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Flirtey beats Amazon to market, launching the first medical drone deliveries...
The weekend marked a significant milestone in not just Australian startup Flirtey's journey, but the US drone industry as well, with the startup and NASA both conducting the first Federal Aviation...
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Brosa ready to rival Ikea with $2 million in funding from AirTree Ventures
Furniture marketplace Brosa has received $2 million in Series A funding from venture capital firm AirTree Ventures. The 18-month-old company, which connects customers directly to furniture designers...
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Marketplacer launches platform for people to create their own marketplaces...
Melbourne ecommerce startup The Exchange Group, which operates four global marketplaces including Bike Exchange and House of Home, has today relaunched as Marketplacer after raising $10 million in...
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PiggyBankGirls is a crowdfunding platform looking to facilitate fair trade porn
The idea of paying for porn went out of fashion around the same time as the idea of paying for music and movies. There’s still money in the industry, which was worth around $90 billion in 2013, but...
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Sunshine Coast recruitment startup TalentVine uses psychometric testing to...
If the number of Australian startups targeting the industry is any indication, the recruitment process is broken. From OneShift to Workible to The Search Party, it seems dozens of startups have emerged...
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Will the future of parenting be data-driven? Perth startup Kindom thinks so
The very existence of the human race at this moment is evidence that parents over the years have done a satisfactory job at raising children without all the tools and technology available to 21st...
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Creative3 Pitch finalists announced
Creative3 Pitch, a pitching event looking to connect creative startups with early stage investors, has announced the finalists taking part in its third annual event in September. The event is part of...
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An update on how Startup Daily is tracking and where it is heading
One thing I have always been transparent about with our readers is Shoe String Media's growth. Those of you who have been avid consumers of our content since early 2012 would know that, with the...
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PowerDialer is bringing an enterprise call centre solution to SMB sales teams
Earlier this month, PowerDialer.co took out the top prize at Startup Weekend Brisbane. Over 54 hours, Nicholas Burge, Jake Phillpot, Tylor Stewart, Harris Jubb, Michael Moore, and Suzy Le brought their...
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Sydney startup Quberider is using ridesharing to help send developers to space
More than 50 years after humankind first set foot on the moon, only members of a very exclusive club have had the opportunity to travel in space. Though they may not be Virgin Galactic, two Sydney...
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Has Wellington created the most feminist tech ecosystem in the world?
New Zealand has a long history when it comes to gender equality. In fact, back in 1893, it was the first country in the world to allow women to vote. It was also the first country that ever had all of...
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Kingii is a wearable airbag that wants to reduce instances of drowning
It’s easy to watch the news stories about people drowning in rivers or at the beach each summer and think it will never happen to you because you’re a strong swimmer, but the truth is that accidents...
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New Zealand startup Jucebox wants to create the ultimate home automation system
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been buzzing around the tech world for years now, but it’s yet to make its way into the public consciousness. In fact, according to a survey of 4000 consumers conducted...
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PledgeMe is eating its own ‘dog food’, using its equity crowdfunding platform...
One of the regional leaders in the crowdfunding, specifically equity crowdfunding space, Wellington based company PledgeMe announced this week that it has raised more than NZ$360,000 to continue its...
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Though it’s a crowded market, travel startup Tour Amigo hopes to be the...
Travellers have become used to doing things online. From researching and booking flights and accommodation to planning sightseeing itineraries and scoping out the best restaurants to visit, it’s easy...
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Will Melbourne’s new Eastern Innovation Business Centre be able to lure...
The $5 million project to build the Eastern Innovation Business Centre (EIBC) is finally complete and the organisation is now accepting expressions of interest from innovative startups, specifically in...
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Jack Dorsey’s blunt talk cost Twitter investors $5 billion. And he said...
'Twitter may not yet be a broken company, but it sure is a hapless one. For most of its history, Twitter has been decried by its most ardent users as The Company That Is Not Facebook and thus something...
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Brisbane’s GO1 raises $1 million; Viber acquires Nextpeer; GitHub raises $250...
This week saw some big deals take place around the startup world, with messaging platform Viber acquiring Israeli social gaming startup Nextpeer, GitHub raising $250 million, and Dutch startup Catawiki...
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Accelerating the government: Why Creative HQ is more than just another...
Last week, while touring the Wellington startup ecosystem, the one thing that became glaringly obvious was the forward thinking of the government over there - particularly, the local government. It's...
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River City Labs partners with muru-D to launch its first accelerator program
Brisbane coworking space River City Labs has today announced the launch of a trial partnership with Telstra-backed accelerator muru-D, which will see the launch of the first accelerator program at the...
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