Antler Australia held its virtual Demo Day recently, live streamed from Sydney to almost 1,600 people around the world, off the back of more than 2,000 registrations. “We are humbled and encouraged by the level of support the global and local tech startup and investor ecosystems continue to show Antler Sydney and our portfolio companies,”… Read more »
In the new world of remote working, building team culture at a distance is difficult. Enter Remote Social – an online platform that provides games, activities and tools, such as trivia and bingo, that strengthen culture, wellbeing and connection within remote and hybrid teams. Co-founder and CEO Jessica Baird Walsh says Remote Social aims to… Read more »
Sometimes it’s all about the swag. Humanitix co-founder Joshua Ross was at an Atlassian charity event when he was handed a Pledge 1% t-shirt. “We were there to ask Atlassian staff for help hiring our first Chief Technology Officer – a few of the senior Atlassian developers kindly offered to do technical interviews for our… Read more »
The global COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated the growth of the digital economy and remote work. Lockdowns have disrupted the ability for creators and instructors to deliver their services. The projected volume generated by the global gig economy from customers in 2023 is set to be $455 billion. Based on the first half… Read more »
Envato is a company with a big heart. Collis Ta’eed co-founded the privately owned global marketplace in a Bondi garage in 2006 with his wife Cyan, and friend Jun Rung. The Melbourne-based company now has more than 600 staff globally, having doubled in size in the last three years. It now generates more than $1… Read more »
Construction is complex and fragmented. Not only that, but 12% of construction work is spent on rework, costing the Australian construction industry $28 billion a year. Sync Technologies, which just received funding from global early-stage VC Antler, enables construction businesses to turn data from existing and emerging technologies into action, empowering site managers, project… Read more »
Antler Sydney is on a hot streak. In just 16 months, the Australian arm of the global early-stage VC has raised a $46 million fund, invested in 41 companies, and grown its local operations team to a headcount of 24. Now, it has announced the 16 startups recently built with and invested in by Antler.… Read more »
There’s a lot to think about when you’re looking to scale up your startup globally and payments is a key one. The cost of currency transfers can quickly stack up using the traditional banks, especially when the international payment systems was originally set up to cater for the big end of town. While these transactions… Read more »
Just one bottle of wine can make a big difference. That’s the philosophy behind Little Ripples, a small Australian wine brand delivering one year of accessible, clean water for one person in a developing country with every bottle purchased. Little Ripples was founded in September 2019 by Dustin Leonard, who wanted to help provide easy… Read more »
For any startup to succeed, passion needs to be present from the get go. That’s something that founders of Nura, Dragan Petrović and Luke Campbell absolutely possess. With a shared passion for music and a background in electrical engineering and medical hearing science respectively, the two set out to create headphones that automatically learn and… Read more »
Chris Minehan has the best of both worlds, working from an office near Sydney’s famed Manly beach, while running another office in the heart of Europe in German port city of Hamburg. His Digital Marketing agency, ClickedOn, was founded in 2014. “We make you successful online” is the company’s mission. ClickedOn has a global customer… Read more »
A compostable and biodegradable pallet wrap, a bodysurfing handplane made from plastic collected from the Great Barrier Reef and natural baby wipes with Manuka honey are among the five ideas by Australian entrepreneurs that have won grants, worth more than $80,000 each, from Amazon Launchpad. The startups are Great Wrap, Crockd, Ethicool Books, WAW Handplanes… Read more »
Startups, entrepreneurs and small-to-medium-sized enterprises looking to innovate and grow their business have until midnight tonight to enter the Amazon Launchpad Innovation Grants, worth $80,000 each. There are five grant packages available and already Amazon Australia said it’s already received more than 500 entries. Carl Hartmann, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of non-alcoholic company Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic… Read more »
Renae Smith owner of Bake Mixes has a long been a lover of fast, simple healthy food. In 2014 at the urging of her daughters she auditioned as a contestant on Masterchef. Her flavoursome cooking earned her a spot on the show, where she was soon bestowed with the moniker of ‘Mystery Box Queen’. Renowned… Read more »
Entries for Amazon Launchpad Innovation Grants, worth $80,000 each are closing this Monday, August 24, at 11.59pm. With just a few days left for startups and SMEs looking to innovate their businesses to apply – there are five grant packages all up – Chadd Ciccarelli, Head of Launchpad at Amazon Australia said they’d already received… Read more »
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