourne in August for a new event organised by the host of the The Startup Playbook podcast, Rohit Bhargava. The Investor Connect event in Melbourne on August 15 is Bhargava’s brainchild,… Read more »
The Australian government has signed a deal with the Western Australian government to spend $6 million developing the state’s space sector. The Morrison government wants to triple the size of the Australian space sector to $12 billion and create another 20,000 jobs by 2030. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Federal Science Minister Karen… Read more »
Professor Prokopenko’s with the RoboCup 2019 trophy. Photo by Luisa Low/University of Sydney. Researchers from the University of Sydney, in collaboration with scientists from the CSIRO’s Data61, have won a soccer world championship, but didn’t need a field to do it – the victory came in the 2019 RoboCup’s Soccer Simulation 2D League. The winning… Read more »
Digital Shadows co-founder and CEO Alastair Paterson Big four bank NAB is backing a digital risk protection startup it’s already engaged with as a customer, leading a $10 million round for US-based Digital Shadows through its investment fund, NAB Ventures, alongside existing investors, including Octopus Ventures. Melissa Widner, Managing Director, NAB Ventures and David Fairman,… Read more »
Jacobi co-founders Greg Knox, Tony Mackenzie, and Tanya Bartolini. Source: supplied The Brisbane investment technology platform has raised AU$11 million from US investors Client base includes sovereign wealth and retirement funds, and asset and wealth managers with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management Expands internationally with launch of UK office to target Europe. … Read more »
MealPal co-founders Katie Ghelli and Mary Biggins. Source: supplied The US startup launched in Sydney and Melbourne in 2017, charging either $96 or $160 for 12 or 20 lunches a month Co-founder Mary Biggins says Australians have ordered 1 million meals via the app MealPal is in 21 cities around the world and Australia… Read more »
Employment Hero co-founder and CEO Ben Thompson. Source: supplied The latest raise values the 5-year-old startup at more than $100 million SEEK, OneVentures, and AirTree Ventures contributed once again The funds will help facilitate strategic integrations with SEEK, and international expansion, as well as developing the “WorkLife Passport” product, which simplifies things such as super… Read more »
If your business is doing something cool, it could be worth $20,000 and give you the chance to rub shoulders with government and corporate leaders at the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF). Consulting firm Accenture is backing the inaugural ANZLF Trans-Tasman Innovation and Growth Awards, which offers a $20,000 prize to each of four… Read more »
A new report from the NSW Innovation and Productivity Council (IPC) released this week reveals that 255,000 of the state’s small businesses are standout performers when it comes to jobs and profitability, but need to focus on more innovation to help them grow. The Business Size Report by the NSW IPC looked a 2015 data on… Read more »
Adviser Ratings CEO Mark Hoven and MD and co-founder Angus Woods. Source: supplied Sydney-based independent financial advice rating and data startup Adviser Ratings has turned to crowdfunding as it seeks to respond the banking royal commission’s findings into conflicts of interest in the sector. The Series A raise through equity crowdfunding platform Birchal launched publicly… Read more »
Privately-owned co-working provider Hub Australia has opened its third Melbourne CBD space, Hub Parliament Station in Orica (formerly ICI) House on Nicholson Street. The 19-storey 1958 office tower was Australia’s first skyscraper. The Hub space is spread across three levels (16, 17 and 18) covering 2,757 square metres. Hub Parliament Station can fit more than… Read more »
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