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Buzzy.buzz lets organisations create custom apps hosted on its central platform
Providing businesses the ability to design their own platform with a strong focus on enabling communication, is Sydney startup Buzzy.buzz.
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Microsoft Australia appoints Steven Worrall new Managing Director as Pip Marlow heads to Suncorp
Microsoft has announced today that Steven Worrall will step into the role of Australian Managing Director for the company.
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Stratejos aims to revolutionise project management through artificial intelligence
Pushing the scope of project management and AI predictions, Stratejos is an AI smart assistant that rapidly processes data in project management softwares.
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Government launches $500 million Biomedical Translation Fund to commercialise medical discoveries
The government has launched the Biomedical Translation Fund, a $500 million fund that will help commercialise biomedical discoveries.
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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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Wellington’s ProjectR to expand the New Zealand VR industry through a state of the art complex
Ready to support the growth of the virtual reality industry is ProjectR, a business looking to open a centre for VR startups.
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2016 Crossroads report recommends 14 key actions to boost Australian startups and entrepreneurship
With the release of the 2016 Crossroads report it is evident that many of the challenges facing the Australian tech and startup community in early 2015 persist and, as global competition in the space heats up, they are becoming more pronounced.
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Pause is cross-pollinating ideas across creative, tech and business industries
Pause Festival 2017 looks to ignite conversations across creative, tech and businesses industries and has divided the three-day event into each theme. While each day is focused on a specific theme, Pause is all about sharing and cross-pollinating ideas and showing its attendees how industries come together and push one another to innovate.
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Flirtey launches first commercial pizza delivery by drone with Domino’s
Yesterday Australia’s leading drone startup, Flirtey conducted the world’s first ever delivery of Domino’s Pizza’s to the doorsteps of its customers in New Zealand.
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NSW Government launches first release of digital licences
Over the weekend the NSW Government launched the first release of digital licences, making them available for recreational fishers and people working within the hospitality industry.
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Australia must encourage girls into STEM at school to develop its future workforce, report finds
A report from the Office of the Chief Scientist has found false perceptions about women’s aptitude, interest & experience in STEM are holding back progress.
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New Zealand VC firm Movac announces NZ$105 million raised for later-stage Fund 4
New Zealand VC firm Movac has announced it’s raised NZ$105 million for Fund 4, with $75 million coming from institutional investors including Ngāi Tahu.
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Melbourne startup CoHome wants to help millennials buy their own home
The gap that stands between millennials and the property market is where new Melbourne startup CoHome has decided to fill. Still in concept stage, CoHome is looking to help millennials co-own a home with their friends, enabling everyone to pitch in and invest.
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Tech dominates 2016 BRW Young Rich List with heavyweights Atlassian and Campaign Monitor leading
It’s no surprise that Atlassian cofounders, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have once again dominated the BRW Young Rich List. The two tech heavyweights have accumulated wealth of over eight and a half times than that of the runners up.
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Showpo takes fashiontech to the next level with new colour changing dress
While we know Showpo for its millennial fashion and social media presence, Lu has been working behind the scenes on something that is sure to turn heads.
