Venue Insider creates virtual tours to help event planners pick the right...
Anyone who has ever had to plan an event knows how difficult it can be to find the perfect venue: tailored to the type of event, time of day it’s being held, number of guests and who they will be…the...
View ArticleRight Click Capital backs Singapore cybersecurity startup Horangi’s US$3.1...
Australian venture capital firm Right Click Capital has participated in a US$3.1 million Series A round for Singapore cybersecurity startup Horangi. Led by Monk’s Hill Ventures with participation from...
View ArticleChinese bikeshare startup Mobike to launch on the Gold Coast through city...
With obike, Reddy Go, and ofo already operating locally, one could be forgiven for thinking Australia is all biked out, but it turns out there is still space in the market for another player, with the...
View ArticleSquare Peg Capital leads US$7 million round for Malaysian on-demand services...
Australian venture capital firm Square Peg Capital has led a US$7 million ($9.1 million) raise for Malaysia-based on-demand services startup Kaodim Group, along with Shanghai’s SIG Asia Investments....
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ASIC signs information sharing agreement with Chinese counterpart to spur...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has entered into yet another agreement with an international counterpart, this week announcing a deal with the China Securities Regulatory...
View ArticleANZ appoints managing director of New Business, Emerging Technology and Ventures
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has announced the appointment of Ron Spector as managing director of New Business, Emerging Technology and Ventures. Reporting to Maile Carnegie, group...
View ArticleNew Zealand-born Laundromap is an on-demand laundry and dry-cleaning service
Though many a conveniently-located shopping centre or train station dry cleaner is still going strong thanks to daily drop offs and pick ups by commuters, a report from Technavio has predicted the...
View ArticleTransfervans helps customers schedule convenient delivery times for bulky...
There is something particularly annoying about waiting around at home for a service, whether it’s a plumber, telco technician coming to connect your internet, or receiving an important delivery that...
View ArticleNSW Government launches Tech Savvy Elders Roadshow to improve digital...
The NSW Government has launched the Tech Savvy Elders Roadshow for another year, which will take to 10 communities across regional and remote NSW to offer Aboriginal seniors the opportunity to develop...
View ArticleRMIT partners with Apple to roll out Swift coding courses
RMIT University is set to roll out new coding courses taught through Apple’s App Development with Swift curriculum, the first Australian institution to do so. Teaching Swift, the coding language...
View ArticleNational Australia Bank to hire 600 tech specialists to continue its digital...
Having revealed last week a renewed focus on and investment into its digital transformation, National Australia Bank (NAB) has today announced it is set to hire 600 tech specialists across the areas of...
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Apple’s diversity and inclusion report finds representation of women and...
Apple has released its latest diversity and inclusion report, revealing that though the percentage of women in the company has not changed over the last year, it has upped the representation of groups...
View ArticleBunbury’s Maker + Co is a social enterprise focused on coworking and makers
As the first floors of the $35 million Sydney Startup Hub are revealed, it might be easy to think there’s no better place for a startup to work than a flashy city coworking space – of course, that...
View ArticleClean Energy Finance Corporation commits $150 million in debt funding for...
Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $150 million in debt funding to Nexif Energy Australia for the building of stage one the Lincoln Gap wind farm in Port Augusta, South...
View ArticleDunedin booking software startup Timely raises NZ$7 million to further...
Dunedin startup Timely, which has created a booking software platform for businesses in the beauty and wellness industry, has raised NZ$7 million ($6.34 million) in a funding round led by local venture...
View ArticleCar Next Door raises $2.3 million, looks to equity crowdfunding to close out...
Having raised $2.3 million from investors including existing backers Caltex and Investible, car sharing startup Car Next Door is opening up the rest of its Series B round to users, taking to...
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Business transformation services firm Trimantium GrowthOps plans $70 million...
Business transformation services firm Trimantium GrowthOps plans to list on the ASX through a $70 million IPO, which will put the company’s value between $142 million and $166 million. According to its...
View ArticleEftpos enables Android Pay capability for two million ANZ and Cuscal customers
Australian debit payments network Eftpos has announced it has signed on to Android Pay, enabling Eftpos cardholders banking with ANZ and eight Cuscal credit unions to make contactless payments with...
View ArticlePerth and Darwin tech projects among funding recipients through government’s...
Fifty-two projects across Australia have received funding through the first round of the government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, with grants totalling $28.5 million. While forty percent of...
View ArticleReinventure backs property investment platform Brickx
Westpac-backed venture capital firm Reinventure has backed property investment platform BrickX, as part of the startup’s yet-to-close Series A round. While the amount raised was not disclosed, Brickx...
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