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Melbourne’s Outcome.Life is helping international students become more employable
Outcome.Life is focused on delivering employment outcomes for international students in Australia by connecting them to internships and placements.
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Melbourne employee engagement startup Culture Amp raises US$40 million Series D led by Blackbird
Melbourne-founded employee engagement startup Culture Amp has raised $54 million (US$40 million) in a Series D round led by longtime backer Blackbird Ventures.
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Melbourne fintech Airwallex raises US$80 million to push international expansion
Melbourne-based fintech startup Airwallex has raised US$80 million ($109 million) in a Series B funding round, the second largest for an Australian startup to date.
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Melbourne video production marketplace Genero raises $4 million to pursue US growth
Melbourne-headquartered video production marketplace Genero has raised $4 million in a funding round led by existing backer Ellerston Capital to pursue growth in the United States.
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Chinese rideshare giant Didi Chuxing to launch Didi Express service in Melbourne
The Australian rideshare market continues to heat up, with Chinese player Didi Chuxing today announcing it’s set to launch in Melbourne later this month.
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Melbourne events platform AmazingCo raises $2.3 million in funding led by Rampersand
Melbourne-founded AmazingCo, a startup whose platform allows users to plan special events and outings online, has raised $2.3 million in a funding round led by Rampersand VC.
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Melbourne startup Friend Theory helps travellers find friends of friends to meet around the world
According to Friend Theory, a millennial has, on average, 180,000 friends worldwide. The platform helps users find them.
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Melbourne social enterprise Assisted Outing aims to lessen social isolation for people with needs
Assisted Outing connects those with needs to assistants in the community who can take them out on outings, aiming to tackle the problem of social isolation.
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Startup Victoria appoints Judy Anderson as new CEO
Previously manager of the national innovation program at Deloitte, new Startup Victoria boss Anderson has been at Inventium since 2013.
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Value of Melbourne startup ecosystem could grow to $4 billion over the next few years: Startup Genome
Startup Genome’s Melbourne Startup Ecosystem Report, commissioned by LaunchVic, found the city has “raced through” the ‘Activation’ phase of the ecosystem lifecycle and is now sitting in the ‘Late Activation’ stage.
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Melbourne startup Mindset wants to help people with self improvement through hypnosis
“We designed Mindset because we hate the idea that people everywhere, ourselves included, have a distinct gap between how we are, and how we wish we were.”
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How a “healthy paranoia” about the competition keeps Carsales innovating
Carsales CIO Jason Blackman said the Melbourne company has sought to maintain the startup ethos it set out with upon launch in 1997.
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Melbourne salon management startup Honee is taking on pen and paper and the phone
Despite the wealth of booking platforms out there, Honee posits that booking a salon service still, more often than not, means having to pick up the phone.
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Melbourne startup Roamni helps locals share their knowledge of and stories about a place with tourists
Melbourne-founded traveltech startup Roamni built an app that allows locals in an area to record and share guided audio tours for tourists to listen to.
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Melbourne cybersecurity startup Forticode raises $1.3 million from new R&D partner Pronto Software
Business management software provider Pronto Software has invested $1.3 million into Melbourne cybersecurity startup Forticode, and signed on to partner with the startup on the further development of its smartphone authentication system.
