The Australian government is set to start work on its 10-year plan to increase the number of girls and women in STEM it announced in the May Budget.
Sydney crowdfunding platform StartSomeGood has announced a new partnership with Western Australia non-for-profit Impact Seed to stimulate the social enterprise ecosystem in Australia. The partnership will focus on helping social businesses harness the power of crowdfunding and explore new markets and opportunities.
More than six months after the Murray Financial System Inquiry recommended changes to Australia’s equity crowdfunding regulations, federal Small Business Minister Kelly O’Dwyer yesterday announced that the government is set to ease regulations and allow ‘mum and dad’ investors to invest in startups and small businesses.
The hospitality industry now has an app that solves two of the sector’s biggest problems 
Canva confirms $70m raise, valuing the design business at $2.5 billion 
An Australian startup has cracked the final 10 for Startupbootcamp’s latest global fintech accelerator 
Hungry Jacks is turning to science to create a fake meat burger 
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