What do a former prime minister, a bioengineered protein, a $15 billion investment fund and a boat hull cleaning robot have in common? They’ll all be part of the Climate Investor Forum in Melbourne tomorrow. Held at the MCG on March 20, Climate Investor Forum will bring together the climate investor ecosystem covering the complete… Read more »
The allure of San Francisco as startup mecca is a long-held dream for entrepreneurs with global ambitions, but increasingly Singapore is where Australian founders are heading to find their stride and make it all come true. Xylo Systems CEO and cofounder Camille Goldstone-Henry certainly found that to be the case. Goldstone-Henry, a Australian Women’s Weekly Women… Read more »
Brisbane electric vehicle charging startup EVOS Energy is one of 35 exporters backed with funding and support from Trade and Investment Queensland’s Go Global Export Program. EVOS Energy is taking its Australian-made EV home chargers and fleet energy management to the world with a little help from the Queensland Government. The sixth round of Trade… Read more »
There are plenty of inspirational founder soundbites out there, but “you’ve got this” will only take you so far. So if you want to get the nitty-gritty behind growing a startup or nurturing the seed of an idea, heed the hard-won lessons from SproutX. Founders get a 10 out of 10 for passion, optimism and… Read more »
Every now and again you hear about a technology that has so much transformative potential that it’s hard to wrap your head around it. The team from Ubiquetherm humbly refers to their invention as ‘the next generation of heating and cooling.’ What they are actually creating, is a breakthrough product that could have dramatic and brilliant… Read more »
The founder of New York climate tech investment firm Planeteer Capital, Sophie Purdom, will be among dozens of experts, founders and investors taking part in Climate Salad’s inaugural Australian Climate Tech Festival & Awards on November 28 at Sydney Town Hall. Climate Salad CEO Mick Liubinskas revealed the day-long event will feature will feature key… Read more »
Food waste recycling startup Goterra has crossed the border into Queensland in a collaboration with Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves precinct. The deal will see Goterra’s robotic processing plants, which use black soldier fly larvae to eat through food waste, installed at the riverside entertainment precinct under the Story Bridge as part of its drive to be… Read more »
Dispelling the myths that sustainability is too pricey or difficult for small businesses to implement, a free digital masterclass next week will sort fact from fiction. Startup Daily’s sister publication Kochie’s Business Builders and cleantech startup Greener for Business are inviting startups to join the charge and discover how to tackle your net zero emissions… Read more »
The $30 billion SunCable project, backed by Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brooks, wants to build the high voltage under power cable that will stretch from Darwin to Singapore at a manufacturing facility in Northern Tasmania. Bell Bay, 50km north of Launceston, at the mouth of the Tamar River, has been named as SunCable’s preferred site for… Read more »
Solar panel startup SunDrive has opened a pilot production and commercialisation facility in southern Sydney, having also landed another $11 million in funding from the government-backed Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen opened the plant in Kurnell on Wednesday. SunDrive, which has received extensive… Read more »
The $31 million Greenhouse climate tech hub has opened in Sydney’s newest skyscraper, Salesforce Tower. Four years in the making – the Covid pandemic slowed its opening by two years – Greenhouse has been backed by the City of Sydney with $31 million in funding, and is being run as a subsidiary of early-stage venture… Read more »
Ocean Impact Organisation (OIO) has selected 12 finalists in The Ocean Impact Pitchfest 2023, including two from Australia. OIO’s CEO Nick Chiarelli, who’s just returned from New York Climate Week, the final 12 were chosen from 200 applications across 54 countries and embrace. They span a range of environmental solutions, from ropeless fishing gear that… Read more »
Newly created Sydney climate tech platform Greenhouse has been enlisted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to drive a new program to help the planet’s ‘hardest-to-abate’ sectors, such as aviation, shipping, trucking, and steel, increase their drive towards net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Greenhouse was developed as a subsidiary of the Investible group, and… Read more »
Climate tech accelerator EnergyLab has singled out 13 startups for its new Climate Tech Charge program, offering them 12 months of support to help them make it through the current investor downturn. The Charge program provides critical support for early-stage founders contributing to decarbonisation amidst a challenging economic environment where VC funding in Australia substantially… Read more »
Making the pivot from pilot to climate tech startup founder, Onvol’s Molly Fullee is flying high after winning the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards’ Best New Founder award, sponsored by Tank Stream Labs. Becoming one of the youngest female airline captains for a major airline back in 2010, Fullee knows what it’s like… Read more »
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