Wable, a social networking app for neurodivergent people, inspired by the ABC TV series Love on the Spectrum, has raised $1.5 million to expand in the US and UK. The round was led by Paul Sharbanee from Taurus Capital. The app is designed to connect neurodivergent people for friendship, dating, jobs, and support, filling a… Read more »
It took almost eight years for the downloadable content turned into a fully-fledged title to go from idea to release. A determined fandom and a vacuum of information created its own brand of gaming community conspiracy theories around the title. With less than a few breadcrumbs of information, the game remarkably sustained a full near-decade… Read more »
After years of testing and regulatory hurdles, Australian startup Vow has released its cultured (or ‘lab-grown’) Japanese quail in Australian restaurants. And I’ve finally had the chance to taste it. As a technology journalist, home cook, and self-proclaimed foodie, I’ve kept a close eye on the alternative meat space for many years. My past adventures… Read more »
When you talk to Pete Horsley about his career in tech, it doesn’t take long to see that his work is deeply personal. His eldest sister, Jo, was born blind, autistic, and with an intellectual disability. That experience shaped the way he views the world, as he explains to Majella Campbell on episode 29 of… Read more »
Midway through a difficult discussion in her performance review, an employee named Jane finally cracks, and the tears start. Her boss doesn’t know what to do and handles the situation awkwardly. Ask yourself: how would you react in this situation? And would you have the same reaction if it were not Jane who was crying… Read more »
Cybersecurity workers in Australia are losing more hours of productivity to stress and burnout than they were just a year ago, with artificial intelligence both helping and hindering the situation according to a survey commissioned by cybersecurity firm Sophos. Industry professionals have lost 4.8 hours per week to stress and burnout in 2025 — a… Read more »
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 »
Episode 28 of Startup 360 is a little different, with cohost Simon away at a company offsite and Majella busy with the Sydney Startup Hub closure. So we’ve picked out two of our favourite interviews of the last six months to shine a light on them once again. Irish-Australian teenager Liam Fuller starred on Startup… Read more »
Nicole Gibson is a remarkable founder who thinks deeply about what it means to be human in the world of tech. The CEO of inTruth Technologies, the world’s first emotion bio-tech, is a very special guest on Startup 360 this week, sharing her journey from teenage student struggling with serious health issues and the profound… Read more »
Australia’s annual bible of the country’s best bottled grapes, the Halliday Wine Companion, has named Hunter Valley institution Brokenwood as its Winery of the Year for 2026. Founded 40 years ago by critic and winemaker James Halliday, who retired last year, aged 86, The Companion is the bestselling and definitive guide to Australian wines, wineries… Read more »
It’s often been lamented that time is the one resource we can’t buy more of, and it’s for this reason that so many entrepreneurs and startup founders regard time as one of the most precious, and elusive, resources. But between actual client work, admin, marketing, new business and growth planning, the line between our personal… Read more »
In 2018, my Australian co-worker asked me, “Hey, how are you going?”. My response – “I am taking a bus” – was met with a smirk. I had recently moved to Australia. Despite studying English for more than 20 years, it took me a while to familiarise myself with the Australian variety of the language.… Read more »
Startup 360 cohost Majella Campbell is making her own news, with the Fishburners CEO releasing a manifesto on new ways of nurturing early-stage startups. “We’re noticing a bit of a gap between what the old ways of supporting startups are and the ways that match the new ways of building,” she explains on episode 26.… Read more »
Have you ever sat in a meeting where someone half your age casually mentions “prompting ChatGPT” or “running this through AI”, and felt a familiar knot in your stomach? You’re not alone. There’s a growing narrative that artificial intelligence (AI) is inherently ageist, that older workers will be disproportionately hit by job displacement and are… Read more »
Everyone knows the startup-founded-in-a-garage origin story, but Kinde cofounder David Berner can top that. He was in a caravan travelling in outback NSW with his family, with his two cofounders in Sydney, when they built their developer platform, which takes care of “the boring but essential stuff” to help founders move faster. Kinde in a… Read more »
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