Small business lender Lumi launches following $31.5 million Series A round
The Australian alternative lending space has a new player in its midst, with new offering Lumi launching following the raise of a $31.5 million Series A round.
The Australian alternative lending space has a new player in its midst, with new offering Lumi launching following the raise of a $31.5 million Series A round.
Oneflare is continuing to consolidate the home services market, acquiring on-demand cleaning services marketplace TidyMe.
The government is set to make changes to legislation covering employee share schemes, proposing to double the current limit to allow companies to offer employees up to $10,000 each year. As it currently stands, unlisted companies are able to offer employees $5,000 in eligible financial products in a 12 month period. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said… Read more »
By Andrew Spence Riverland Wine has partnered with the University of Adelaide, Wine Australia and the South Australian Government to create a Digital Vineyard Guidance System – a platform to filter data collected from a suite of remote sensors to improve vineyard efficiency. Devices such as moisture monitors and evaporation sensors have been used in… Read more »
Microsoft has partnered with organisations including startup Indigital, Shared Path, and the Eastern Zone Gujaga Aboriginal Corporation to launch an initiative to teach Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students about their local culture and language as they learn tech skills. The Njulgang Project first launched as a pilot program in June in partnership with the… Read more »
75 per cent of Australian SMB owners said they can’t be sure they’ll be able to pay their own bills on time due to unpaid invoices.
Sydney-based HR startup Flare has made two key hires, appointing former Birchbox CTO Liz Crawford as CTO and Jim Matheson, former vice president of marketing and growth at hipages, as CMO.
Auckland startup PredictHQ has raised US$10 million ($13.8 million, NZ$14.8 million) in a Series A round led by US firm Aspect Ventures.
Queensland’s Sunshine Coast is to become home to SunRamp, an accelerator program focused on the connectivity industry, backed by Boulder-based organisation CableLabs. CableLabs, an innovation lab for the cable and internet connectivity industry with over 60 global member companies, has created UpRamp, an initiative to work with startups in the sector. UpRamp will power SunRamp… Read more »
Almost two thirds of Australian workers believe that their employer investing in mental health and wellbeing would improve productivity, a report has found, while 55 percent believe it would reduce sickness and absenteeism.
Becoming Australia’s most successful Kickstarter project in 2016, nura has closed a $21 million Series A round led by existing backer Blackbird Ventures to push the rollout of its flagship product, the nuraphone.
Toowoomba startup Spark Girlz has taken out the top prize at the Asia Pacific regional finals of the inaugural Techstars Startup Weekend Women event.
Having backed over a dozen companies already, investment bank Investec is raising a dedicated fund to invest in Australian startups.
Melbourne education startup Maths Pathway, which has created an online learning system to help teachers better teach their students mathematics, has raised $2.1 million in a seed funding round led by Social Ventures Australia (SVA).
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is helping to prepare its members for the future by aligning with Australian startup communities Fishburners, Stone and Chalk, and New Zealand’s The Icehouse. The alignment will take the form of CA Catalyst, a program bringing together chartered accountants, startup community members, and tech providers for ‘mutually… Read more »