Sydney tech incubator ATP Innovations rebrands as Cicada Innovations
After 15 years, Sydney tech incubator ATP Innovations has rebranded, last night revealing its new name, Cicada Innovations. The organisation, University of Sydney, University of Technology Sydney,...
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Tech dominates 2016 BRW Young Rich List with heavyweights Atlassian and...
It’s no surprise that Atlassian cofounders, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have once again dominated the BRW Young Rich List. The two tech heavyweights have accumulated wealth of over eight and...
View ArticleSydney HIV self testing startup Atomo Diagnostics awarded $3.6 million grant...
Sydney healthtech startup Atomo Diagnostics has been awarded a $3.6 million (US$2.6 million) grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to assist in its mission to develop a next generation HIV...
View ArticleGeelong’s Pivot Summit launches 2016 line up and pitching competition
The schedule for the second annual Pivot Summit, running December 2 at The Arena in Geelong, has been announced. The event will look to help boost the city’s tech sector and encourage innovation within...
View ArticleRiver City Labs to host Brisbane edition of Global Startup Weekend series
River City Labs has announced it will be hosting the next iteration of Startup Weekend Brisbane on November 18 to 20. The event will run as part of the Global Startup Weekend series, with over 200...
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Brisbane app Folktale puts a film director in the user’s pocket to help...
Facebook may have gotten into a bit of hot water recently over the news that it had been overestimating the average viewing time for videos on its platform, but for many, video content is still king....
View ArticleCommonwealth Bank signs deal with Alipay to explore opportunities in China
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ant Financial Services Group’s mobile and online payment platform, Alipay. Founded...
View ArticleSydney app Fixit helps users report problems to authorities to get them fixed...
For members of the public interacting with most organisations in charge of a service, the process of reporting a problem and seeing it fixed can take weeks, if not months. Want to get the street light...
View ArticleSlingshot opens applications for second HCF Catalyst healthtech accelerator...
Slingshot has opened applications for its second HCF Catalyst accelerator program, looking to find healthtech startups working across one of four themes: making healthcare more affordable, making it...
View ArticleOptus invests $8 million into Advanced Security Operations Centre to expand...
Following an $8 million partnership with La Trobe University to help deliver a digitally connected campus and cyber security degree, Optus has today announced an $8 million investment into a new...
View ArticleOnline directory Social Change Central launches to connect social enterprise...
In the past, Australian startups working in the social enterprise space have chosen to go overseas to pursue growth, with the UK’s social enterprise sector, for example, far more advanced than...
View ArticlePause is empowering its creators
A way to invoke creativity is getting out of the office once in awhile and meeting with other like-minded people. Inspiration comes from others and what people have done before you, and it’s festivals...
View ArticleUNSW partners with India’s Tata Consultancy Services to collaborate across...
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to explore collaboration across areas...
View ArticlePause is empowering its creators
A way to invoke creativity is getting out of the office once in awhile and meeting with other like-minded people. Inspiration comes from others and what people have done before you, and it’s festivals...
View ArticleQueensland startup Autoreviewa helps consumers conduct the entire new car...
Though every car commercial on television promises relaxing drives through stunning scenery with the new car it’s selling, a survey of 1,000 American adults commissioned by peer to peer marketplace...
View ArticleMelbourne startup Openpay expands retails ‘buy now and pay later’ solution...
It’s nearly that time of year again: Christmas. Oh the joy of gift shopping, rushing around trying to find last minute presents for relatives you haven’t seen all year. It’s a time of year when people...
View ArticleWagga Wagga’s Incubate @ 35 Degrees holds first demo night; program to...
Over the past eight weeks a group of Riverina locals have been taking part in regional Australia’s first incubator program. They entered with goals of forming structure around their ideas, leveraging...
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Startup Daily and MYOB to host panel exploring the landscape for women in...
It is no secret that diversity across the tech landscape is poor: Atlassian revealed earlier this year that just a quarter of its global workforce is made up of women, while figures revealed by Dropbox...
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The Difference Incubator reveals social enterprises pitching to win trip to...
The Difference Incubator [TDI] has selected four out of 36 social enterprise startups to compete in its pitching competition for the chance to win a trip to the Social Enterprise World Forum 2017 in...
View ArticleWestern Australian Government launches four year Innovation Strategy
In the year since Malcolm Turnbull launched his innovation agenda, a number of state governments around Australia have followed suit, from Queensland expanding its Advance Queensland scheme to more...
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