Hello, welcome to Monday and peak school holidays season. Here’s what’s happening in techland. 1. The number of “suspicious matter reports” received by AUSTRAC in FY19 was up 95% on 2018. The AFR reports that the national financial intelligence agency is telling fintechs, money remittance ventures and organisations involved in gambling, including pubs… Read more »
Scale Investors director Lynda Coker accepts the award for Best angel exit of the year from Techboard CEO Peter van Bruchem. The 2nd annual Australian Angel Awards recognised the most active investors in local startups. Brisbane led the sector in FY19. Women-focused Scale Investors won exit of the year for Trademark Vision’s sale to… Read more »
It’s Friday and Victoria has the day off, coz, footy. Here’s how the rest of the world is marching on. 1. Angels live in Brisbane The 2nd annual Techboard Australian Angel Awards, recognising the most active investors in local startups, were announced in Sydney today. The Brisbane Angels scored the award for most active… Read more »
86 400 chairman Anthony Thomson and CEO Robert Bell Regulator the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) is threw open the doors to fintech startups with week in the run up to rolling out of what’s known as Consumer Data Right (CDR) in February 2020. Say what? The goal of government-legislated CDR is for consumers… Read more »
CivVic Labs, the Victorian accelerator for startups gain access to government procurement contracts, has opened applications for its next cohort. The latest round includes a range of government departments, all seeking for startups to develop products and solutions for the public sector. The WorkSafe challenge seeks to explore how emerging technology can help prevent physical… Read more »
Girl Geek Academy, Sarah Moran’s Australian tech training venture, has turned its attention skywards, acquiring the ‘She Flies’, a US program aimed at increasing gender equality in the drone, space and aviation sectors. Sarah Moran, GGA’s CEO and co-founder, announced the deal today at the World of Drones Congress in Brisbane. “She Flies is… Read more »
Launching Denteric are: Melbourne Dental School Head of School Professor Mike Morgan, CSL Senior Vice President of Research Dr Andrew Nash, University of Melbourne Vice-President (Enterprise) Doron Ben-Meir, COHR CEO & Director of Research Professor Eric Reynolds, Member for Higgins Dr Katie Allen and Brandon Capital Investment Manager Ingmar Wahlqvist A new biotech company Denteric, which… Read more »
A free, online, virtual internships giving young people a taste of life in the startup ecosystem is now available from Australia. Created by the Sydney School of Entrepreneurship and the Sydney Startup Hub, in collaboration with NSW-based edtech innovator InsideSherpa, the Virtual Startup Internship Program offers a chance build experience and gain an understanding… Read more »
You gotta have faith… G’day Thursday! Two more sleeps until GWS wins their first AFL grand final. Here’s what’s going down 1. Facebook has bought a startup that lets people control T̵h̵e̵ ̵E̵m̵p̵i̵r̵e̵ computers with their minds. Taking a break from controlling minds and emotions with ‘on this day’ reminders, the Zuckernistas are… Read more »
This is the modern version of an old joke – and the punchline is a startup. Once upon a time, three strangers would normally meet in a bar. Nowadays it’s an Uber, where they exchange contacts and then go on to create an app that helps to pay bills on time. Silje Dreyer, David Wareing… Read more »
Hello and welcome to Wednesday. Here’s what’s happening. 1. Kik is closing down to focus on cryptocurrency The Kik Messenger app is closing down, the company’s CEO, Ted Livingston, announced in a blog post. The 9-year-old service is extremely popular because it doesn’t require contact details, but the company has been in a fight… Read more »
IndigiSpace’s Greg Hodgkins (centre) with Donna Ingram and Joanne Cassady. Early-stage investment firm Investible has gifted its founder and startup accelerator program to two Indigenous-focused business development providers, Indigispace and The Cultural Intelligence Project, training them up to independently deliver the programs to Aboriginal founders On the east coast, IndigiSpace founder Greg Hodgkinson is program coordinator, supported by trainer Brendan… Read more »
Jeff Bezos is a man with a van – 100,000 of them. Hello and welcome to Tuesday. Here’s what’s happening. 1. Google may have “quantum supremacy”. The Financial Times reports that a Google research paper that popped up briefly last week thanks to NASA suggesting Google’s ‘Bristlecone’ quantum computing processor can perform, in… Read more »
Australian software giant Atlassian is working towards net zero carbon emissions target by 2050, co-founder Michael Cannon-Brookes says, on top of the company’s pledge to use 100% renewable energy by 2025. Speaking to Leigh Sales on ABC TV’s 7.30 last night ahead of attending the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, Atlassian’s co-CEO… Read more »
Paul Walshe, CEO of Fair Go Finance Perth-based fintech startup Fair Go Finance, has a new owner with Skybound Capital Australia buying a 60% in the business from European parent company MyBucks SA as part of a $20 million investment. Skybound Capital is a global wealth management business, with around AU$1.5 billion in funds under… Read more »
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