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Uber to launch trial of carpooling rideshare service UberPool in Sydney
It’s been another big month for the local rideshare market: Indian player Olgoa launched down under, homegrown offering GoCatch raised $1 million and announced it’s gearing up for an IPO later this...
View ArticleMelbourne startup Homie3D is creating virtual tours for off the plan properties
While the ultra-rich of Australia, as Domain termed them, snap up harbourside properties that are so big they get a name (you know a house is fancy when it’s on an estate and has a name, like Elaine,...
View ArticleBrisbane Internet of Things startup Movus raises $4.8 million Series A round
Brisbane Internet of Things (IoT) startup Movus has raised $4.8 million in a Series A round led by Blackbird Ventures, with participation from Telstra Ventures and Scott Farquhar’s Skip Capital....
View ArticleBlackbird Ventures launches $225 million fund, bringing on investment from...
Australian venture capital firm Blackbird Ventures has announced the closing of its third fund, having raised $225 million from industry super fund Hostplus, the cornerstone investor, First State...
View ArticleMelbourne fintech Assembly Payments partners with Westpac to launch payment...
Westpac has partnered with Melbourne fintech company Assembly Payments to launch Presto, a payments solution for small businesses, to its business customers. The solution will allow for the sharing of...
View ArticleGirl Geek Academy launches cybersecurity skills workshop for primary school...
Fresh off the launch of its all-woman games hackathon last month, Girl Geek Academy has partnered with NAB to launch a cybersecurity workshop for primary school girls in the upcoming school holidays in...
View ArticleBrisbane startup Vygo connects uni students to tutors who have aced the...
The life of a stereotypical university student as presented in popular culture seems pretty sweet: sleeping through lectures, drinks at the uni bar between classes, and house parties on the weekend....
View ArticleSydney social media startup Gather Online raises $1 million from former...
Sydney social media platform Gather Online has raised $1 million from former Dimension Data chief Brett Dawson, who has also joined its board of directors as chairman. With founder David Price setting...
View ArticleThe F word: why you need to fail more
Fear of failure paralyses more would-be entrepreneurs than just about anything else. But success and failure go hand in hand. In fact, perhaps you’re not failing enough. I recently heard a prominent...
View ArticleAustralian Privacy Commissioner opens formal investigation into Facebook data...
With Facebook yesterday admitting the data of up to 87 million Facebook users may have been shared with research firm Cambridge Analytica without authorisation, among them over 300,000 Australians, the...
View ArticleHow Cisco helped coworking community Fishburners up its tech game
Coworking space Fishburners saw over 400,000 guests come through its doors to attend events in its seven years on Ultimo’s Harris St, many of them connecting to the space’s free wifi so they could...
View ArticleUniversity payments startup QPay is working to become a challenger bank for...
With the open banking regime on its way, a number of digital-only challenger banks have begun to launch their initial offerings into the market, targeting millennials who they believe are fed up with...
View ArticleAdelaide agtech T-Provenance to work with mango producers on blockchain trial
Adelaide agtech-focused blockchain startup T-Provenance has received $500,000 in funding through Data61 and the CRCNA, the Cooperative Research Centre for developing Northern Australia, to run a pilot...
View ArticleCloud communications provider Twilio opens Australian office to push growth
Cloud communications company Twilio has expanded into Australia, opening a local office and appointing former Oracle and Symantec sales executive Richard Watson as regional country director to drive...
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Pretty Squares connects brands to image makers creating custom images to...
While the smartphone has given us all the camera to take the perfect flatlay shot of our cafe breakfast or home office to put on social media, it turns out that there’s more to creating a beautiful...
View ArticleRecord NZ$86 million invested into New Zealand startups in 2017
More investment was poured into New Zealand startups than ever before in 2017, with NZ$86 million ($81.7 million) invested into 111 companies. The figures were revealed in the latest Young Company...
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Don’t build a company – focus on your value proposition and the problem...
By Jamie Pride Startups are the new black. Approximately three startups are founded every minute. More than $50 billion in venture funding is invested in startups every year. But nine out of ten...
View ArticleSydney startup Airmow uses satellite imagery to help customers get lawn...
If you’ve ever seen a certain green trailer adorned by a white silhouette of a man with a fetching hat on your street, you could be forgiven for thinking all is trucking along just fine in the world of...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Amatil partners with BlueChilli to launch accelerator program...
Food and beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil, the bottler of Coca-Cola Company beverages in countries including Australia and New Zealand, has joined the throng of global companies looking to startups to...
View Article[VIDEO] Talking how to measure success with Startup Daily and Flying Solo
Startup Daily editor Gina was live on Facebook to chat with Flying Solo’s Peter about how entrepreneurs measure and define success: How do you define success? Ask The Editors episode 5 Today on Ask the...
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