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News & Analysis
Women-only rideshare startup Shebah raises $1 million in equity crowdfunding campaign
Shebah founder and CEO George McEncroe is particularly proud of the fact that 95 percent of its investors are women.
News & Analysis
Tank Stream Labs runs second annual Female Entrepreneur Week
The second Female Entrepreneur Week at Tank Stream Labs saw 70 speakers across 25 events, with almost 1,600 people attending.
Profiles
How pet care business Rufus & Coco leveraged the trend of pet humanisation
Having owned more than 40 pets over the years, Anneke van den Broek said she struggled to find high quality, natural products, and created Rufus & Coco to fill the gap.
Podcast
[PODCAST] Glass Ceiling – Episode 7: Oksana Goncharova of Ansarada
We chat on Glass Ceiling with Oksana Goncharova about Rocket Internet and moving to Australia to launch The Iconic, and the work she’s doing at Ansarada.
News & Analysis
Tech Ready Women and TechSydney awarded $80,000 in City of Sydney grants to foster city’s startup ecosystem
TechSydney and Tech Ready Women have shared in $80,000 in grants from the City of Sydney aimed at helping them further develop the city’s startup community.
News & Analysis
Tech Ready Women and Academy Xi launch $100,000 scholarship fund to encourage women to launch startups
Tech Ready Women has partnered with tech-focused education provider Academy Xi to launch a $100,000 scholarship fund to encourage women to launch startups.
News & Analysis
Over 65 percent of Aussie workforce wants more women in leadership roles – but the culture has to keep up
A survey found over 65 percent of the Australian workforce would like to see more women in leadership roles, with almost half the women women surveyed stating they would like to pursue a leadership role in the future.
Other
The leading women in Australia’s innovation ecosystem
While there is still a significant way to go to level the playing field, the Australian innovation ecosystem is home to countless women doing fascinating things and hustling to build the community.
Brains Trust
Female founders, go for it! Everyone else, quit the patronising
I recently attended an event encouraging women to get involved in the startup ecosystem at the new Sydney Startup Hub. While I applaud the aim of the event, I left with my blood boiling.
Podcast
[PODCAST] Glass Ceiling – Episode 6: Kate Morris, founder and CEO of Adore Beauty
Kate Morris is the founder and CEO of Adore Beauty, an online cosmetics retailer she founded in 1999 after working on the cosmetics counter while at uni.
News & Analysis
Startup Muster 2017 finds almost 36 percent of founders were born outside Australia
The proportion of female founders has grown from 23.5 percent in 2016 to 25.4 percent this year, while 37 percent of future founders identified as female.
News & Analysis
Tech Ready program wants to help non-tech female founders learn the basics
Looking to provide more support for women starting out is Tech Ready, an eight week program designed for non-tech female founders.
News & Analysis
SBE Australia launches E3 program for early-stage female tech founders
SBE Australia has launched a new program for early-stage female tech founders, E3: Empower, Evolve, Escalate.
News & Analysis
BlueChilli opens applications for SheStarts accelerator program for female founders
BlueChilli has officially launched SheStarts, its accelerator program for female founders. Ten women will be selected to take part in the six month program, set to run from January next year, with each to receive $100,000 in pre-seed funding.
News & Analysis
BlueChilli hosting local leg of Lady Problems hackathon to tackle issues preventing female entrepreneurship
BlueChilli has announced it will be hosting the Australian leg of the Lady Problems hackathon this October, an initiative launched by AngelHack addressing the problems that prevent female entrepreneurship.
