Business lender Fundabl is rebranding as it ramps up its focus on venture debt for startups. The three-year-old fintech will be known as Mighty Partners from October, changing its name just 10 weeks after announcing a $3.2 million raise from the likes of Stake founder and existing investor Matt Leibowitz. Ethan Singer and David Salkinder founded… Read more »
The German government has faith in Australia’s quantum sector to build the world’s first mobile mobile quantum computer, with the nation’s cybersecurity agency, Cyberagentur, awarding a record $58 million (€35 million) contract to Canberra startup Quantum Brilliance and two others. Quantum Brilliance (QB), founded in 2019, is the world’s leading developer of room-temperature miniaturised quantum… Read more »
Jobs social network LinkedIn has released the 2024 LinkedIn Top Startups Australia list, naming medicinal cannabis telehealth firm Montu as its top company The list is compiled from trawling data on the platform four core areas: employee growth, jobseeker interest, and member engagement within the company and its employees, as well as how well these startups… Read more »
A hospitality operations management platform used by cult frozen yogurt chain Yo-Chi has raised $5.1 million in Seed funding as it eyes off US expansion. Restoke.ai, founded in 2020, is the brainchild of former chef and restaurateur Assaf Stizki and machine learning specialist Ken Brand. The artificial intelligence-based management platform integrates with existing restaurant systems… Read more »
StartGiving, the not-for-profit organisation founded by tech investor Daniel Petre in 2022, is embarking on a new project in its mission to inspire a culture of giving in the tech community. Following last year’s podcast series featuring Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Canva cofounder Cliff Obrecht, StartGiving is partnering with academics from the Centre for… Read more »
Proptech Build Buddy, a platform that allows users to design, approve and build their new home, will head to Silicon Valley next month as the Australian flag bearer in the Global Startup World Cup. Build Buddy is revolutionising the home building industry with easy-to-use platform that explain what you need to do, when and how, without… Read more »
Swimming superstar and Olympic gold medallist, Cameron McEvoy, whose scientific approach to winning has led to him being nicknamed “The Professor”, is the keynote speaker at the Startup to Scaleup (S2S) Summit for tech startups in Sydney on September 26. The 4-time Olympian, now the world’s fastest swimmer after winning gold in the 50m freestyle… Read more »
A decade after the term “unicorn” was first coined to describe a startup worth more than $1 billion, software scaleup Deputy joined that rarefied atmosphere in 2024. Deputy became the first unicorn tech company to emerge in two years in Australia when a A$37 million buy in from a US strategic partner in March gave the… Read more »
Chefs have a saying: “fat is flavour”; but our relationship with fats has been complex and confusing for some time. We’re told some are good, some less so when it comes to animal fats. And now, with the rise of plant-based meat substitutes, giving them good fats that add flavour is a challenge Anna El… Read more »
Canva’s billionaire CEO and cofounder Melanie Perkins will kick off the conversations at South by Southwest Sydney (SXSW) next month, sitting down with one of the smartest minds in US venture capital, BOND’s Mary Meeker, to talk about her success. The duo will take the SXSW Sydney stage on Monday, October 14, to discuss Canva’s… Read more »
Generative AI and ChatGTP have their fans, but if you really want to excite someone, enlist technology to make their daily lives easier. And that’s just what The Laundry Lady, an online marketplace that deals with the drudgery of a washing, has done, bringing tech and innovation to a market we’re going to call household… Read more »
For millions with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the traditional treatment is medications such as Ritalin and Adderall. But a Sydney medtech startup is hoping to change with with a headband that tracks and treats ADHD symptoms, without the side effects of drugs, in just 20 minutes daily. Neurode is the brainchild of neuroscientist Nathalie… Read more »
Former JP Morgan banker Ashleigh Greaves has joined boutique Queensland B2B VC Tribe Global Ventures to manage investor relations. Greaves already has a strong track record on that front having spent several years within the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) at J.P. Morgan in New York where she managed relationships with hedge funds and quantitative trading managers.… Read more »
Financial fraud has risen dramatically in recent years, and it’s not just scammers who are responsible. Banks are increasingly worried about what have been dubbed “liar loans”, where borrowers submit financial details that are less than truthful, amid pressures from rising interest rates. Fraudulent home loan applications increased three-fold since interest rates began rising in… Read more »
The biggest event on Australia’s fintech calendar, the two-day Intersekt conference, kicks off in Melbourne next Wednesday, September 18. This year, with more than 1100 delegates expected, with federal assistant treasurer and financial services minister Stephen Jones kicking off proceedings, and as he did last year, likely to outline the government’s focus for the year… Read more »
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