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 »
Entries for the One Roof Startup Women of the Year Awards will close this Sunday, November 12, at midnight. The awards, organised by One Roof, Sheree Rubinstein’s platform for entrepreneurial women, will honour the best and brightest across Australia, with the winner announced in Sydney on November 23. “This competition is our game-changer to the… Read more »
The Startup to Scaleup (S2S) Summit brings together hundreds of founders, investors and experts from the Australian tech ecosystem for a one-day conference at the Sydney Startup Hub, next Thursday, November 16. The program spans all stages of the founder journey and features keynote speeches, panels and fireside chats from founders, investors, accelerators & incubators,… Read more »
Startup investment analysis firm Techboard has extended the closing date for its annual Australian Angel Awards to November 7′ The awards celebrate the contribution Angel investors make to the startup ecosystem and overall economy and community in Australia, and this year are being supported by Angel Loop. Techboard CEO and cofounder Peter van Bruchem said Angel… Read more »
Four years ago, Kristina Karlsson was a high-flying entrepreneur, thanks to the success of her global stationery brand kikki.K. But then a confederacy of calamities arrived and in 2020, the dream she’d built into a multi-million-dollar brand used by more than 20 million people, was over after 20 years. “Unfortunately, over COVID, I lost kikki.K in… Read more »
From a local entrepreneur using ‘maggot robots’ to address food waste to one of the world’s leading generative AI experts, AgriFutures evokeAG. 2024 has unveiled a compelling lineup of local and international agrifood tech thinkers and innovators speaking at the two-day event in Perth this February. Will AI change how and what we eat? Does… Read more »
SXSW Sydney is just around the corner – and many of you are feeling a bit overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of conference sessions on offer. We’ve got you covered. We read through the whole program and picked out our top 16 conference sessions. Below, you’ll find a curated program featuring familiar faces from the local… Read more »
Main Sequence is ‘all in’ on SXSW Sydney, co-sponsoring the 2050 stream with our friends at CSIRO, Nourish and v2food. Here’s what we will be doing during the week. Get your SXSW Badge The Main Sequence/CSIRO Lounge Throughout the week, we’ll be hanging out in our lounge on the main conference floor – Room C3.1.… Read more »
As anticipation for SXSW Sydney builds, all eyes are on the vibrant lineup of innovators, entrepreneurs, and creatives set to grace the event. Described as a ‘premier destination for discovery’, SXSW which offers a unique blend of music, film, entrepreneurship and innovation, is for the first time being hosted by Sydney. Among the trailblazers, the… Read more »
The annual Spark Festival will return to Sydney from October 30, with Harry Godber and David Lillo-Trynes as co-CEOs of the week-long celebration of startups. The revitalised and revamped Spark Festival will bring startups across NSW together with leading investors, hubs, accelerators, universities and policymakers to showcase the strength and breadth of the state’s technology capability. … Read more »
Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is offering a new online learning program for free for startups focused on innovation in agrifood. The ‘Innovate to Grow: Agrifood’ program runs for 10 weeks from November and is designed to help early-stage companies assess how they can advance their technologies, solutions and ideas through research and development (R&D).… Read more »
Three Australian startups have been chosen from more than 3000 applications globally to take part in the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield event at Disrupt in San Francisco this week. AI-based marketing B2B Rammp, fashion tech venture Theodore, and fintech Cape will follow in the footsteps of unicorn alumni such as DropBox, Cloudflare and FitBit in taking… Read more »
A free, short course for female founders and small business owners to learn how emerging technologies such as AI and Web 3.0 can help drive productivity, growth and profitability will run in Sydney next month. The InnovateHer program has been developed by the team at Inspiring Rare Birds, and is backed by the City of… Read more »
Neuro Technology platform Neuphoria was the big winner from the River Rival startup competition that closed out the Something Tech conference in Brisbane. The company, responsible for the Focusband wearable brain frequency-sensing headwear, won both the Best Product and Best of the Best Award. “It was such an honour for Neuphoria to win River Rival’s… Read more »
Brisbane online training unicorn GO1 has won Scaleup of the Year, with Wollongong hydrogen electrolyser manufacturer Hysata winning Startup of the Year at the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards. The winners across 10 categories were announced at a gala dinner before 180 people in Sydney on Wednesday night as founders, investors and tech… Read more »
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