Bill Grierson is the best-known startup investor you’ve never heard of, although last year he was recognised as the country’s most active angel investor in Techboard’s Australian Angel Awards. Grierson earned the accolade with 22 investments in 16 companies in 2018. Four were new deal investments, with the remainder follow-ons. Over the past five years,… Read more »
• FY19 global underlying sales increased 140% to $5.2 billion • Active customers of 4.6 million at end of FY19, up 130% • The company currently gains 12,500 new customers daily • Active merchants of 32,300 at end of FY19, up 101%. • US underlying sales of nearly $1 billion in FY19. • More… Read more »
The Asia Pacific’s largest agrifood tech event, evokeAG, is coming to Melbourne next February and lifting its startups game with four agrifood tech startups being given the chance to will pitch directly to an invitation-only investor dinner, alongside room for 40 startups to showcase their wares. evokeAG, 18-19 February, 2020, at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition… Read more »
Stakk founder Connor Cameron If gumption is a measure of success, then Connor Cameron is already well on his way to be becoming an Australian unicorn startup founder. The Sydney student sent Startup Daily a media release today with the title “The 17 Year Old CEO Juggling High School with a $100,000 Startup”. It was so polished… Read more »
ESN Cleer CEO Leopoldt de Bruin and Professor Sharath Sriram. A Melbourne startup has developed a life-saving hand-held device to predict heart failure based on saliva that could be available to the public within two years The device uses nano-sensors on a diagnostic stick to measure heart disease biomarkers from saliva to accurately predict… Read more »
The Australian Government is currently seeking feedback on its $18 million Female Founders Initiative, due to roll out in 2020. Industry, Science and Technology Minister Karen Andrews said the program is designed to support female business founders and consultation on it is underway until September 30. “We want to give businesses led by women the best… Read more »
Rhinohide the 4×4 body armour startup from Perth that scored backing from two Shark Tank sharks in 2016, is on the hunt for cash again, this time to fund its launch into the US market. Founder Marc Berryman has already reached his minimum target of $100,000 with just over three weeks to run on the… Read more »
Welcome to Startup Daily’s new weekly roundup of investment raises in the Australian and New Zealand startup sectors. Each Friday will give you a snapshot of the week’s investment activity. If we missed your raise, please let us know (contact details below). Parental engagement platform Circle In has raised $1.5 million seed investment led… Read more »
Westpac has launched its sixth annual Innovation Challenge, offering startups, scale-ups and entrepreneurs the chance to win $50,000 and professional support to grow their business. The Challenge seeks data solutions solviong a business problems in five different sectors: micro business, energy, insurance, aged care or government. The latest challenge comes head of the phased introduction… Read more »
Swoop Aero CEO Eric Peck trains health staff on how to load cargo into the drone. Photo: Luke Dempsey Melbourne-based drone startup Swoop Aero, which is working with aid agencies and the UN to deliver urgent medical supplies to remote areas, has received a multi-million-dollar investment from VC firms Tempus Partners and Right Click… Read more »
Wisetech Global CEO & founder Richard White. WiseTech is a Sydney-based logistics company that’s pushed hard into tech in recent years Its shares jumped after beating its own revenue growth predictions for FY19 The company has invested heavily in tech development and acquisitions to scale rapidly Operating profit increased 37% to $80.2 million WiseTech… Read more »
A Nearmap image of Sydney Nearmap is is an Australian aerial imagery tech and location data company Revenue grew by 36% to to $90.2m last year thanks in part to US market growth The company posted a bigger-than-expected loss of nearly $15m Investors punished the company, pushing shares down 15% in early trade ASX-listed tech… Read more »
Amazon Prime Video has announced its first Australian Amazon Original series will pitch 10 Australian comedic actors and stand-ups against each other trying to make each other laugh first to win a $ 100,000 prize. Actress Rebel Wilson will host the comedy-variety series, LOL: Last One Laughing, in 2020. The local series is a reworking of… Read more »
Global accelerator venture Startupbootcamp (SBC) is currently scouring Australia looking for energy startups to take part in the organisation’s 2020 EnergyAustralia Program. SBC is hitting 27 cities with its half-day FastTrack event, kicking off in Brisbane last night. FastTracks lets startups share what they do, and in return get immediate feedback from experienced entrepreneurs,… Read more »
Australian property development giant Mirvac is launching an accelerator program focused on environmental and social change. The Impact Accelerator is being run in partnership with INCO, the Paris-based global VC and not-for-profit accelerator venture for green tech and social impact startups. Applications are now open for Australian startups and entrepreneurs to apply for The Impact Accelerator,… Read more »
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