For many young people in relationships, it can be a challenge to try and find fun and interesting things to do for dates. For this reason, close friends Dean Gruskin, Jason Sun and Josh Israeli set up date night marketplace, Urban Swan, aiming to solve the problem of bad and boring dating experiences. Urban Swan… Read more »
Sydney BNPL fintech QuickaPay has been acquired by legal services payments platform RapidPay. QuickaPay was co-founded by Nathan Carroll and Nick Glynn in 2019 and was one of the first companies to emerge out of the early-stage VC and startup accelerator Antler Australia. Antler invested pre-seed funding in QuickaPay and it’s the VC’s first exit among… Read more »
In the engineering world, everything comes down to numbers. If there are any mistakes throughout the planning and construction phase of a project, there can be huge financial and safety risks. For that reason, engineers, in particular, have to spend hours working through complex formulas and equations to make sure anything that gets built is… Read more »
With increasing numbers of university students turning to online education, dropout rates have reached an all-time high. With a background in education and technology, qualified teacher Greg Higgins realised this was a growing issue and in the process, is costing institutions and students billions of dollars each year. To try and solve this problem, Greg… Read more »
In the tech-centric world we now live in, there aren’t many bigger hassles than trying to remember dozens of passwords for various sites and accounts. This has become such an issue, that most platforms lose new customers due to the inconvenience of having to sign up to yet another site. EZiD co-founders Prashant Murali, Dhruv… Read more »
Antler, a global early-stage VC, has made 18 new investments in early-stage Australian startups as part of a broader expansion of the firm, locally and globally. Read more on that here. The recent investments were made in the last five months alone, and see the firm’s portfolio swell to more than 60 early-stage startups across Sydney… Read more »
* Antler bolsters the Australian startup ecosystem with 18 early-stage investments, bringing the local portfolio to more than 60 companies Antler has ramped up its presence in Australia following 18 new investments from the firm’s AU$46m Fund 1. Over the last five months, the local Fund has invested in 18 newly minted Australian startups, built with… Read more »
Future of work startup Remote Social has raised a $1 million seed round. The raise was led by Black Nova VC, supported by neuroscience consultancy NeuroPower, Antler Australia – the startup emerged out of Antler Australia, and several strategic angels. Remote Social’s angel investors include Atlassian VP of engineering Zak Islam, Archangel Ventures partner Quentin Wallace,… Read more »
Most adults understand that insurance is a necessary part of life, however, most don’t want to jump through all the hoops that come with finding the right policy. It was that issue that led Fabrizia Roberto to decide that there had to be a better way. After a career in marketing for an insurance company,… Read more »
One of the most popular new innovations we’ve seen in recent years has been virtual reality (VR) technology. While many might associate virtual reality with games or leisure activities, a growing field of research suggests it can be an incredibly valuable tool in dealing with a range of mental health issues. After completing a PhD… Read more »
Anyone who’s flown on a commercial airline in recent years (hopefully you still remember it) will very quickly tell you the process is expensive, time-consuming and, for the most part, painful. Ask most regular travellers and they would love to find a way to make the entire process easier and more like that of a… Read more »
After spending the bulk of her career working and studying astrophysics and aerospace engineering at both Harvard and Stanford, Nina Hooper realised there was a gap between traditional education and some of the vital soft skills that many great entrepreneurs possess. “In 2018, I went on a road trip around the United States and visited… Read more »
After a long career in property, it wasn’t until he was buying his own home that Mark Allen ran into a common frustration that many house hunters face. Allen was trying to buy a home, but by the time he had arranged finance, the property had been taken off the market. After moving on and… Read more »
The challenge that brands and content creators face is the pressure to create new compelling content, faster and more cost effectively. In an era where online content is being created at an incredible rate, producers now find it increasingly difficult to make content that cuts through the noise. One problem that needs to be solved… Read more »
Education was one of the many industries to experience a massive shift to online programs and platforms in 2020. While online learning isn’t new, many of the platforms that were being used by students such as Zoom or Google Hangouts, simply weren’t built for an educational purpose. It was this problem that led Dr. Ramtin… Read more »
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