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Property platform Brickx lets investors enter the market brick by brick
A property is purchased and put into a trust, then split into 10,000 units – or bricks – which can then be bought by investors through Brickx.
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Canberra edutech startup Quizling to pitch at SxSWedu Launch competition in Austin
Edutech startup Quizling has been selected to take part in the SxSWedu Launch competition, the only Australian startup set to pitch at this year’s event.
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Social media marketing startup Stackla raises $4 million to further develop its tech platform
Stackla has raised $4 million in a fresh funding round, with backing coming from existing investors Bailador Technology Investments.
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Tank Stream Labs launches Seed Money program to connect early-stage startups to investors
Connecting early stage startups to seed funding, Tank Stream Labs has launched Seed Money, a new program giving startups the chance to pitch to investors.
Advice
An Aussie founder’s guide to making introductions in Silicon Valley
I’ve been in the Bay Area for almost two years and the biggest learning curve I see for Aussie founders centres on the business culture and the subtle, unwritten rules that exist in the tech industry here. One of the most nuanced cultural differences is around how to get and make introductions.
Advice
Are the deal terms that Australian VCs ask for actually ‘unfair’ to founders?
Although there were varying opinions on the open-sourced legal document templates created by Australian VCs, most lawyers agreed that the terms presented in the templates are more appealing to investors than startup founders, and that startup founders should seek legal advice and negotiate important amendments.
Advice
CapitalPitch is a new equity investment platform for startups looking to raise a Series A, but it also has an education element
Australian founders have long expressed a longing for an investment environment that supports startups throughout the entirety of their lifecycle. Seed capital and Series A funds are now easier to raise compared to five years ago, however only a small percentage of startups make it to Series A.
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Why is it that investors’ eyes glaze over when these people pitch to them?
Social Enterprises, unprofitable, unscalable and uninteresting.
That is, at least to the majority of Australian investors according to opinions of many innovators in the community that has now almost become a subset of the startup ecosystem we call social entrepreneurs.
