Vitaman is a range of Australian-made natural skin and haircare solutions for men. Founder Clare Castles likes to say her products are so natural, “they are practically edible”. The quality of the Vitaman range certainly impressed Socceroo Tim Cahill, who became the face of the company as its brand ambassador Vitaman is among 150 brands… Read more »
Amazon Launchpad, an online store for startup brands, launched in Australia today. The store has more than 150 brands and more than 3000 products available. It uses Amazon’s rapid local fulfilment network to solve some of the biggest challenges startup founders face. Amazon.com.au’s latest innovation for the Australian market, Amazon Launchpad, a new store for… Read more »
LA-based brand incubator Beach House Group has built the men’s skincare range Marlowe, using an online retail strategy. It’s part of the new Amazon Launchpad store in Australia. Co-founder Ido Leffler says they love reading the customer reviews and knowing how much the brands matter to people. The Beach House Group is the very… Read more »
Lyre’s Co. is an Australian startup that saw a major opportunity to cater to people who enjoy a flavoursome beverage but want to cut back on their alcohol consumption. Launched this year, it now makes 13 different non-alcoholic spirits that taste just like gin, whisky, rum and vermouth, among other flavours and by the end… Read more »
LA-based brand incubator Beach House Group built the men’s skincare range Marlowe, using an online retail strategy, concluding that reviews online were the best way to build brand loyalty. Their brands also include oral care, luggage, playhouse kits, and the children’s stationery brand Yoobi, which donates school supplies to kids in need with every purchase. Beach… Read more »
Byron Bay surfer and fashion designer Danny Clayton set out to do several things when she created the women’s surfwear brand Salt Gypsy. First up, the pioneer of the surf leggings’ trend wanted women to feel great and look good in her gear. Secondly, she wanted to leave the world a better place. Her sustainable… Read more »
Startup ecosystem analysts Techboard will recognise the importance of angel investors in the sector’s growth with the second annual National Angel Awards to be held in Sydney this year. The awards recognise and celebrate people and companies active in the angel investment community, the role they play in the Australian startup and tech ecosystem… Read more »
StartupAus CEO Alex McCauley. Photo: supplied StartupAUS is concerned about the damage last week’s ACCC report into digital platforms could cause to the startup sector if the competition watchdog’s views on mergers and acquisitions are implemented. The landmark inquiry and its 620-page report, which focused in part on the power of Facebook and Google, raised concerns… Read more »
HR tech startup Culture Amp has developed an AI-based predictive tool to forecast productivity and turnover risk in new employees. Rod Hamilton, Culture Amp’s co-founder and Chief Product Officer said the Foresight Engine, unveiled this week at the company’s annual global conference, Culture First, comes out of the recent acquisition of performance management venture… Read more »
Judo Bank, a new bank lending to SMEs, will offer term deposits after signing a partnership deal with ASX-listed online cash management marketplace Cashwerkz. The challenger bank, which earlier this week announced it had raised $400 million in funding and was on track to lend $1 billion by Christmas after being granted its full-banking license… Read more »
Work180 co-founders Gemma Lloyd and Valeria Ignatieva. Photo: supplied Work180 has raised $2.2m as part of its mission to end workplace discrimination Giant Leap and Investible have joined Kim Jackson’s Skip Capital, which led the raise It counts Microsoft, NAB, BHP and Atlassian among its clients. When Gemma Lloyd set out to raise $2.2 million… Read more »
Investment in Australia’s fintech sector in the first six months of 2019 was half the level of 12 months ago, but the second half of the year looks set for a dramatic improvement according to a new report from KPMG. Investors poured US$101.1 million into fintech in Australia in H1 2019, down from US$223m… Read more »
London’s Insurtech Gateway is launching its first international program in Australia Former Insurtech Australia CEO Simon O’Dell will run the incubator The program aims to support 4-6 startups over the next 2 years London’s Insurtech Gateway incubator is launching its first international program: Insurtech Gateway Australia. The venture will be based at Sydney’s Stone and… Read more »
A roundtable discussing funding for startups, featuring leading VC investors, will be held in Sydney next week. The roundtable series, presented by Techboard and RSM, will be held at Freelancer’s HQ at World Square, next Tuesday, August 6, 5-8pm. Techboard co-founder Peter van Bruchem said he designed the roundtables to be a twist on a panel… Read more »
Soho CEO Jonathan Lui. Photo: supplied Property tech startup Soho has signed more than 400 PRDnationwide real estate agents and 80 offices across Australia to its app, which founder Jonathan Lui describes as “LinkedIn for real estate”. The free social networking app has more than 30,000 users and has featured more than 350,000… Read more »
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