Seriously, what reasons could any company see for setting up around here? Photo: AdobeStock There’s a joke almost as old as the endless Melbourne v Sydney debate that goes like this: Melbourne says: “We’re better than Sydney”. Sydney says: “What’s a Melbourne?” And while this Sydney-born Sydneysider loves his hometown – #goSwans! – Melbourne is… Read more »
The CSIRO’s ON accelerator program, in partnership with the Menzies Foundation, has launched a $90,000 12-month fellowship to help scientific entrepreneurs commercialise their ideas. Three Menzies Science Entrepreneur Fellowships will be offered this year. David Burt, executive manager of CSIRO’s ON program, said the no-strings-attached fellowship is about supporting the nation’s talented science entrepreneurs in… Read more »
Agronomic analytics company FluroSat has raised $4.6 million to extend the venture’s global reach as farmers get tech savvy about growing crops more efficiently. The funds landed less than a year after the launch of FluroSat’s agtech platform FluroSense, which combines ag modelling and AI in an analytics engine that helps agronomists and farmers… Read more »
Fusion Factory co-founders Greg Woollett and Frank Nesci, with IEC Fund Co manager Hein Vogel, and investment committee member Cliff Rosenberg. Photo: Graham Jepson. The Australian arm of global investment advisory firm Investec had led a $4 million capital raise for Sydney-based technology startup Fusion Factory. The 11-year-old business unifies data for businesses across applications, systems… Read more »
Brisbane innovation hub River City Labs will host its third Startup Weekend Women Brisbane event as part of the Global Startup Weekend Women movement on September 20-22. The three-day event will bring together like-minded women in business or hoping to start one, giving the latter the chance to pitch their ideas. Teams will be… Read more »
Trent Innes is a hero at Xero. An accountant with more than 20 years of experience, he first joined the cloud-based accounting platform’s Melbourne HQ in 2013 as National Sales Director, then in January 2016, became Xero Australia & Asia Managing Director, just a decade after its genesis on an apartment dining room table in Wellington, New… Read more »
Carbar CEO Des Hang (right) with his co-founders Davie Saw, Kenneth Teh and Richard Chen. Source: supplied The Melbourne startup has introduced monthly subscription car hire to Australia It’s just launched in Sydney and will use the cash injection to roll out nationally in 2020 IAG is hoping to gain a better understanding of consumer… Read more »
A new biotech funding program for startups working on new therapies, technologies and medical devices is offering up to $1 million in matching grants to help companies develop their ideas through to the proof of concept stage. The Biomedical Translation Bridge program is an initiative of the Medical Research Future Fund. It’s run by MTPConnect –… Read more »
If you’re reading this standing in a cafe queue, waiting for a latte on a work break, or guzzling your eighth espresso for the day while building your startup, we have an important announcement you need to read: Drinking coffee does not change your risk of being diagnosed with or dying from cancer. A… Read more »
The NSW government is getting rid of the board tasked with investing $190 million in startups and SMEs with $70 million of the funds still unallocated. The Jobs for NSW board, led by CSIRO chair David Thodey, and other senior business leaders, including Sydney tech hub Stone & Chalk chair, Craig Dunn, Navitas exec Helen… Read more »
Australia’s not short of people selling you booze, but in the space between discounted goon bags, and Shakespearean prose about the glories of $800 bottles of famous red, it seems most retailers forgot that sharing a bottle of wine with friends is about fun and conviviality. That’s where Vinomofo comes in and No. 6… Read more »
Prospa co-founders Beau Bertoli and Greg Moshal – an Australian fintech success story. Photo: supplied Global advisory firm KPMG is on the hunt for the best fintech startups in the world to compile its annual Fintech100. Nominations close on July 31, with the final list for the 2019 KPMG & H2 Ventures Fintech100 being… Read more »
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 »
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