Tank Stream Labs will bring together hundreds of founders, investors and experts from the Australian tech ecosystem for a one-day conference, titled the Startup 2 Scaleup Summit (S2S), on November 16. The conference is the brainchild of Tank Stream Labs CEO Bradley Delamare, who’s designed a program that spans all stages of the founder journey… Read more »
A Wollongong-based startup helping Australia’s energy transition with a faster, cheaper way to produce hydrogen, has topped the nominations list for the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards, with three finalist nominations. Hysata, founded in 2021, has designed a new kind of electrolyser, the component used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen that… Read more »
The annual CapTech2023 conference will return to Sydney in October, bringing together innovators, investors, and industry leaders together over four days. Raman Bhalla, President of Sydney Investors, Professionals and Business Networking Group Incorporated (SIPBN), and founder of CapTech, said last year’s gathering resulted in four companies successfully raising major deals with more than $180 million… Read more »
The annual ARENA Renewables Startup Showcase is heading to Melbourne this year, with applications now open for startups interested in taking part. Pioneering startup network Innovation Bay and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have teamed up again for the fourth showcase, which takes place on Wednesday, November 1, at Cargo Hall in Melbourne. They’re looking for early… Read more »
Victorian-government backed startup agency LaunchVic has granted another $300,000 to early-stage accelerator and investor Startmate to inspire around 300 university to become founders. The $300,000 grant over two years will see at least 320 Victorian university students complete the Startmate Student Fellowship, a three-week intensive designed to give students the confidence, connections and skills to… Read more »
The annual Proptech Awards have chosen a woman as Proptech Leader of the Year for the second year in a row, with Sarah Bell, cofounder of AiRE Software, taking the top gong, following on from Trish Mackie-Smith in 2022. More than 350 people gathered in Sydney this week for the Proptech Association Australia awards… Read more »
If you could get 20 minutes in a room with some of the startup community’s most successful founders and VCs, what would you ask them? Startup Daily recently hosted an interactive event in Sydney to find out. Our Ask Me Anything event brought together some of the brightest and most experienced minds in the startup… Read more »
Scale-up space Stone & Chalk is joining forces with design student learning program UpRising to help unearth the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. “With rapid technological advancement, it’s paramount that we equip our next generation with skills that align with emerging industry demands,” said UpRising founder Richard Hainsworth. This week, high school students will… Read more »
Startup Daily has launched the inaugural 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards, a flagship celebration of Australia’s tech startup and scale-up community to recognise the best and brightest people and ideas in the Australian tech ecosystem, with entries across 10 categories opening today. Startup Daily has been Australia’s leading digital publisher of startup news,… Read more »
The potential for refugees to help solve the nation’s skills shortages will be explored at the Techfugees round table on the evening of Tuesday, June 20 being held at ACS’ Sydney Hub. As part of World Refugee Day, speakers will be discussing how acknowledging the existing skills of refugees and harnessing the talents of the… Read more »
Deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations has chosen its first cohort of startup founders showcasing world-changing innovations at the annual deep technology conference Cicada x Tech23. Cicada became custodians of Tech23 last year, reviving Australia’s longest-running deep tech event to support Australian deep tech innovators The 23 ventures were chosen from more than 130 applications nationally… 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 »
The annual Spark Festival, the largest national event for Australia’s startup community, is the latest victim of a reduced funding for the sector, with the director departing and the board looking to refresh the event to present later this year. Festival director Maxine Sherrin left the organisation on Friday after nearly seven years, having successfully… Read more »
One of the most important roadmaps to Australia’s startup sector is set to return after a five-year hiatus, with Startup Muster once again looking to take the pulse of the local ecosystem. UTS Startups director of entrepreneurship Murray Hurps, a driving force behind Startup Muster between 2014 and 208, has enlisted Adam Spencer, producer of… Read more »
Australia’s godfather of open banking, Scott Farrell, has been added to FinTech Australia’s Hall of Fame at the annual Finnie Awards. For the second year in a row, the awards have been shared widely, with small business lender Lumi the only company to receive more than one award, taking home Best Workplace Diversity and Emerging… Read more »
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