Entries for the annual Pause Awards opened this week, with CEO and founder George Hedon announcing a stellar line up of more than 60 judges to decide who gets the gongs. The Pause Awards hand out honours across five key categories: growth, excellence, operators, good and culture. The awards span People’s Choice, Winner, Grand Prix,… Read more »
While it’s been a torrid time for Australia’s food delivery sector in recent months, those making the things we love to eat continue to thrive, with more than 8,000 local small batch food makers helping feed the nation. Their delicious talents will be celebrated in Sydney on Friday, May 19, at the inaugural Foodpreneurs Festival at… Read more »
One of Asia-pacific-region’s (APAC) top tech accelerator programs, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC), is returning for its 8th year with a focus on international startups. Australia startups have enjoyed great success at KSGC, with two featuring in the top 10 in 2022. Applications for 2023 are now open and close on May 18. KSGC was launched… Read more »
The finalists for FinTech Australia’s seventh annual business awards, known as The Finnies, have been announced. This year’s awards received over 300 entries from over 250 fintechs across 19 categories, with judges shortlisting 156 finalists. FinTech Australia general manager Rehan D’Almeida said they’re announcing the finalists a bit later than usual due to the deliberation… Read more »
Early-stage tech investor and advisory firm Scalare Partners has acquired the annual Australian Technologies Competition (ATC), which helps build promising tech companies for the world stage. The ATC has an alumni pool of 350 past winners, including telehealth platform Coviu, global agri-business Agri-Digital and ASX-listed cleantech company Calix. Scalare Partners CEO Carolyn Breeze said the… Read more »
The annual Cartier Women’s Initiative (CWI), which supports early-stage women-run companies focusing on social and environmental impact, has selected three Australian startup founder among its 33 finalists. The program provides financial, social, and human capital support and this year expanded its Oceania focus as a new standalone regional award, which Cartier CEO Cyrille Vigneron said… Read more »
The week-long Something Fest, Queensland’s digital, innovation, and technology festival, is back and kicks off on August 26 with the SomethingQ event, which will shine a spotlight on all things Queensland. That’s followed by the two-day conference, Something Digital (SD), now in its 6th year, on August 29-30. Something Fest 2023 will offer a series… Read more »
The City of Gold Coast has partners with Tribe Global Ventures to support 10 Gold Coast-based tech startups to attend London Tech Week in June . Applications close at midnight on April 9. You can register here. Tribe Global Ventures is a Brisbane and Adelaide-based VC firm that invests in B2B tech companies in Australia… Read more »
Entries for the Proptech Association Australia (PAA) 2023 Proptech Awards are now open. The awards span three categories –startups, scale-ups, and established Suppliers – for each award and this year there are seven new awards. Proptech Association Australia President Kylie Davis said that this year there will be 33 awards in total. “We are recognising… Read more »
Welcome to our weekly column on the important things to see and do for the ANZ startup community, brought to you by the director of the Spark Festival, Maxine Sherrin. She picks out 3 things worth putting in the diary for the week ahead. If you’d like to know more, sign up to the Weekly Sparks, Maxine’s… Read more »
Shark Tank Australia, which is returning to the screen in 2023 on 10, has revealed five new investors for the new series. Crossing the Pacific from the US edition is prolific veteran investor Robert Herjavec, who’s ploughed more than $23 million into more than 50 companies across 14 seasons on the show. The Ferrari-racing IT veteran… Read more »
Welcome to our weekly column on the important things to see and do for the ANZ startup community, brought to you by the director of the Spark Festival, Maxine Sherrin. She picks out 3 things worth putting in the diary for the week ahead. If you’d like to know more, sign up to the Weekly Sparks, Maxine’s… Read more »
The annual Vivid Sydney festival, May 26 to June 17, is expanding its program with new food events to accompany the evening lights. The 23-day festival features more than 300 events showcasing artists, musicians, and thought leaders while also recognising the significant contributions of First Nations people. This year’s theme is “Vivid Sydney, Naturally” and… Read more »
With the exception of every episode of Mad Men, business breakthroughs and cocktails aren’t typically known for their compatibility. But, as most founders and innovators know, the best ideas often sprout when convention is tossed aside. Raising the Bar 2023 is back on Tuesday, April 4, bringing 30 inspiring (and free) discussions to 15 bars,… Read more »
Welcome to our weekly column on the important things to see and do for the ANZ startup community, brought to you by the director of the Spark Festival, Maxine Sherrin. She picks out 3 things worth putting in the diary for the week ahead. If you’d like to know more, sign up to the Weekly Sparks, Maxine’s… Read more »
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