South Australia’s Clare Valley wine region is famous for its bike trail along the old railway line, riesling and some of the most famous names in Australian viticulture, including of two of Australia’s 10 oldest family-owned, multi-generational wine labels, Taylors and Jim Barry. A new generation, including the Hughes family, which created Riesling Freak, are… Read more »
A California-based legal tech startup originally founded in New Zealand has raised A$81 million (US$55m) in a Series B. The round for Ivo was led by Blackbird, with support from Costanoa Ventures, Uncork Capital, Fika Ventures, and Kiwi VCs GD1, and Icehouse Ventures, and values the business at $530 million. The Series B comes 12… Read more »
Scaleup tech companies from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA have been selected as finalists in a competition run by Moreton Bay council, north of Brisbane, for the $1 million “Ultimate HQ”. The competition, a collaboration between City of Moreton Bay and the University of the Sunshine Coast, aims to embed a high-potential scaleup business… Read more »
Curtin University has selected 13 startups in its annual Accelerate program, kicking off in 2026. Now entering its 13th year, Curtin Accelerate is a free program for founders to develop the skills and networks needed to take their ideas to market. The program’s speaker and mentor network includes Kanopy founder Olivia Humphrey, renowned US angel… Read more »
Sydney cybersecurity SaaS platform MyCISO was named Startup of the Year at the 2025 Australian Information Security Association Awards. MyCISO tackles one of cybersecurity’s biggest frustrations: the reliance on manual spreadsheets and fragmented tools to manage increasingly complex security programs. The platform’s Security Operating System (SecurityOS) integrates assessments, risk, compliance, maturity, effectiveness, supplier security, culture,… Read more »
Build Club, the US-based, Australian-born AI learning community, has launched Solaris AI, an AI accelerator for companies to reduce the time taken for organisational AI transformation from a year to a month. Founder Annie Liao said Solaris AI delivers fundamentally different approach to enterprise AI adoption, eschewing training programs that rely on generic use cases requiring… Read more »
More Australian founders turn to Startup Daily when they want to know what’s going on than any other news site in Australia. The site, founded in 2012 and now in its sixth year under editor Simon Thomsen, has seen its readership grow steadily over the past three years to become number one in the annual… Read more »
In celebration of the TechStars Sydney ‘Demo the Future’ evening, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Next is Briefcase – helping the justice system to streamline with tech, without dehumanising it. Briefcase Founder: Kirk Simmons One-liner: Enabling faster and smarter decision-making for justice and arbitration systems What’s… Read more »
In celebration of TechStars Sydney’s ‘Demo the Future’ event, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Next up: Our Leg Up – helping Australian homeowners turn their equity into income – while also giving buyers a boost onto the property ladder. Our Leg Up Founder: Michael Ragavan One… Read more »
A Sydney-based alternative proteins startup fermenting “cow-free dairy” alternatives has raised $10 million in a convertible note. The round for All G was supported by LSE-listed clean food investor Agronomics, an existing investor, as well as the VC arm of German tech-driven ingredients manufacturer Doehler and Singapore’s ID Capital. The company is now pondering a Series… Read more »
Ahead of the TechStars Sydney ‘Demo the Future’ evening, tonight, December 8, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Our next profile is MuseAI – empowering music creators and harnessing human artistry. MuseAI Founder: Jad Al Masri One-liner: MuseAI is the AI-musepowered workspace empowering music creators to capture, organise,… Read more »
Perth fintech Bless Payments raised $3.75 million in Seed funding in mid-2025. The round, completed in July, was backed by billionaire Khalil (Charlie) Shahin and London’s Forte Securities, and was finally revealed as the global payments platform, which is hoping to take on incumbents such as Airwallex, Wise, Revolut and Monzo, looks to raise a… Read more »
Australia’s startup landscape is undergoing its most dramatic shift in a decade, with data from the annual Startup Muster report revealing that founders are investing in artificial intelligence rather than headcount. The 2025 edition of the nation’s largest startup survey, released in Sydney on Friday night, reveals a sharp fall in employment as more than… Read more »
When Jim Cooper, CEO of Blue-X, a California-based innovation services company for startups, moved to the US three decades ago, he had some trepidations. Now he loves it, but the former Sydneysider is back “home” for Christmas and in his shorts, to share his experiences on the final Startup 360 episode for 2025. Jim, who… Read more »
Ahead of the TechStars Sydney ‘Demo the Future’ evening on December 8, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Our next profile is SurfLab – the platform elevating surfer skills and enjoyment, while also enhancing their community connection. SurfLab Founder: Ant Arena One-liner: SurfLab is the world’s first AI-powered surf… Read more »
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