Antler Sydney is on a hot streak. In just 16 months, the Australian arm of the global early-stage VC has raised a $46 million fund, invested in 41 companies, and grown its local operations team to a headcount of 24. Now, it has announced the 16 startups recently built with and invested in by Antler.… Read more »
Australia’s new super-fast 5G mobile network* is currently being rolled out across the country and business is looking to embrace its potential hoping it will deliver a major boost to productivity. The fifth generation mobile network features new technologies and standards with the capacity to greatly improve data speeds, responsiveness (lower latency) and connectivity,… Read more »
Just one bottle of wine can make a big difference. That’s the philosophy behind Little Ripples, a small Australian wine brand delivering one year of accessible, clean water for one person in a developing country with every bottle purchased. Little Ripples was founded in September 2019 by Dustin Leonard, who wanted to help provide easy… Read more »
For any startup to succeed, passion needs to be present from the get go. That’s something that founders of Nura, Dragan Petrović and Luke Campbell absolutely possess. With a shared passion for music and a background in electrical engineering and medical hearing science respectively, the two set out to create headphones that automatically learn and… Read more »
A compostable and biodegradable pallet wrap, a bodysurfing handplane made from plastic collected from the Great Barrier Reef and natural baby wipes with Manuka honey are among the five ideas by Australian entrepreneurs that have won grants, worth more than $80,000 each, from Amazon Launchpad. The startups are Great Wrap, Crockd, Ethicool Books, WAW Handplanes… Read more »
Startups, entrepreneurs and small-to-medium-sized enterprises looking to innovate and grow their business have until midnight tonight to enter the Amazon Launchpad Innovation Grants, worth $80,000 each. There are five grant packages available and already Amazon Australia said it’s already received more than 500 entries. Carl Hartmann, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of non-alcoholic company Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic… Read more »
Renae Smith owner of Bake Mixes has a long been a lover of fast, simple healthy food. In 2014 at the urging of her daughters she auditioned as a contestant on Masterchef. Her flavoursome cooking earned her a spot on the show, where she was soon bestowed with the moniker of ‘Mystery Box Queen’. Renowned… Read more »
Entries for Amazon Launchpad Innovation Grants, worth $80,000 each are closing this Monday, August 24, at 11.59pm. With just a few days left for startups and SMEs looking to innovate their businesses to apply – there are five grant packages all up – Chadd Ciccarelli, Head of Launchpad at Amazon Australia said they’d already received… Read more »
Bake Mixes is a health food range developed by Renae Smith, a former Masterchef contestant. She wanted to develop a range of easy-to-make and healthy treats for time-poor people, from school lunches to afternoon office snacks. They’re gluten free, vegan so people with food sensitivity issues can enjoy them, and you can customise what you… Read more »
One million people in Australia need support from drug and alcohol use, but only 20% get it. Enter Aurelius: an app that delivers clinically validated software to provide better outcomes for people tackling addiction. Unlike other addiction care initiatives in the market, Aurelius provides support before and after rehabilitation, helping users take positive steps every… Read more »
As companies grow and scale, software subscriptions are acquired and changed frequently, leading to a number of licences becoming redundant or unutilised, resulting in a waste of time and money. In fact, “33% of software licenses should be switched off,” says co-founder and co-CEO Adam Ross. His SaaS solution CloudOlive, which was recently developed and… Read more »
Many companies would like to reduce their carbon emissions and make a difference to the environment, but can’t afford to spend the time and money it takes to hire consultants to measure, reduce and offset their carbon footprint. Co-founder and CEO of Pathzero, Carl Prins, is hoping to change this by providing a tool that… Read more »
Corporate learning is a huge industry. Globally, AU$54 billion is spent on externally facilitated workshops a year. Despite that, McKinsey research identifies that only 10% of learning is retained. And when Learning and Development (L&D) consultants need to demonstrate their value and reinforce learning activities to improve results, this is a significant problem. To… Read more »
Despite the fact that $800 billion is spent on sales compensation annually in the US alone, the process is still being managed by legacy enterprise software or complex spreadsheets that quickly outgrow their purpose. Alexander Green, co-founder and CEO of motiveOS, is building a real-time commission app that provides accuracy and visibility to the… Read more »
Product and customer support teams of software companies are having to adapt and move faster than ever before. But as they race to compete with the ever-growing industry, teams lack the data to quickly prioritise software bugs or have manual processes that make personal customer service inefficient. To help software companies scale great customer experiences,… Read more »
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