Ahead of Startmate Demo Day on May 2 in Sydney at Blackbird’s Sunrise, Startup Daily is profiling the 10 startups involved. Today it’s New Zealand startup Kiwifibre, which is hoping to build race cars from plants. KiwiFibre creates natural fibre composite materials from Harakeke – a natively grown New Zealand wonder plant, and one of the… Read more »
Ahead of Startmate Demo Day on May 2 in Sydney at Blackbird’s Sunrise, Startup Daily is profiling the 10 startups involved. We kick off with NOA The Brand. NOA The Brand is on a mission to untether humanity from the world of cords, and their breakthrough tech could change the way we power just about everything. … Read more »
UNSW Founders held its annual 10x Demo Day this week with 25 startups taking part, spanning programs focused on synthetic biology (synbio), climate, health, defence and an all-industries cohort that includes the crowd-lending impact platform LendForGood. The Climate 10x Accelerator was set up as part of the $280 million Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TraCE)… Read more »
A new angel investment syndicate is offering Australians the chance to back startups emerging from the new Techstars accelerator program in Sydney. The syndicate, led by Cut Through Angels, allows wholesale investors to back one or more of the Techstars Tech Central Sydney class of 2023 as they prepare to strut their stuff at Demo… Read more »
It’s been a busy year for Atto, the accelerator that helps female founders launch tech companies. The organisation will hold the Atto Demo Day this Wednesday, November 24 from 11am with an impressive 26 female founders from 23 startups. Entrepreneur Kate Kendall launched Atto in 2019 to empower female founders to build global, scalable and sustainable… Read more »
The founders in Startmate’s Winter21 cohort of 19 startups make their plays for money and mentors this week at Demo Day. The winter crop of Australian (13) and New Zealand (6) ventures is Startmate’s largest ever cohort and agtech, gaming, fintech and climate tech. They’ve just emerged from the 12-week program with capital from Startmate –… Read more »
Startmate held its Demo Day last week for its biggest ever cohort of startups, 18, alongside raising $2 million to invest in the Summer 21 cohort. More than 1,000 people turned into the livestream to watch the startups, which came from New Zealand as well as Australia, pitch their ideas. Startmate Principal Lauren Capelin said… Read more »
The 11 startups the UNSW Founders invested in as part of its 2020 10x accelerator program make their public debut over the coming week as part of two Demo Nights. The first, the 10x Demo Night, is this afternoon, October 28. The 2020 cohort ranges from a robotic gripper that mimics human dexterity, to a… Read more »
Startmate’s first-ever fully remote cohort of 16 Australian and New Zealand startups to pitch at live-streamed Demo Day this afternoon, October from 4.30pm. The event comes as Startmate opens applications for its hugely popular Office Hours program, on again this November, which aims to support up to 1000 founders from Australia and New Zealand by… Read more »
It can be hard for women to find fashion that fits, especially when shopping online. From tall to short, pear- and hourglass-shaped bodies, and everything in between, millions of women struggle daily to find the right outfit. That’s the problem, Sarah Neill, founder and CEO of Mys Tyler, is aiming to solve. “I first thought… Read more »
How do you find the right dog? There are very few industries in the world yet to be digitised thanks to advancing and accessible technologies. One, however, which is yet to make the shift online, is buying a pet. RightPaw, which recently launched in early-stage VC accelerator Antler Australia’s program, with Antler also investing in… Read more »
Startmate’s highly anticipated Demo Day won’t be stopped by coronavirus and social distancing, and will go ahead this Wednesday, April 22, as an online stream, with 11 startups pitching for investment before a digital audience. The Startmate Demo Day Reimagined will be live and interactive with viewers able to ask questions and gain background information… Read more »
Energy Australia is set to conduct trials with three startups that graduated from the accelerator program it ran in conjunction with Startupbootcamp.
SparkLabs Groups has partnered with the NSW Government to launch Cultiv8, an accelerator targeting food and agtech startups.
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