Beauty and fashion

Swimwear, sourdough, steel: 6 unique industry leaders make 2026 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year finals

- September 17, 2025 4 MIN READ

From K-beauty to French baking to low-emissions steel production, the national finalists in the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ program’s Industry category show the true diversity and innovation of Australian manufacturing today. Ahead of the 25th annual awards, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program has given Startup Daily a glimpse at the Australians whose… Read more »

Beauty and fashion

From landing in Coles to redefining haircare for everyone: how this female founder rewrote the rulebrook for cracking a crowded market

- September 3, 2025 5 MIN READ

When Katherine Ruiz launched People Haircare, she didn’t tiptoe into the market. She went straight into over 800 Coles stores nationally. No soft launch. No boutique trial. Just premium, high-performing haircare on the shelves of one of Australia’s biggest retailers – right from day one. “From day one, Coles was part of the vision,” she… Read more »

Beauty and fashion

The VC market-fit problem no one is talking about

- July 23, 2025 4 MIN READ

The majority of women entrepreneurs aren’t building software – they’re quietly launching and scaling the breakout consumer brands that will define the next decade, without a cent of venture capital (VC). According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2022/23 Report: Less than 3% of women globally are building in ICT/tech sectors. Nearly 50% of women… Read more »

Seresilk
Beauty and fashion

Skincare startup Seresilk has developed ethical products so the silkworms live after harvest

- May 11, 2023 2 MIN READ

Skincare brand Seresilk, is on a mission to create an ethical silk industry and has developed chemical and cruelty-free silk-based products as a first step to achieve that. Taylor Battistella founded Seresilk in 2021 having worked with silk since he was 12. His first business was selling silkworms to schools and retail customers. Learning of… Read more »

After Hours

Shopping app Her Black Book launches cashback in time for Australian Fashion Week

- May 6, 2022 2 MIN READ

Premium shopping app Her Black Book has added cashback rewards to its platform ahead of Australian Fashion Week, which kicks off on Monday.  Her Black Book is the brainchild of Sali Sasi and Julie Stevanj, the sisters behind Stylerunner. The pair announced their latest entrepreneurial venture last October, and in February, raised $1.6 million in Seed… Read more »