The world nowadays is all about “hygiene”. There’s sleep hygiene, kitchen hygiene and as Startup Daily learnt from Detexian co-founder Tan Huynh (pictured above) this week, data hygiene. Not being IT-inclined, and the dad who asks his kids to sort out apps on his phone, our conversation on The Problem Solved this week about what… Read more »
It’s Friday and major stuff’s happening. Like. 1. Airbnb will audit houses after Vice exposed a massive scam After 11 years in business, a US$35 valuation and hopes for an IPO, the normally aloof house sharing platform Airbnb is actually going to take more than a casual glance at what’s going on with the… Read more »
Workplace HR startup Culture Amp is making the diversity and inclusion segment of its platform available for free in a push to make both goals more achievable for more companies and employees. The Diversity & Inclusion Starter Kit helps companies to collect feedback from employees, better understand the voices inside the organisation and empower a… Read more »
Xero CEO Steve Vamos. Operating revenue rose 32% to NZ$338.7 million in H1 FY20 30% growth in annualised monthly recurring revenue to NZ$764.1 million 30% growth in total subscribers to 2.057 million NPAT increased by NZ$29.9 million to NZ$1.3m Business is booming for cloud accounting software business Xero, with the NZ-born startup topping two million… Read more »
An artist’s impression of the good ship Zuckerburg right now. It’s only Thursday and we’ve just read NBC and with one more sleep to TGIF, right now we’re OMFG. But not surprised. 1. Facebook leaks and it’s not pretty Mark Zuckerberg tied to leverage Facebook user data as a bargaining chip leaked company documents… Read more »
One of the oldest tropes in journalism is the miracle cure. Startup Daily is old enough to remember when Filipino faith healers were all the rage in the 1980s – think Penn & Teller meets House. More recently, there was US blood-testing startup Theranos, which attracted US$1.4 billion in funding before collapsing last year. Founder… Read more »
The transformation of CBD offices into co-working spaces by the likes of WeWork and JustCo has lured solo entrepreneurs out of cafes, creating new demand, with room for plenty more in Australia, according to a senior real estate executive. Kevin George, executive general manager of office, at ASX-listed real estate investment trust Dexus, said the… Read more »
The HealthMatch team. Welcome to Wednesday. Here are the latest tech tales. 1. Blockchain buff John McAfee is heading to StartCon The fecund US entrepreneur, who founded the cybersecurity software company that still bears his name (he parted ways with it 25 years ago) is heading to Sydney for StartCon, Nov 22-23, to talk… Read more »
A 25-year-old University of New South Wales medical student who launched a medtech startup to solve the problem of finding patients for clinical trials has just raised $6 million in Series A less than a year after launching. Manuri Gunawardena (pictured) is founder and CEO of HealthMatch, which is a bit like Tinder for… Read more »
Hello and happy Tuesday. Behave if you’re at Flemington. 1. The race that stops the nation’s conversation Startup Daily has been to the Melbourne Cup. It should be on everyone’s bucket list, like the Boxing Day test, feeding the fish on Lord Howe Island, spending $100 a week on Sydney toll roads and not… Read more »
Seven Australian fintechs have been ranked among the world’s leading startups in the 2019 Fintech 100, produced by fintech investment firm H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech. Four of the seven are payments companies. Global payments unicorn Airwallex is the highest ranked Australian firm at no. 32 on the Top 50 Established firms up from 49th… Read more »
Online legal marketplace Lawpath has raised $4.4 million as it looks to push into Asia. Adcock Private Equity lead the round, which was oversubscribed and saw existing backers Pollenizer Investments, LegalZoom, Fort Street Advisors, Machdoch Ventures and Nick Abrahams, now head of innovation at Australian lawfirm Norton Rose Fulbright return The Sydney legaltech startup previously… Read more »
Hello and happy Monday! Only one more sleep until the Reserve Bank decision that stops the nation. 1. Jodie Fox talks about the Shoes of Prey collapse Jodie Fox has written a book about her experience in the wake of the failure of her high profile startup, Shoes of Prey. Reboot: Probably More Than You… Read more »
Emma Startup, Dee Behan and Oonagh Geoghegan hope crowdfunding will back a women’s co-working space. A co-working space for women, especially working mums, that will offer an onsite creche; women-focused amenities; and corporate packages designed to help businesses attract female talent is seeking $2.5 million in equity crowdfunding to try and launch in Sydney. Frankly… Read more »
Shoes of Prey co-founder Jodie Fox when her startup was in full flight. Jodie Fox was 27 when she launched her bespoke footwear startup, Shoes of Prey in 2009, with her former husband Michael Fox and their university mate Mike Knapp. The business allowed consumers to create bespoke shoes at a fraction of the cost… Read more »
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