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Talent International
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Quintet Partners acquires stake in tech recruitment firm Talent International

- October 17, 2018 2 MIN READ

Sydney-based investment management firm Quintet Partners has acquired a “significant” stake in specialist technology recruitment company Talent International. Richard Earl, founder and executive chairman of Talent, will remain the company’s largest shareholder, while Quintet founder and managing director Douglas Farrell will join the board of directors. Quintet investor Thérèse Rein, founder of employment services business… Read more »

OnTheGo
Podcast

[PODCAST] Startup Meet Corporate – Episode 24: OnTheGo

- October 16, 2018 < 1 MIN READ

On this episode, Gina and Tricia chat about customised apparel. We sat down to talk with Mick Spencer, founder and CEO of OnTheGo. A mass customisation platform for apparel and accessories, OnTheGo is used by everyone from local businesses through to the likes of Microsoft and professional sports teams for the design, development, and production… Read more »

NEM.io Foundation
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NEM.io Foundation to open blockchain hub in Melbourne

- October 16, 2018 2 MIN READ

Australia is to soon become home to another blockchain hub, with the NEM.io Foundation to open a new space in Melbourne. NEM is a peer-to-peer smart asset blockchain, built to enable startups and businesses to integrate its system through a ‘plug and play’ approach, with XEM its own cryptocurrency. The NEM.io Foundation, a non-profit organisation,… Read more »

Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith
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Astrophysicist Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith named Australia's first Women in STEM Ambassador

- October 15, 2018 2 MIN READ

Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, an astrophysicist based at the CSIRO, has been named Australia’s first Women in STEM Ambassador. The role was announced by the government in the Federal Budget this past May, part of a wider $4.5 million package aimed at boosting the number of, and support for, girls and women in science, technology, engineering,… Read more »

Smiling Mind
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Smiling Mind partners with Virgin Australia to offer guided meditation on flights

- October 12, 2018 2 MIN READ

Australian not-for-profit Smiling Mind has partnered with Virgin Australia to see its wellbeing and mindfulness meditation resources integrated into the airline’s onboard offering. Smiling Mind’s guided meditations will be provided to passengers via the inflight entertainment system, while Virgin Australia will also early next year launch a service allowing passengers to identify as having feelings… Read more »

Square
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Square launches gift card offering to Australian merchants

- October 11, 2018 2 MIN READ

Square has extended its range for local merchants, launching its gift card program into Australia. Merchants can set up and run a gift card service from their point of sale, with Square allowing for the creation and distribution of both eGift and physical cards; the physical cards can be customised, or used with off-the-shelf designs.… Read more »

Makers Empire
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Australian 3D technology to help UAE teach 21st Century skills

- October 11, 2018 2 MIN READ

By Jim Plouffe South Australian SME Makers Empire will provide its 3D printing software and teaching packages to United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education. The Adelaide-based company was approached by education consultancy company Ibtikar to supply its 3D technology for a countrywide rollout into more than 200 UAE primary schools next year. Makers Empire will… Read more »

startups
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Salary guide reveals how Australian startups pay

- October 3, 2018 2 MIN READ

As one might have thought, the more funding a startup raises, the more its staff are paid. The finding has come from the Australian Startup Salary Guide, compiled by recruitment firm Think & Grow and StartupAUS. Remuneration packages, comprising salary, equity, and other benefits, of more than 2,500 staff were analysed to compile the guide,… Read more »

muru-d
Podcast

[PODCAST] Glass Ceiling – Episode 12: Nicola Farrell, program manager at muru-D

- September 27, 2018 < 1 MIN READ

Now program manager for the muru-D accelerator in Sydney, Nicola Farrell has been working with startups for almost a decade. Originally from Ireland, she led startup and accelerator engagement for the Web Summit conference before moving to Sydney and starting at early stage startup incubator Pollenizer. She then found her way to AGL Energy before… Read more »

BlueChilli
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BlueChilli partners with Stockland to launch proptech accelerator

- September 26, 2018 2 MIN READ

ASX-listed property development company Stockland has partnered with BlueChilli to launch the Stockland Accelerator for startups working in the property technology – or proptech – space. Fifteen startups will be chosen to take part in the six month program, which will provide startups with $38,000 in upfront investment in exchange for 15 percent equity, and… Read more »

agriculture
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evokeAG looks to back innovative ideas for the future of Australian agriculture

- September 25, 2018 2 MIN READ

AgriFutures is calling for young innovators passionate about the future of Australian agriculture to apply for the evokeAG Future Young Leaders Program. Ten participants will be chosen to present their ideas and solutions relating to the themes of food, farm, or future at evokeAG in Melbourne, an event bringing together the agrifood tech ecosystem to… Read more »

initial coin offerings
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ASIC keeping eye on initial coin offerings

- September 21, 2018 2 MIN READ

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is making good on its promise to keep an eye on initial coin offerings (ICOs), announcing it has stopped several ICOs and token-generating events targeting retail investors. ASIC stated it has handled five separate matters since April, preventing ICOs raising capital without appropriate investor protections. According to ASIC,… Read more »