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Standards Australia releases roadmap for the development of blockchain standards
Peak national standards body Standards Australia has released its roadmap for the development of standards for blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT), looking to set the scene for the...
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Surprise, surprise: lack of female role models and gender bias among key...
Ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow, global IT association ISACA has released a survey looking at the barriers facing women in tech, with a lack of female mentors, a lack of female role models,...
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Peer-to-peer self storage startup Spacer acquires San Francisco-based Roost...
Australian peer-to-peer self storage startup Spacer has acquired San Francisco-based company Roost for an undisclosed sum. Roost, launched in 2014, will rebrand to Spacer, with its employees to stay on...
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Queensland startup Travelshoot connects tourists to local photographers for...
The age of smartphones and social media has seen us all become amateur photographers, especially when we travel – if you travel and don’t post a picture of each place you visit on Instagram, did you...
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Springboard Enterprises founder Kay Koplovitz on the changing landscape for...
Springboard Enterprises (SBE) Australia, an organisation which helps women entrepreneurs become investor-ready, has achieved huge success since its inception in early 2013. Over the last four years,...
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Equity crowdfunding platform Equitise launches syndicate model
As Australia continues its wait for changes to equity crowdfunding regulations to come to pass, crowdfunding platform Equitise has announced the launch of a new syndicate model in a bid to further...
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Quitch is a gamified learning app looking to keep university students engaged...
According to a report from the Grattan Institute, about 40 percent of Australian school students are unproductive, bored, and struggling to keep up in class on a regular basis. Problems with engagement...
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BlueChilli launching CityConnect accelerator program for smart city solutions
BlueChilli has announced the appointment of Johanna Pitman, former deputy CEO of the Committee for Sydney, as the program director of CityConnect, a new accelerator program focused on smart city...
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Real Estate Tube helps people get a feel for potential housemates through...
When it comes to finding a sharehouse to move into, finding one that won’t cost you a kidney for a room the size of a shoebox and bathroom you have to share with six other people can be an arduous...
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Auckland startup Soul Machines creates avatar Nadia to help users navigate...
The rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been welcomed by those in need around the country, however as with many a government service, the process of engaging with it – signing up,...
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Photo sorting app ArtLife takes out top prize at creative tech Startup Weekend
ArtLife, an app that integrates into a smartphone camera and gallery settings to sort and organise photos by life event, took out the top prize at the QUT Creative Enterprise Australia creative tech...
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Melbourne’s York Butter Factory and Sydney’s Tank Stream Labs partner to put...
Sydney coworking space Tank Stream Labs (TSL) and Melbourne counterpart York Butter Factory (YBF) are looking to put an end to State of Origin-type rivalries in the Australian startup community, today...
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Melbourne platform SalesTribe matches salespeople to startups in need of a...
Making sales is rarely a piece of cake for most businesses, but for startups in particular, who have to sell products or services that the marketplace may not yet see the need for or even understand,...
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Sydney falls one place to 17th in latest Startup Genome ecosystem rankings
The latest report to detail Australia’s startup performance has been released, with the 2017 global startup ecosystem ranking from Startup Genome seeing Sydney slip one place down the list to 17. The...
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Wellington financial literacy startup Banqer partners with Netwealth to...
New Zealand financial literacy startup Banqer has expanded into Australia, bagging a partnership with financial services provider Netwealth that will see 15,000 students across the country receive free...
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Mackay coworking space Split Spaces launches Business Booster program
Now officially open at the Central Queensland University’s [CQU] City campus, Mackay coworking space Split Spaces has this week announced the launch of the Business Booster program to give four local...
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Silicon Valley accelerator 500 Startups gets LaunchVic funding to expand to...
Silicon Valley startup accelerator 500 Startups over the weekend announced its expansion to Melbourne, thanks to around $2.5 million in funding from the Victorian Government’s LaunchVic program. The...
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How to assess if your startup is eligible to claim the R&D Tax Incentive
The end of financial year rush may still be a few months off, but April 30 should be circled in bright red on every startup’s calendar: it’s the last day to submit your R&D Tax Incentive claim....
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Equity crowdfunding to be opened to retail investors as legislation passes...
It may be hard to believe, but it’s true: the new equity crowdfunding regulations have officially passed the Senate, opening up equity crowdfunding to retail investors. The changes have been years in...
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Qantas partners with Slingshot to launch AVRO Accelerator
Australian airline Qantas has partnered with corporate accelerator Slingshot to launch the AVRO Accelerator, a program aimed at commercialising innovative ideas within the travel sector. Sourcing its...
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