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Healthtech startups raise over $8 million from NSW Department of Health
Four Australian healthtech startups have secured a total of $8.6 million in funding from the NSW Department of Health. The funding comes from the state government’s Medical Device Fund [MDF] and will...
View ArticleKPMG to drive economic growth through support of entrepreneurism across...
KPMG has today launched a series of proposals aimed at spurring the economic growth of the Australian Indigenous community. To encourage further involvement in business and entrepreneurship, KPMG has...
View ArticleMIT launches Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in Queensland in 2017
One of the world’s most reputable universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] has announced it will bring its Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to Queensland. As part of a government-led...
View ArticleNew Zealand fintech startup SavvyKiwi helps people find and monitor the right...
Established by the New Zealand Government in 2007, KiwiSaver is a voluntary, work-based savings scheme that aims to help Kiwis with their saving for retirement, allowing workers to have contributions...
View ArticleAtlassian awards $250,000 grant to Aussie edutech startup 40K Foundation
Australian edutech startup 40K Foundation has today announced it has received a $250,000 grant from Atlassian Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the tech giant. 40K Foundation was selected from over...
View ArticleUniversity of Sydney provides on-campus accelerator program Incubate with $1...
As its current intake gears up for Demo Day tomorrow, the University of Sydney’s on-campus accelerator program Incubate, has announced it has received $1 million in funding from the University, to be...
View ArticleQueensland Government opens applications for placements in Chinese tech...
The Queensland Government has announced the opening of the first round of applications for its Commercialisation Partnership Program (CPP). The program will provide researchers and entrepreneurs access...
View ArticleSydney startup Hyper Anna raises $1.25 million from Reinventure and AirTree...
Sydney startup Hyper Anna has today announced it has raised $1.25 million in funding from Westpac’s VC arm, Reinventure and AirTree Ventures. The investment will help the startup launch its product in...
View ArticleVirtual reality experience Social Qs takes out first prize in Sydney leg of...
Social Qs, a team looking to help men understand and develop empathy for the lived experiences of women in the workplace through VR and gamification, took out first prize at the Australian leg of the...
View ArticleTank Stream Labs partners with Austern International to help its residents...
Today’s university students are largely accustomed to having to do internships as they study in order to build up real world skills and work experience to put them ahead of other graduates when looking...
View ArticleAustralia’s first ever international B2B and SaaS conference B2B Rocks comes...
Australia is set to welcome its first ever international B2B and SaaS conference, B2B Rocks. After three successful events in Europe, B2B Rocks will join Sydney’s Spark Festival at The Australian...
View ArticleTownsville startup SafetyCulture raises $30 million to fuel international growth
Townsville startup SafetyCulture has today announced the closing of a $30 million Series B round, led by international venture capital firm Index Ventures. The investment comes as the second largest...
View ArticleMums & Co is an online hub looking to support mothers running their own business
Whether it’s working as a freelance designer, running a cafe, or trying to take on the world with a new app, working for yourself is not for the faint hearted. Now add raising a child into the mix....
View ArticleDelivery startup Sherpa builds last mile tracking marketplace with new...
Back in 2014 Sydney startup Sherpa came into the market as yet another delivery business. Similar to Uber’s work for yourself model, the platform allowed anyone to earn some extra cash by becoming a...
View ArticleSydney Techfugees hackathon responds with tech to current refugee crisis
Techfugees Australia has announced its third hackathon, bringing together refugees and the tech community to find solutions to the refugee crisis. To be held in Sydney from November 5-6, Techfugees...
View ArticleTyro appoints UBank and Telstra Digital founder Gerd Schenkel as new CEO
Tyro Payments, the Sydney-based fintech company looking to become the next big Australian bank, has announced the appointment of Gerd Schenkel as its new CEO, effective October 24. Current CEO Jost...
View ArticleNSW Government ups innovation procurement threshold to $1 million
Life for startups looking to work with the NSW Government has become a little easier, with the government recently upping its innovation procurement threshold from $250,000 to $1 million. With this,...
View ArticleCricket team Brisbane Heat releases virtual reality app Heat VR
While there are some companies going beyond the stereotypical applications of virtual reality to explore things like property and mindfulness, for the most part it is still the domain of gaming and...
View ArticleBrisbane’s $5 million innovation hub The Capital opens doors to 200 startups
Brisbane’s new $5 million innovation hub, The Capital has today opened its doors to 200 startups. The investment into the hub looks to create hundreds of new jobs in Queensland and aims to boost its...
View ArticleStan CEO Mike Sneesby on how the Aussie streaming service is taking on Netflix
In 2015 the global streaming market exploded: in the first half of the year alone 11.5 billion legitimate streams were recorded across various streaming platforms, compared to 15 billion for the entire...
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