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.Ā In line with Antlerās 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 »
Melbourne VC firm Skalata has a new investor in LaunchVic, which has backed the seed fund with $900,000.Ā Skalata, chaired by former Toll boss Paul Little, has been a highly active in early capital for nascent startups, making 70 investments across two funds since its l. LaunchVic will invest directly into the fund manager overseeing… 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 āAntler Investor Memosā series, which is designed to give you a quick,Ā sharp understanding of the startups and people… Read more »
A new Fund-of-Funds venture capital firm, formed by veterans of the super fund Hostplus VC team, has been chosen by the Victorian government to build LaunchVic’s $120 million Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF).Ā Neil Stanford and Brighid Pappin have created V-Ignite to turn $60 million from the state government into $120 million for the VSCF.… Read more »
Australiaās universities are in desperate trouble, and their first move has been to cut the entrepreneurship and innovation arms they should be defending at all costs. Sometimes, thereās no satisfaction in being right with predictions; like the time back in early March, when I predictedĀ that the tech startup accelerator programs and incubators being offered by… Read more »
Most startups are terrible at early stage marketing. If you donāt believe me, just take a quick search of any startup featured on Startup Daily ā check out their social media profiles, and if they have a blog. What youāll find is that there is not much is going on – kind of like Donald Trumpās hair once upon a time, but hey, he fixed that!
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