If the belief that having more women in venture capital will help address the chronic underfunding of female founders, then a new initiative backed by the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) will make the Sunshine State the room where it happens. Getting more women in Queensland’s VC industry is the aim of 77 Venture Fellows, which… Read more »
Early stage investment company Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build great local tech companies. Startup Daily is sharing the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series, which is designed to give you a quick, sharp understanding of the startups and people… Read more »
New Zealand building management proptech Tether has raised NZ$655,000 (A$592k) as it expands into the Australian market and Europe. The startup managed to avoid venture funding, securing backing from high net worth individuals on three continents as part of its global focus. In May 2023, Tether raised NZ$844,050 via crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect, taking the… Read more »
Food waste recycling startup Goterra leads the pack in the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards, selected as a finalist in three of the 15 categories in 2024. The winner of the 2023 Best Sustainability Startup award is a finalist in the Startup of the Year, Most Innovative Startup, and Best Startup Culture categories. Last… Read more »
Logistics veteran and former ShippIt head Dominic Culbert has joined Dyspach, in a major coup for the nascent freight industry startup. He joins Sydney-based Dyspach in the newly created role of Head of Growth Australia and New Zealand. Long-time school friends and serial entrepreneurs Pushpinder Bagga and Amit Kumar founded in September 2023. Bagga developed… Read more »
The annual Cicada x Tech23 event returns to Sydney on August 7, and in the coming weeks, in partnership with the team from Cicada, Startup Daily will profile the 23 deep tech startups selected to be part of the day. They span five key themes – systems, Cicada CEO Sally-Ann Williams calls them – and… Read more »
An agtech startup cofounded by the former boss of CSIRO’s Data61 has raised $5.3 million in a Seed round. The round was led by existing investor Salus Ventures, which has also backed local deep tech startups such as HEO, Advanced Navigation, and Q-Ctrl. Also chipping in for ExoFlare were Harris Farm’s David and Cathy Harris,… Read more »
The Australian Society for Medical Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ASME) is among seven organisations backed by LaunchVic as part of a $2.4 million program to create pre-accelerator programs to help aspiring founders understand startup life. ASME has partnered with MTPConnect to deliver the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) in Victoria. It offers clinicians the resources, mentorship… Read more »
Would-be startup founders seeking a helping hand to take their first steps to tackle important problems will have seven new ways to do it thanks to a series of pre-accelerator programs bankrolled in Victoria by LaunchVic. Seven new programs have received up to $400,000 as part of LaunchVic’s ‘Grants for Targeted Pre-accelerator’ program to offer… Read more »
To say that Dr Kyle Turner is an unusual person is an understatement. A jack of all trades – and master of many – the epidemiologist academic turned startup founder turned startup investor has lived many lives in his 39 years. Born in the rural town of Dubbo, NSW, Turner, a Wiradjuri man, followed in… Read more »
The second annual Australian Startup to Scaleup Summit (S2S Summit), presented by Tank Stream Labs, will be held at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art on Thursday, September 26. The day-long S2S Summit has a bigger, more ambitious program, designed to empower entrepreneurs, innovators, and industry leaders. Tank Stream Labs CEO Bradley Delamare said S2S 2024… Read more »
Digital asset funds management firm DigitalX has received Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) approval for the listing of its DigitalX Bitcoin ETF. The company (ASX:DCC) will now offer one of the first listed spot Bitcoin ETFs, providing direct exposure to digital assets on the exchange. CEO Lisa Wade said the DigitalX Bitcoin ETF (ASX:BTXX) will provide… Read more »
A Melbourne startup developing carbon capture technology for hard-to-abate industries has raised $10 million. KC8 Capture Technologies, founded in 2021, was backed by local energy giant Woodside, and the VC arm of Mexican cement producer Cemex, among others. The funding is earmarked for team expansion and deploying the technology in sectors such as construction, steel,… Read more »
Ask most startups why they want to scale and the answer is often the same – to make a bigger impact. The hard part is ‘how’. Early-stage startup NanoCube Health has a global vision: to early detect and treat cancer using cutting-edge nanotechnology. Their innovation has the potential to save lives. Follow founders Lisa Milani… Read more »
The fast-track business school founded by Professor Scott Galloway, the outspoken New York University professor, author, and tech entrepreneur, is coming to Australia to teach artificial intelligence (AI). Galloway’s Section School has partnered with BSI Digital Learning to launch the National School for Upskilling in Artificial Intelligence, offering an “AI Crash Course”. BSI Learning CEO… Read more »
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