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Balance Pets wants to help pet owners easily manage their furry friend’s health
Wagga Wagga entrepreneur Lauren Geier is developing Balance Pets, an app looking to help pet owners look out for their furry friend’s health and wellbeing.
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Malcolm Turnbull praises Wagga Wagga’s target of launching 100 startups by 2020
Malcolm Turnbull praised Wagga Wagga for setting a target of creating 100 startups by 2020 and Simone Eyles for her work in boosting the local startup sector.
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IoT startup Thinxtra launches partnership program to help regional councils become smart cities
Sydney Internet of Things (IoT) startup Thinxtra has launched a Partnership Program for Smart Councils, looking to offer 50 local councils around Australia the chance to be connected to the IoT and bring related solutions to their communities.
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Victorian Government establishes Economic Growth Zone in Latrobe Valley to help boost local economy
The Victorian Government has today announced the establishment of an Economic Growth Zone in the Latrobe Valley, part of a $226 million package to help boost the local economy following the announcement yesterday that the Hazelwood power station is set to close.
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Regional Pitchfest reveals five entrepreneurs pitching at Bendigo event
Following its successful launch in Wagga Wagga earlier this year, Bendigo is the next regional Australian city to get the Regional Pitchfest treatment, with the five startups set to pitch at the event on November 23 today unveiled.
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Wagga Wagga’s Incubate @ 35 Degrees holds first demo night; program to continue in 2017
Over the past eight weeks a group of Riverina locals have been taking part in regional Australia’s first incubator program. They entered with goals of forming structure around their ideas, leveraging digital technologies to enhance their current small businesses, and seeking investment to build out possible future technology needs that may need to follow.
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Startup Daily and MYOB to host panel exploring the landscape for women in Australian tech
To explore the path forward, MYOB has partnered with Startup Daily to host a panel on women in tech at the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre at the University of NSW on November 24.
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Geelong’s Pivot Summit launches 2016 line up and pitching competition
The schedule for the second annual Pivot Summit, running December 2 at The Arena in Geelong, has been announced. The event will look to help boost the city’s tech sector and encourage innovation within existing organisations by exploring four themes: digital inclusion, entrepreneurship and innovation, jobs of the future, and emerging technologies.
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StartupAcademy to run online workshop helping regional innovators launch a startup in three days
StartupAcademy has announced the launch of 3 Day Discovery Academy, a three day online workshop to run as a free broadcast as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), starting November 18.
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Deakin University launches Future Fibres Hub to position Geelong as leader in fibres R & D
The Future Fibres Hub is an Australian Research Council research and development centre to be based at Deakin University’s Waurn Ponds campus.
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Christchurch-founded AgriTech startup CropLogic is preparing to list on the ASX
Christchurch-born AgriTech startup CropLogic was named one of the most promising early stage ventures earlier this month at the annual Tech Investment 100 Awards (TN100 Awards), held in Auckland.
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City of Sydney acknowledges regional city Wagga Wagga for its support of startups and innovation
At the first sitting of the newly formed City of Sydney Council on Monday night, a motion was passed that will allow regional communities throughout New South Wales to benefit from a knowledge sharing initiative when it comes to tech startups.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Silicon Paddock – a Startup Daily Initiative
At the end of last month, Australia’s largest inland non-capital city, Wagga Wagga in NSW, was host to an event called Regional PitchFest, which has inspired us to launch a new movement, Silicon Paddock.
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Home cooking delivery startup Marley Spoon raises AUD$22 million Series B to expand around Australia
German home cooking delivery startup Marley Spoon, which launched in Australia last August, has announced the raising of a €15 million (AUD$22 million) Series B round from Luxor Capital, QD Ventures, Kreos Capital, and existing investors.
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QUALGRO is the $50 million fund you didn’t know is investing in Australian and New Zealand startups
The fund is focused on making investments into Series A and Series B rounds, with its smallest investment to date being US$750,000 and its largest being US$3 million.
