Atlassian cofounder and billionaire investor Mike Cannon-Brookes has taken charge of the $30 billion SunCable solar power project he once labelled as “insane”, with the deal to buy it from the company’s administrators going through last week. Helietta Holdings a joint venture company affiliated with his family venture capital firm, Grok Ventures, in partnership with… Read more »
Quantum computing software startup Q-CTRL took home the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards’ Most Innovative Startup award, sponsored by Dell for Startups. Here’s why they stood out in one of the event’s most competitive categories. Q-CTRL has pioneered the quantum infrastructure software segment, and become the leading software company in the quantum sector.… Read more »
Wollongong-based startup Hysata has been recognised for their ground-breaking mission to deliver the world’s most efficient and low-cost green hydrogen, scooping up the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards‘ Startup of The Year award, supported by 1835i. The win comes hot on the heels of Hysata’s recent $23.9 million cash injection from the Australian… Read more »
Three decades after John Candy delivered the prophetic line “It’s not so much the heat, it’s the humidity that’ll kill you”, as comedy gold, iron ore miner Dr Andrew Forrest has turned the old idiom into a dire warning about climate change in a speech to business leaders. Candy said it as coach of the… Read more »
Three Australian startups have been picked to join the latest round of Taronga Ventures’s RealTechX program focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) innovation across the real estate sector. Carbon management software company Cerclos, EV charging software firm Everty, and Sapien Cyber were on the list of 12 companies around the world chosen to join… Read more »
From networking events and panel discussions to fireside chats and an eye-opening workshop, the City of Sydney’s Visiting Entrepreneur Program is tackling the most topical conversations in tech, from AI to sustainability. This month, Sydney will bring together some of the world’s leading global entrepreneurs and tech experts for its annual program of free events… Read more »
Startmate and Boundless Earth, the philanthropic venture of Mike Cannon-Brookes, have accelerated their partnership to recruit and upskill 300 new founders and operators into climate tech startups over the next 18 months. Startmate has launched its inaugural Climate Tech Fellowship last week as part of the plan. The 8-week virtual program with Boundless Earth is… Read more »
A climate tech startup developed by a fashion designer is transforming sugar can waste into coffee cups and cutlery that breaks down quickly into compost after it’s been used Little Green Panda was founded by Manon Beauchamp-Tardieu, who launched her side hustle while working as an accessories fashion designer at Zara. Her sustainable packaging startup offers… Read more »
Concerns over cleaning chemicals and single-use plastics have led two female founders to launch a startup to create eco-friendly and more sustainable household cleaning solutions. Pleasant State was founded in 2020 Ami Bateman and Sian Murray with a vision to rid households of toxic chemicals, replacing them with healthier, just-add-water cleaning solutions, also putting an… Read more »
Australia’s transition to renewables is gathering speed, but there’s a looming problem with storage. We will need much more long-duration storage to get us through the night, once coal and fossil gas exit the system. We also need to find new and better ways to create heat for industrial processes. Renewables can supply much of… Read more »
Drones are transforming beach patrols and disaster management in Australia, but there’s no easy way for operators to control multi-drone and multi-vehicle operations. So AI and robotics innovator Advanced Navigation has developed Cloud Ground Control (CGC), a platform to manage drone fleets. It enables users to live-stream, control and send commands to drones remotely using… Read more »
The country’s first sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery is up and running at a mine in Western Australia as the industry explores new ways to transition to renewable energy. The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC) is behind the installation of the 250 kW/1.45 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) demonstration unit, which is designed for… Read more »
The shift to renewable energy to meet net zero targets will mean Australia has to dramatically scale up its battery storage capacity, a new report from national science agency,CSIRO says. The Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap outlines a 10 to 14-fold increase is required in electricity storage capacity between 2025-2050 for the national electricity market (NEM) to… Read more »
Melbourne-based material science company, Great Wrap, has launched the world’s first compostable pallet wrap. The alternative to plastic wrap is made with food waste to combat the global dependence on petroleum-based pallet wrap and plastic pollution. Cofounders Jordy Kay and Julia Kay saw a materials revolution happening around them. Everything industry from energy, transport, and… Read more »
The coffee cup you used this morning could one day end up something you’re driving over – in a good way. In a first-of-its-kind pilot project in Western Sydney has used recycled coffee cups to create more sustainable roads made from up to 50% recycled materials. The fibres in the cups are an additive that… Read more »
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