News & Analysis
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Opinion
Women with great ideas and the men that take credit for them…
Too long have women contributing great ideas remained silent whilst male colleagues have presented them as their own.
Other
Early stage startup founders waste a lot of money on PR before proving their concept
I have partnered with Australian startup and marketplace for intimate face-to-face workshops.
Other
The segments healthtech and biotech investors are putting their dollars towards
Startups in the wide-ranging Australian healthtech sector have raised more than a combined $165 million in funding, while biotech sits at $87.8 million.
Profiles
Style Sourcebook allows designers and consumers to visualise interior designs through shareable “mood boards”
Through Style Sourcebook, users looking to renovate or decorate a space are able to search for products and mesh them together in a “mood board”.
Other
The problems healthtech and biotech startups in Australia are solving
Between bone repair glue and gene splicing, there is a diverse range of startups working to improve our health or innovate the way the sector operates.
Profiles
WiRE program aims to support women entrepreneurs across regional Queensland
The WiRE program works to research entrepreneurship and build frameworks which can help support women founders across the state.
Profiles
Norbit creates branded loyalty apps for shopping centres gamifying the consumer experience
Norbit creates branded loyalty apps for shopping centres, allowing customers to earn points and prizes from shopping in store.
Other
Agtech segments which have raised the most funding in Australia
Leading investment totals for IoT agtechs is The Yield, which applies its flagship ‘Sensing+’ technology to detect the microclimate of an ecosystem
Profiles
Optimizely founder Dan Siroker names the startups he’s watching out for
Between investigative podcasts and interactive articles, the nature of the media is undergoing constant change, spurred on by the digital age. Media companies both niche and global are no stranger to this process, including the New York Times, an organisation which testing startup Optimizely helped make the leap from paper to online. According to Dan… Read more »
News & Analysis
Insurtech is an expanding global industry thanks to claim and drone startups, says report
InsurTech has been pinned as a growing industry thanks to claim and drone startups, although it is faced with fundamental challenges, according to a report.
Podcast
Glass Ceiling Episode 4 – Benjamin Chong from Right Click Capital
Ben sits down with Gina to talk about what it was like to start a business within the dial-up era as well as the relationship between investors and founders
Other
Industry segments that have raised the most money in NSW
Sitting behind fintech startups, the expected champion in NSW amongst all the industry segments, are health and biotechs.
Profiles
Melbourne startup Farmwall supplies vertical gardens to cafes and restaurants
Through a monthly subscription service, Farmwall supplies cafes and restaurants with a vertical farm which can be used to grow fresh herbs and microgreens.
Profiles
Austrade’s San Francisco landing pad cohort has pushed their way into the US market
Founders have used landing pads to springboard their startups into the US, including KoalaSafe, Event Workforce Group, Indee Labs, Gym Sales & Open Cities.
