Ahead of the TechStars Sydney ‘Demo the Future’ on December 8, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Next we are featuring, Zipline – AI, which allows customers to become collaborators. Zipline AI Founder: Michelle Reeves One-liner: Zipline AI gives consumer brands their own brand-safe generative AI –… Read more »
Over the coming weeks 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. We kick things off with AI clinical note taking platform VetNotes. Startup: VetNotes Founder: Mitch Sigley One-liner: AI Scribe for Veterinarians What’s the problem… Read more »
Twelve standout teams from the Hunter and Central Coast have made it to the final stage of this year’s I2N accelerator program, including several ventures led by University of Newcastle students and alumni. The 2025 cohort is tackling mental health breakthroughs, menopause support, smarter job platforms for international students, next-gen loan tech, foolproof plant care… Read more »
DDLoop, a Sydney-based startup, has taken first place at the 2025 Legal Pitch Night, impressing judges with its AI-powered platform that has the potential to automate due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, financing, and investment deals.
Amender was first runner-up with Clearly by Lext closely following. AIOrdinate took home the People’s Choice Award.
Startmate is getting into the streaming business with the next evolution of its Accelerator program – dedicated Founder Streams. Streams is designed to deliver more focused, hands-on support for founders across key startup sectors. It also features Stream Leads, experienced founders who’ve lived the journey themselves, to guide startups through tailored 12-week programs focused on… Read more »
AWS has announced the 40 global startups chosen for its 2025 Generative AI Accelerator. The eight-week program, now in its third year, is designed to help early-stage startups scale foundational generative AI technologies.’ Participants will receive up to US$1 million in AWS credits, mentorship, and access to AWS’s full AI technology stack. “The pace of… Read more »
The Techstars Sydney Accelerator has invested US$1.44 million (A$2.2m) in 12 early stage startups announcing its class of 2025 today. From surfing to strata management, music, marketing, finance and biotech, it’s a wide range of ideas and solutions to big problems. The founders include a former concert violinist, an early AirBnb employee, a PHD researcher… Read more »
When you talk to Pete Horsley about his career in tech, it doesn’t take long to see that his work is deeply personal. His eldest sister, Jo, was born blind, autistic, and with an intellectual disability. That experience shaped the way he views the world, as he explains to Majella Campbell on episode 29 of… Read more »
The recent Productivity Roundtable in Canberra focused on how to increase productivity and resilience with technology, but one niche sector was overlooked, as it often is: agtech. Yet agriculture is where some of the most urgent innovation is taking place, particularly in adapting to climate change, increasing yields and productivity. Beanstalk’s Drought Venture Studio, backed… Read more »
UQ has crowned its 2025 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Award winners and unveiled new scholarships for student founders, as MyHive, Polinate, Kolmi and My PlantCo showcase how the university’s pipeline is converting ideas into high-impact startups.
Clean energy and climate tech startup accelerator, EnergyLab, has selected 10 startups for its 2025 Climate Solutions Accelerator This is the 12th cohort since launching in 2017, helping develop ideas ranging from breakthroughs in energy storage, grid optimisation and dynamic retail, to critical minerals recovery, carbon utilisation, and circular manufacturing. Earlier this month, alumni startup… Read more »
Original startup community hub Fishburners is revamping how it supports founders as it moves out of the Sydney Startup Hub, announcing new locations, plus several new products and programs to improve access to networking and connections. CEO Majella Campbell said the new Fishburners model comprises four key products, designed to bring founders together in specialised… Read more »
The Winter ’25 cohort is full of founders chasing the edge of what’s possible and dragging the future closer. A future where period poverty is a thing of the past. Where anyone can service a machine like an expert. Where AI doesn’t just answer questions, but books your Uber, edits your work and fills a… Read more »
A new partnership between Genesis, the University of Sydney’s startup accelerator, and wealth management firm MLC is offering startup founders a $5000 award for excellence in startup financial modelling. The MLC Financial Clarity Prize will be awarded to the Genesis participant who develops the most clear and compelling three-year financial model aligned to their startup… Read more »
Oz2US Ventures has opened applications for a 24‑week program that starts in Melbourne and ends with a Silicon Valley landing pad, giving Australian founders deep prep, on‑the‑ground US support and access to 40+ heavyweight mentors.
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