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The mergers and acquisitions round up
Another Friday, another mergers and acquisitions round up. Startup land has been a little quieter this week, but here's what went on: Mpire Media merges with Fortunis Perth online marketing company...
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Here’s why Accel just committed $305 million to startups in India
If you Google “startups” and virtually any city or nation in the world, you’ll inevitably find true believers insisting that such-and-such region is the new Silicon Valley. But when it comes to India,...
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Will Twitter’s live video streaming app Periscope trump Meerkat?
Unless you have been cut off from the internet over the last few weeks, you would have noticed that two similar apps have been the talk of the tech world lately: no one has been able to stop talking...
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ASX listed Rewardle closed a further $5 million funding in a heavily...
Rewardle Holdings Ltd, the holding company that owns Melbourne-based startup Rewardle Pty Ltd released a prospectus in August last year about its proposed IPO and Founder and Managing Director Ruwan...
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Messaging app Yap Chat hopes to succeed in crowded market by focusing on...
From WhatsApp to Viber, Snapchat to the humble Facebook chat, messaging apps are a dime a dozen. With the market so crowded, each is quickly adding new features to distinguish themselves from the...
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Elon Musk created nearly $1B in value today with a single tweet
Today the world – and particularly Wall Street – got a master class in the power of a few well placed words, when a single tweet by Tesla (and SpaceX) CEO Elon Musk cause the electric car maker’s stock...
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Tyro Payments launches new FinTech startup hub in Sydney
Sydney looks set to become the country’s leading FinTech space with Tyro, a new hub for FinTech startups, opening in the city’s CBD. Supported by independent EFTPOS provider Tyro Payments, the new...
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Singapore government has invested in $1 million seed fund round for...
Mobile HealthTech startup Healint announced last week that it had raised $1 million in seed funding for its new app Migraine Buddy. The round was led by Wavemaker Pacific with Gree Ventures and Shin...
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Perth startup studio Atomic Sky launches program to help founders land...
Perth startup studio Atomic Sky has launched a three month program to help entrepreneurs at the helm of early stage startups find investment. The Fusion Founder Program will be running for three months...
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The mergers and acquisitions round up
Since there's a very long weekend coming up, we've got the mergers and acquisitions round up a day early for you this week. Take a look at what went on across startup land over the last few days:...
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Disrupt’s technology taps into buyer metrics and data to create ‘smart’...
Gary Elphick and Jason Rogers are both into sports. In fact, both of them are actually instructors of several sports from surfing to snowboarding. The pair used to get annoyed with the fact that, not...
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Workible introduces new features to help employers find engaged candidates...
With the job search market becoming increasingly crowded, Australian jobs platform Workible is looking to distinguish itself from the others by focusing on social recruitment and brand engagement. The...
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Will any local player in the FitTech space be able to replicate the scale...
FitTech is beginning to be a crowded space in Australia, and two more startups have joined the likes of Australian ventures FitUsIn, Classium, Classhopper and FillMyClass in recent weeks with the hopes...
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Top 50 Male Entrepreneurs Under 40 List 2015
Each year, Startup Daily publishes its Top 50 male entrepreneurs list, recognising the talent and achievements of young men creating startup companies. Much like our Top 50 female entrepreneurs list...
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Ernst & Young announces sponsorship of Melbourne’s York Butter Factory...
Just weeks after announcing a multi-year sponsorship of Sydney coworking space Tank Stream Labs, Ernst & Young has today announced that it is sponsoring Melbourne's York Butter Factory. David...
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LinkedIn is acquiring professional training site Lynda.com for US$1.5 billion
Founded in 1995 by web designer Lynda Weinman and her husband, illustrator-designer Bruce Heavin, Lynda.com pioneered online education, offering a platform for students to learn about business,...
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There is a very good reason why Neopost just bought a stake in Temando for...
The rhetoric this week was that Neopost's sizeable investment of $50 million into Brisbane-founded freight quoting and booking startup Temando, was a coup for the startup. I couldn't disagree more....
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Everything We Wish We’d Known About Building Data Products
“What could we say that would help you avoid all of the pain, the headaches, the late nights that we had to endure as systems failed and data got corrupted?” This is how DJ Patil kicked off his session...
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Sydney startup Joe Merchant Co wants subscribers to discover new coffee...
As a concept, the monthly goodie box subscription service has become old hat, but entrepreneurs are still trying to put a new spin on the idea. Sydney startup Joe Merchant Co is using the model to help...
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Cherrii intends to be the world’s largest directory of possibilities. But...
Trigger Warning: Parts of this article talk about assault and depression and may be triggering to some readers. In May 2012, Patrick Artese was at university studying a degree in civil engineering. One...
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