Deloitte acquires software development agency Well Placed Cactus to boost...
Deloitte has acquired software development agency Well Placed Cactus and its team to boost its digital capabilities. Based in Brisbane and Melbourne, Well Placed Cactus was founded in 2012 and has...
View ArticleRACQ acquires 30 percent stake in Brisbane artificial intelligence company...
Queensland-based motoring club and mutual organisation RACQ has bought a 30 percent stake in Brisbane artificial intelligence company Blackbook.ai for an undisclosed fee. Specialising in services...
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Adelaide startup My Creative Child is a subscription box service helping kids...
Subscription boxes have a varied success rate locally. While a number of beauty and health offerings are going strong, others have had to face the reality that the logistics of getting together and...
View ArticleTAFEs sign up to roll out cyber security courses
With reports estimating that the Australian cyber security industry will need to employ at least 11,000 additional workers over the next decade, TAFEs around Australia have signed up to roll out the...
View ArticleOnline business lending startup Prospa joins Yellow Brick Road lending panel
Online business lender Prospa has joined the lending panel of investment management company Yellow Brick Road, which is looking to extend its offering for small business customers. Launched in 2011,...
View ArticleSydney coworking hub Tank Stream Labs to expand to Perth in partnership with EY
Fresh off opening its second Sydney space in the new Sydney Startup Hub at Wynyard, startup hub Tank Stream Labs has announced it’s branching out west, opening a new space in Perth in partnership with...
View ArticleSydney startup Pawssum helps pet owners book and manage at-home vet visits
For all the joy they bring, owning a pet can be expensive. For example, the Australian Veterinary Association has found that dog owners can spend more than $25,000, on average, over the average...
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How remote work is increasing productivity and levelling the playing field
For decades, professionals around the world were resigned to joining the rat race and commuting to the office each day, with managers believing in their employees’ productivity only if they saw them...
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How e-commerce and omni-channel is transforming retail
Though Australian shoppers may be excited about Amazon’s arrival down under – and the dramatic drop in shipping fees expected to come with it – the headlines announcing the imminent death of the local...
View ArticleKate Jones to be appointed new Queensland Minister for Innovation
With the result of the Queensland state election officially called on Friday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has made the first announcements of her new cabinet ahead of its official swearing in...
View ArticleSan Francisco SaaS-focused accelerator program Acceleprise to expand to...
San Francisco-based accelerator Acceleprise, focused on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startups, has raised US$7 million in funding for its second fund and announced its expansion to New York and...
View ArticleDidi Chuxing-backed Estonian rideshare startup Taxify launches in Sydney
Estonia-founded rideshare company Taxify has launched in Australia, naming Zomato’s former head of growth and partnerships, Samuel Raciti its local country manager. The startup was founded by 19 year...
View ArticleAirtasker launches 12 month grocery delivery trial with Coles
Fresh off raising $33 million Series C round in October, Airtasker is gearing up for a busy Christmas period, today announcing a partnership with Coles to trial a delivery service across 64 Sydney...
View ArticleLaunchVic partners with Change Catalyst to bring Tech Inclusion Conference to...
The Victorian government’s independent startup body, LaunchVic has partnered with Silicon Valley organisation Change Catalyst to host its Tech Inclusion Conference in Melbourne in February. With...
View ArticleQueensland businesses Australia’s most innovative, report finds
Queensland businesses are among the most innovative in Australia, according to the second annual Business Insights report from Commonwealth Bank. Drawing on a survey of almost 2,500 businesses with an...
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Why is there a belief in Australia that SaaS-model startups shouldn’t hire...
In the world of SaaS startups there seems to be a belief that investors are only interested in self-service sales models. The theory goes that when customers can sign up online with a credit card, this...
View ArticleAlan Jones joins QUT Creative Enterprise Australia as Entrepreneur in...
Prolific angel investor and BlueChilli advisor Alan Jones will next year join QUT Creative Enterprise Australia (CEA) as entrepreneur in residence for its creative tech accelerator, Collider. In this...
View ArticleAuckland startup Fergus raises $3.5 million from Microequities Venture...
Auckland-born startup Fergus, which has created a job management platform for trades businesses, has raised $3.5 million in funding from Australian fund Microequities Venture Capital Fund, a joint...
View ArticleTicketbooth founders reject multimillion dollar acquisition offer, launch...
I first interviewed the founders of Ticketbooth in April 2014. At that point, the platform was already processing millions of dollars and had found perfect product-market fit, targeting event...
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How the ‘Fishburners DNA’ is making the move from Ultimo to Wynyard
A coworking space with fifty desks opened on Harris Street in Ultimo in April 2011 with just three simple criteria for accepting members: they had to be working on something scaleable, have skills to...
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