ALIAVIA Ventures founder Marisa Warren (centre) with Neighbourlytics cofounders Jessica Christiansen-Franks and Lucinda Hartley
ASX

Women-founded lifestyle data platform Neighbourlytics finds a home with REA

- November 28, 2025 2 MIN READ

Neighbourlytics, which unpacks behavioural insights on how people use their ‘hood, has been acquired by ASX-listed REA Group. The Melbourne analytics platform, founded in 2017 by Jessica Christiansen-Franks and Lucinda Hartley, it offers real-time lifestyle and mobility data, including foot traffic, visitor trends, lifestyle personas, top destinations and accessibility to paint an informed picture of… Read more »

Eric Gao
Funding

A $60 million tech fund is backing startups speeding up housing construction

- November 24, 2025 2 MIN READ

A $60 million investment fund backing construction tech to tackle housing development in Australia has been launched by Boman Group. The fund, in partnership with JPCX, the investment arm of logistics and building supplies company JPC, has already completed its first investment in an Australian modular housing company to help it scale. Boman Group founder… Read more »

Nathan Croxton
Accelerator

Team Techstars Sydney: Meet Onsite, the all-in-one building and strata management platform

- November 17, 2025 3 MIN READ

Ahead of the TechStars Sydney ‘Demo the Future’ evening on December 8, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Our fourth profile is Onsite – a startup dealing one of the most painful parts of apartment living, strata management. Onsite  Founder: Nathan Croxton  One-liner: Onsite makes it easy for everyone… Read more »

MadeComfy cofounders Sabrina Schwaighofer and Quirin Schwaighofer
Business

Veteran Airbnb management proptech MadeComfy exits for $50 million

- August 4, 2025 2 MIN READ

Sydney short-term rental management platform MadeComfy has been acquired Oyo, the travel business rival founded by 31-year-old Indian billionaire Ritesh Agarwal. The deal gives Oyo access to the Australian and New Zealand markets, which it sees as high-yield. It already operates in more than 35 countries, managing nearly 233,000 properties and is backed by SoftBank,… Read more »

Funding

Residential building proptech Cohabit moves in on $1.2 million raise

- July 10, 2025 < 1 MIN READ

Qantas chair John Mullen and digiDirect founder Shant Kradjian are among several prominent backers in a $1.2 million raise for a new proptech for residential property management. The round for Sydney startup Cohabit, a data and benchmarking platform for strata and residential buildings, was also supported by strata lawyer Christopher Kerin, and Sentia’s Michael Cindric. … Read more »

Funding

Proptech FoundIt settles on $2 million pre-Seed to put power back in the hands of home buyers

- June 24, 2025 2 MIN READ

Real estate proptech FoundIt has raised $2 million in a pre-Seed to give buyers greater insights when buying property. The raise was backed by a strategic group of real estate experts, including Realbase cofounders Frank and Jacques Greeff, Realtair’s Peter Matthews, and Propps founder Daniel Bignold. FoundIt, the brainchild of former Domain executive Angus Ferguson… Read more »

Will Smith and Sam McDonnell
Business

Mating call: No code process digitisation platform Sitemate acquires Nomad Fleet for $2 million

- August 20, 2024 2 MIN READ

Sydney software proptech Sitemate has acquired fellow Startmate alumni software startup Nomad Fleet in a deal worth $2 million.  Surprisingly, it’s the first time in Startmate’s 13-year history that two of the 250 startup to emerge from the accelerator program have teamed up in an M&A deal. Both Sitemate cofounder Hartley Pike and Nomad founder Will… Read more »

Brandon Van Blerk
Funding

Kiwi proptech Tether banks $590,000 for global ambitions

- July 18, 2024 2 MIN READ

New Zealand building management proptech Tether has raised NZ$655,000 (A$592k) as it expands into the Australian market and Europe. The startup managed to avoid venture funding, securing backing from high net worth individuals on three continents as part of its global focus. In May 2023, Tether raised NZ$844,050 via crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect, taking the… Read more »

1Breadcrumb CEO Simon Elliott
Funding

Worksite safety proptech cements $4 million raise for global ambitions

- June 28, 2024 < 1 MIN READ

A construction site safety management startup has raised $4 million as it looks to expand internationally. 1Breadcrumb is a worksite and process management software platform, initially focusing on construction, with ambitions to spread to other worksites to improve safety and productivity. Nearly two-thirds of construction sites still use paper-based workflows. The company plays in a… Read more »

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