The new Stone & Chalk-run Scaleup Hub at Tech Central opens its doors next month in July, and has signed up 7 companies for its initial roll-out As founders think about hybrid work and how to bring their teams together Stone & Chalk Sydney General Manager Marie-Anne Lampotang said that companies looking to set up… Read more »
Four out of five (78%) of Gen Z workers considered moving jobs post-pandemic, a survey by rewards platform Perkbox has found. The survey of more than 1000 employee under 25 (born between 1997 and 2012) by data research firm Censuswide didn’t quite deliver a great resignation, although low unemployment and high competition for skilled workers driving… Read more »
Every week on the Startup Daily TV show, we talk to more than two dozen founders, CEOs, investors and experts about what’s happening in tech. Now you can catch the best of the show with the weekly podcast, SUDS. Welcome to the new, improved SUDS! Each week host Simon Thomsen has a special guest join him… Read more »
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Techfugees Australia is coming back with a meetup on World Refugee Day on June 20. We’re a group of committed tech people collaborating with NGO partners like Settlement Services International (SSI)… Read more »
AI-based stormwater and sewerage pipeline maintenance software VAPAR has raised AUD$2,500,000 in seed funding for its global expansion plans. The raise was backed by LSE-listed Halma Ventures and Australian Sprint Ventures, Access Capital Ventures and Barry Winata’s Metagrove Ventures. Female engineers, Amanda Siqueira, CEO, and Michelle Aguilar, CTO, co-founded VAPAR in 2018 after witnessing first-hand… Read more »
PropHero, the AI-enabled digital property investment platform that helps people find, buy and manage investment properties, was named the Startup Proptech of the Year at the Proptech Association’s second annual Proptech Awards. It was one of several startup recognised alongside scaleup companies. The awards were held in Sydney with more than 300 people at the sold-out… Read more »
Australia-based Ocean Impact Organisation has selected six startups from around the world for its inaugural Ocean Impact Accelerator Program. Revealing the startups on World Ocean Day, OIO co-founder and CEO Nick Chiarelli said two of the companies, Nuvoe from Sydney, and Uuvipak from Brisbane, are among the six potentially game-changing startups involved in the 7-month… Read more »
Two women who founded a startup on opposite sides of the world to help people be better managers has just raised $6.8 million in Seed funding. Lauren Humphrey and Melissa Miller spent more than a decade developing managers in senior roles at US unicorn startups Gusto and Brightwheel, before launching The Mintable from Sydney and… Read more »
* EDITOR’S NOTE: On 20 December, 2022, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal set aside the ban on Paul Dortkamp. Deputy President Rayment concluded that, based on the evidence at the AAT hearing, he was not satisfied that Mr Dortkamp failed to act, did not understand the financial services which his company was providing, or is incompetent,… Read more »
The new federal financial services minister Stephen Jones says the Labor government will regulate cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as applying credit laws to the buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector. Speaking to the Guardian Australia, Jones vowed to continue the roadmap drawn up by the previous government and former treasurer Josh Frydenberg, consulting with the… Read more »
Share trading and superannuation fintech Superhero will merge with cryptocurrency exchange Swyftx to create a four-year-old fintech startup valued at $1.5 billion. The two fintechs will continue to operate their separate brands and platforms while offering both services to all users in what they describe as create “the country’s first digital and traditional finance powerhouse”,… Read more »
Edtech startup Edrolo has raised $40 million in a Series B that’s drawn the attention of four superannuation funds. The round was led by Blackbird, supported by AirTree and retirement funds Aware Super, HESTA, NGS, and Telstra Super. The 10-year-old venture’s goal is to improve the resources and content schools use for teaching and learning. Edrolo… Read more »
The Reserve Bank of Australia has increased the official cash rate by 0.5% today to 0.85% in an aggressive jump that’s beaten market expectations for a 0.4% increase. The rise follows a 0.25% increase following the May board meeting. Governor Philip Lowe said the board’s concerns include “significantly” increased inflation, that’s “higher than earlier expected”,… Read more »
Apple just made itself the elephant in the room of buy-now-pay-later. With the sector struggling amid plunging stock prices, slowing growth and a looming economic downturn, Apple announced it was entering the BNPL space at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Apple Pay will gain a new feature, Apple Pay Later, which, like AfterPay, Klarna… Read more »
Creative marketplace Envato is one of the first globally-focused Australian tech companies to shed jobs amid a US tech downturn, with 100 jobs to go. While Tesla boss Elon Musk flagged cutting 10% of the EV maker’s 100,000-strong workforce, and the US tech sector shedding 16,000 jobs in May, cutting staffing continues in June, with… Read more »
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