Air conditioning is doesn’t sound like a sexy startup problem, but Conry Tech cofounder Sam Ringwaldt knows more than most how profound its impact on us and the planet will be as climate change takes hold. “It’s a really vicious irony that the main solution that we’re relying on to mitigate the change is also… Read more »
Preethi Mohan was in the middle of a corporate life at Google when she had a revelation about pivoting to a new career as startup founder. Her latest and 5th startup, Press Play Ventures, is a 12-week accelerator program coaches women on the move from corporate life to startup founder, and in just 18 months,… Read more »
Lucent, founded by 22-year-old Alisa Wu, has raised A$2 million in a quickly oversubscribed pre-seed to build behavioural datasets for browser agents, and will base itself in San Francisco over the next year.
Carbar has bought HelloCars Subscription from Loopit, retaining the brand as its value arm while Loopit refocuses on software. The move builds on Carbar’s earlier Carly acquisition as it positions itself across tiers in the car subscription market.
Melbourne’s Affinda Group has acquired AI training firm Pathfindr for A$15 million, enabling it to pair automation tech with adoption services and scale AI transformation in organisations.
Eric Wilson, the founder and former CEO of dead neobank Xinja, and his fellow director Craig Swanger, won’t be able to help run a bank ’til the 2030s after APRA made first use of its new financial accountability powers. Xinja handed back its banking license in December 2020 after just three years of trying to “break… Read more »
Blackpearl has brought Wilson Asset Management and other Australian funds onto its register via an oversubscribed placement, using proceeds to settle the B2B Rocket deal and ready the company for a late-November ASX debut.
The Community Collective cofounder and CEO Paz Pisarski admits it all happened by accident, but it’s the best accident to ever happen. At the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards 2025, Pisarski was named Future Leader of the Year, sponsored by Techvisa. The award recognises an individual our judges believe has the potential to be… Read more »
NSW biotech Cauldron Ferm became the first startup to win two years in a row at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards, after taking out Best Regional Startup in both 2024 and 2025. The award, supported by Carta, recognises an outstanding startup located outside of the state capitals, which demonstrates strong growth, boldness in… Read more »
Press Play Ventures has a simple goal – help more women become startup founders. The 12-week accelerator program won the GSD (Get Sh*t Done) Award, supported by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards 2025 after delivering a dramatic impact for women founders in just 12 months. Press Play was founded… Read more »
Brace for puns with week as Startup 360 talks to Saara Jamieson, founder of Cool Beans Underwear, about how her revolutionary way of taking care of man bits came about. Saara was a finalist in the Best New Founder category of Startup Daily Best in Tech awards (the winner was Rebecca Keeley from Yarn Speech),… Read more »
Cloud-based insurance software-as-a-service scaleup Javln has raised A$6 million for its Australian expansion. The round was led by boutique fund manager Microequities Asset Management and alongside crossing The Ditch, will be used for R&D and entry into other markets New Zealand entrepreneur Dale Smith founded Javln in 2011. It simplifies clients, policies, claims, and document management… Read more »
It’s been a hectic 12 months for AI-based workflow automation platform Relevance AI, winner of Startup of the Year at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards 2025. The award, sponsored by Vanta, recognises an all-round outstanding early-stage startup that has demonstrated strong growth and leadership in creating a new way of doing business and… Read more »
NRMA Insurance has unveiled Help Fund, a multimillion-dollar program for climate resilience, announcing five $100,000 innovation grants to FloodMapp, GeoNadir, DNA Energy, Rainstick and VALAI, alongside leadership training and upcoming community-led projects.
ustralian energy tech startup Amber has banked A$10m from E.ON Next and Virescent Ventures to license its home battery and EV automation to utilities overseas
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