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It may not be as big as Sydney or Melbourne, but Adelaide startups have a...
In 2009, then-Adelaide FC coach and Adelaide native Aurelio Vidmar, angry after his team’s loss, called the city a “piss-ant town” bogged down by politics and negativity. While others born and bred in...
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Shark Tank Australia actually delivered some really important home truths in...
Last night marked the premiere episode of new Channel Ten program, Shark Tank - originally an American show that started in 2009. Shark Tank has now been running in the US for six seasons and over one...
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Mining clients have given Perth startup bugDriver a leg up in a competitive...
Fleet management is the backbone of a number of industries, from the postal and courier services to public and private transport - the list goes on. As geo-location and GPS tracking services have...
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Startups.co became the world’s largest startup launch platform last week, but...
Last week, Founder of Clarity.fm, Dan Martell announced via email to his subscriber base that Clarity.fm which he 'officially' started in January 2012, had been acquired by business crowdfunding...
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The Untold Story About the Founding of Google Maps
Google Maps began life as a thought bubble expressed as a series of random scribbles on a whiteboard, scrawled in 2004 by Australian software engineer Noel Gordon, one of the four men who founded the...
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The UK’s advanced social enterprise space has opened up funding opportunities...
A year is a long time in any industry, but in startup land a year can feel like a decade - just ask Andrew Montesi of TalkLife, who feels like he’s done several business degrees in the few years since...
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New Zealand startup Unified Inbox launches social media tool to compete with...
As any business advice listicle will tell you, social media marketing is key to success in this day and age. Hootsuite, Buffer, and Tweetdeck seem to have cornered the market over the past few years,...
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Adelaide accelerator Innovyz opens its next selection round on Monday, and...
Since the Innovyz programme launched in 2012, more than 45 startups around the globe have graduated and collectively raised over $23 million in capital. Yesterday, it was announced that the...
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The mergers and acquisitions round up
It's been another busy week for startups around the world. Let us get you up to speed on all the mergers and acquisitions: Rocket Internet buys Talabat for $170 million, also acquires Pizzabo German...
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Sydney startup vClass has created a completely new tutoring experience
In the current muru-D class, there seems to be a theme emerging of startups that play in the education space. We've written about education platform and fellow muru-D alumni Funetics earlier this year,...
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StartupAUS board releases its first statement on future plans, will appoint a...
StartupAUS released its first statement as a board this morning, which commented on its past (first) full year of operation and mapped out some of its plans for 2015. The board that consists of Alan...
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It’s the way in which Nexba has embraced a ‘tech-style’ scalability that...
There is nothing extraordinary about the way Australian beverage company Nexba was started. According to the founders Drew Bilbe and Troy Douglas, the idea was conceived on a 'summer day' in 2010 over...
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Is Tomcar planning to extend its reach beyond the “all terrain” niche it...
Tomcar Australia has fast become the nation’s first new mass production car manufacturer in 30 years with its unique off-road utility vehicles, which are designed specifically for defence,...
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Media tech startup inkl appoints former Amazon executive to push US expansion
Australian media tech startup inkl has named former Amazon executive Claire Wachter as its vice president of business development. The appointment signals inkl’s focus on expanding into the US market...
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Innotribe calls for applications to its 2015 fintech Startup Challenge
Innotribe, the SWIFT Institute's fintech initiative, is calling for startups to apply to its 2015 Startup Challenge, which helps connect startups with leading fintech experts and investors. Following a...
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WeTransfer just raised $25 million, but it’s the way it has monetised free...
Amsterdam-based startup WeTransfer that is fast becoming one of the world's leading file transfer services, announced yesterday that it had just closed a Series A round of $25 million. This is the...
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Melbourne EdTech startup ParentPaperwork has secured a major distribution...
Melbourne startup ParentPaperwork, an online platform automating school-related paperwork like excursion permission slips, has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Indian company smartData...
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The mergers and acquisitions round up
It's Friday, which means it's time for our weekly mergers and acquisitions round up. Here's what went on in startup land over the last few days: Oneflare acquires WOMO Sydney startup Oneflare, a local...
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Have you ever wondered why so many startup offices have ping pong tables?
There aren't many startup office spaces that do not have some sort of break-out area for employees to utilise. And one of the main features of pretty much most startup break-out spaces you enter is a...
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“Introjis” are a series of emojis’ designed specifically for the introverted
No matter what language you speak, emojis can feel like a universal mode of communication. Whether your spirit shape is a smiling poop or a Karl Lagerfeld kitty, there are emojis for almost every...
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