With the local ecommerce landscape having shifted overnight with the official launch of Amazon in Australia, ecommerce businesses Catch Group and Lux Group have today announced the swapping of several assets and the creation of a new joint venture in a bid to streamline each of their offerings. To focus on travel, Lux Group has… Read more »
From a bet made on Twitter just a few short months ago, Tesla has switched on the world’s biggest lithium ion battery in South Australia, in time for both the first day of summer and making good on Elon Musk’s promise that it would either be ready in 100 days or be free. Connected to… Read more »
The ACCC is launching an inquiry into the impact of digital platform providers like Facebook and Google on competition in the media and advertising markets.
Sydney startup Hireup has come out in first place in this year’s Deloitte Tech Fast 50 list, with zipMoney and Zero Latency rounding out the top three.
Techstars Adelaide grad Dotterel Technologies, a startup developing noise reduction and audio recording technology for drones, has raised $500,000 in funding from investors including Korea’s ESV, the University of Auckland’s Inventors Fund, and Techstars. The startup was founded in New Zealand by Matt Rowe, Shaun Edlin, Seamus Rowe, and Shaun Pentecost out of the Callaghan… Read more »
Australia must recognise how fast its competitors are working, and the “intensity” with which governments are supporting their startups, Crossroads warned.
MoneyMe has raised a $120 million asset-backed securitisation facility, while business-focused lender Waddle has raised $50 million in debt funding.
Monash University has partnered with Bosch Australia to create an agtech facility in Melbourne, which will work on the creation and testing of smart farming techniques. The development will sit on one hectare of land at Bosch’s Clayton headquarters, making room for a development centre and agtech ‘launch pad’ facility, which will include a smart… Read more »
Mentorloop has raised $725,000 in funding from venture capital firms Blackbird Ventures, Rampersand, and Tempus Partners, and a number of angel investors.
Australian consumers will have open access to their banking, energy, phone, and internet transactions and data under new legislation put forward by the Federal Government. The legislation will look to create a Consumer Data Right, which was one of the recommendations put forward by the Productivity Commission’s report on the inquiry into Data Availability and… Read more »
UNSW, llens, and the Law Society of NSW are teaming up to prepare the legal system for the challenges presented by technological advancements.
Software company LiveTiles has announced an agreement with the Victorian Government that will see it establish its Asia-Pacific HQ and a Global Innovation Centre in Geelong.
At the moment Amir Raveh, CEO of HYPE Foundation, is in Australia to launch HYPE Spin Lab in partnership with the University of Queensland.
The South Australian government has launched a $2 million fund to help build a games development hub in Adelaide, which will be operated by Game Plus, which also runs a games hub in Canberra.
Western Australia’s Quantify Technology, an ASX-listed company working to create hardware and software products in the Internet of Things sphere, has completed an institutional placement to raise $5 million from existing investors. The funding for the company, which debuted on the ASX through a backdoor listing in March, will go towards further development of Quantify’s… Read more »
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