Take a third-generation farmer with three startups under his belt and a serial innovator who’s turned algae into medicine and developed an AI mental health app for an A-league football team, and what you get is a recipe for magic. Combining ancient knowledge with future tech, Rainstick is developing a breakthrough innovation that mimicks the… Read more »
While vending machines offer convenience and ease for anyone with a few dollars and thirsty, the supply-chain logistics around them are staggering when you drill down into the environmental impact. Putting aside the transport emissions, less than 20% of the 891 billion-plus single-use plastic bottles are produced annually worldwide are ever recycled. A 2020 report… Read more »
Just months after its valuation surpassed A$3 billion, Brisbane workplace learning platform Go1 has raced away with the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards’ Scaleup of The Year award, presented by AWS Startups. Taking out one of the top trophies from the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards gala event in Sydney, Go1… Read more »
Australia has nearly 100 Antipodean ‘Silicon Valley’ sites creating nearly two-thirds of the country’s tech jobs, according to a new report mapping digital technology clusters nationally for the first time. The report, ‘The geography of Australia’s digital industries’, was produced by CSIRO, and the Tech Council of Australia. It found there are 96 digital clusters… Read more »
The use of a thumbs-up emoji in a text message can be a legally-binding agreement to a contract, a Canadian court has found. In the Court of King’s Bench in Saskatchewan, Justice Timothy Keene found that a farmer had agreed to a contract by replying to a text message with the thumbs-up emoji. The judge… Read more »
Canva is setting up a US$50 million (A$74) innovation fund to back app developers to create new experiences for the design platform. The Canva Developers Innovation Fund was announced at the company’s first developer conference, Canva Extend, in San Francisco today. The 10-years software giant also released the Canva Apps SDK (Software Development Kit) for… Read more »
If you’ve written a will – and if you haven’t, you may want to consider it – you’ve almost certainly thought about what you would like to happen to your assets, like property, after you pass away. But have you also considered getting your digital affairs in order? As our lives become increasingly digitised, most… Read more »
Since its founding in 2016, Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink has had the ambitious mission to build a next-generation brain implant with at least 100 times more brain connections than devices currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The company has now reached a significant milestone, having received FDA approval to begin… Read more »
Local sportstech is now worth as much as the fintech startup sector, with more than 750 companies involved, according to new analysis from the Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN). Releasing its second annual Sports Innovation Report for 2023, ASTN put the value of sportstech at $4.25 billion as the sector begins to ramp up for the… Read more »
You might wanna think twice before using proptech platforms like 2Apply and Snug to apply for a home. New research from CHOICE has revealed that over 40% of renters have been pressured to use these third-party platforms, which could lead to data breaches, extra costs, and exclusion from housing. CHOICE consumer data advocate Kate Bower… Read more »
If you’re a new mother who wants to document each and every moment of your little bebe in a baby book but can’t find the time and effort, this new app is for you! Baby journaling platform Dujourbaby has launched a memory book app to help mothers easily capture and preserve memories of their baby’s… Read more »
Sydney cultured meat startup Vow Foods has created the world’s first edible protein developed from the DNA of an extinct animal – the woolly mammoth. Pitching their technology as a solution to climate change – and using the mammoth as “a monumental symbol of what we stand to lose now” – Vow unveiled its latest… Read more »
Electric car-sharing startup evee is raising capital via crowdfunding, as it looks to expand into the UK and EU markets. Evee launched in 2016 and is now hoping to raise $1.6 million in an equity crowdfunding campaign on Birchal. The company hit three million kilometres of electric vehicle (EV) sharing just days before kicking off… Read more »
Melbourne scale-up Envato is flying the flag for Australian tech once again in the annual list of the world’s best marketplaces released by a16z, the fund of legendary Californian venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. It’s the 4th edition of a16z Marketplace 100, and Envato, which remains privately owned, after it was founded in a Bondi… Read more »
Australian delivery platform, Zoom2u has launched a new SaaS marketplace, Drivers2u, to help businesses tackle deliveries. The delivery service by the ASX-listed software company aims to bridge the gap between customers and drivers. Local businesses and restaurants can match with delivery provider for free through Drivers2u. The platform allows businesses and customers to post a… Read more »
Job-ready sales talent edtech Earlywork banks $1.5 million Seed round 
Antler Investor Memo Series: Jason Calacanis-backed Stori is democratising game development 
Sweat re-equity: Bikini Body founders Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce buy back their fitness app 
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