Innovation means different things to different people, but the most important thing when it comes to product development is to have a clear vision, according to Canva’s Head of Design, Andrew Green. “‘We think pretty deeply about our roadmap, and for all the founders out there, I think that one interesting aspect of [Canva cofounder… Read more »
Early stage investment company Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily is sharing the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series, which is designed to give you a quick, sharp understanding of the startups and people… Read more »
With government subsidies, tax incentives and potential cost savings, plus the ability to lower business vehicles’ tailpipe emissions, small businesses are finding more reasons to transition to electric vehicles (EVs). Whether your motivator is financial, environmental or both, here’s a step-by-step guide if you’re considering making the switch for your business. 1. Evaluate your current business… Read more »
When Zeller CEO and cofounder Ben Pfisterer raised $100 million in a Series B that valued the then two-year fintech at $1 billion, he was talking to his US investor from behind a $19 IKEA desk. Pfisterer has spent his career in payments, including six years building Square in Australia for Jack Dorsey, and has… Read more »
Every startup founder faces strategic decisions that could make or break their vision – and one question looms large: how do you secure capital to fuel growth without handing away too much ownership? It’s a balancing act that has become increasingly relevant in the face of shifting market dynamics and founder insecurities about the most… Read more »
There were plenty of important topics covered at the recent Startup Daily and AWS Unicorn Day in Melbourne from venture capital to impact startups to scaling to a billion-dollar business. One particular session on compliance demonstrated how paying attention to the small details can help founders close the biggest deals. When Oscar Watson-Smith, sales engineer… Read more »
Since announcing the close of their oversubscribed second fund at $77 million and expansion to Brisbane last week, Antler has now unveiled 12 of their latest investments. In line with Antler’s sector-agnostic focus to find the best possible founders in Australia, these 12 new startups span a broad range of industries including retail, sustainability, productivity,… Read more »
Most startups – no matter what industry they operate in – must endure a common balancing act. On the one hand, they need to rapidly scale and secure a solid footing in the market. On the other, they need to protect themselves against numerous cyber threats that could derail those growth ambitions in an instant.… Read more »
Early stage investment company Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily is sharing the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series, which is designed to give you a quick, sharp understanding of the startups and people… Read more »
Serial entrepreneur, investor and LaunchVic chair Leigh Jasper is among the founders who’ll share their insights on what it takes to build a billion-dollar startup at Unicorn Day in Melbourne on Thursday, October 24. Jasper cofounded Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for managing construction projects, and as CEO, led the company… Read more »
You may remember the Nicole Kidman thriller The Interpreter, where she’s working as a translator at the UN and overhears something she shouldn’t, spoken in an obscure language. Real-time translation has been the skill exceptional people have managed for centuries, but now artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming what’s possible and Sydney social impact startup Sunflower AI… Read more »
Early stage investment company Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily is sharing the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series, which is designed to give you a quick, sharp understanding of the startups and people… Read more »
Smartphones are now even smarter thanks to Sydney artificial intelligence (AI) startup Curious Thing AI and its phone agent Lucy. People still make plenty of calls and in business they’re especially important, but the way we communicate and get messages to each other is constantly evolving. That’s where Curious Thing AI comes in, and Lucy,… Read more »
Goterra and Agili8 are two very different startups solving vastly difference problems. But they’re both brilliant ideas, which is why they were named the first joint winners in the 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards as Most Innovative Startup. Goterra has developed a closed-loop modular robotics system that transforms food waste into high-value, low-impact… Read more »
A decade after the term “unicorn” was first coined to describe a startup worth more than $1 billion, software scaleup Deputy joined that rarefied atmosphere in 2024. Deputy became the first unicorn tech company to emerge in two years in Australia when a A$37 million buy in from a US strategic partner in March gave the… Read more »
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