Goterra and Agili8 are two very different startups solving vastly difference problems. But they’re both brilliant ideas, which is why they were named the first joint winners in the 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards as Most Innovative Startup. Goterra has developed a closed-loop modular robotics system that transforms food waste into high-value, low-impact… Read more »
For Caitlin Tanaka, founder of Youth In Motion, being named the Future Leader of the Year in the 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards is already as life-changing as the impact her startup gives to students in regional NSW to succeed at school. As she explained on LinkedIn following the recognition: “Three months ago,… Read more »
Proptech Build Buddy, a platform that allows users to design, approve and build their new home, will head to Silicon Valley next month as the Australian flag bearer in the Global Startup World Cup. Build Buddy is revolutionising the home building industry with easy-to-use platform that explain what you need to do, when and how, without… Read more »
Swimming superstar and Olympic gold medallist, Cameron McEvoy, whose scientific approach to winning has led to him being nicknamed “The Professor”, is the keynote speaker at the Startup to Scaleup (S2S) Summit for tech startups in Sydney on September 26. The 4-time Olympian, now the world’s fastest swimmer after winning gold in the 50m freestyle… Read more »
A decade after the term “unicorn” was first coined to describe a startup worth more than $1 billion, software scaleup Deputy joined that rarefied atmosphere in 2024. Deputy became the first unicorn tech company to emerge in two years in Australia when a A$37 million buy in from a US strategic partner in March gave the… Read more »
Chefs have a saying: “fat is flavour”; but our relationship with fats has been complex and confusing for some time. We’re told some are good, some less so when it comes to animal fats. And now, with the rise of plant-based meat substitutes, giving them good fats that add flavour is a challenge Anna El… Read more »
Canva’s billionaire CEO and cofounder Melanie Perkins will kick off the conversations at South by Southwest Sydney (SXSW) next month, sitting down with one of the smartest minds in US venture capital, BOND’s Mary Meeker, to talk about her success. The duo will take the SXSW Sydney stage on Monday, October 14, to discuss Canva’s… Read more »
Generative AI and ChatGTP have their fans, but if you really want to excite someone, enlist technology to make their daily lives easier. And that’s just what The Laundry Lady, an online marketplace that deals with the drudgery of a washing, has done, bringing tech and innovation to a market we’re going to call household… Read more »
Financial fraud has risen dramatically in recent years, and it’s not just scammers who are responsible. Banks are increasingly worried about what have been dubbed “liar loans”, where borrowers submit financial details that are less than truthful, amid pressures from rising interest rates. Fraudulent home loan applications increased three-fold since interest rates began rising in… Read more »
The biggest event on Australia’s fintech calendar, the two-day Intersekt conference, kicks off in Melbourne next Wednesday, September 18. This year, with more than 1100 delegates expected, with federal assistant treasurer and financial services minister Stephen Jones kicking off proceedings, and as he did last year, likely to outline the government’s focus for the year… Read more »
The remarkable success of employee management platform Deputy, which became Australia’s first tech unicorn in two years in March, has seen the 15-year-old tech company named Scaleup of the Year at the 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech awards. The recognition, at a gala dinner with 270 guests at Sydney’s Ivy Ballroom had a certain… Read more »
The She Loves Tech Oceania Regional Pitch Finals is on in Melbourne this Monday and is set to be a landmark event, showcasing some of the most innovative women-led and women-impact tech startups from across the Oceania region. As the world’s largest community and acceleration platform dedicated to closing the funding gap for women in… Read more »
There’s plenty of startup action happening in the Sunshine State at the moment, and that’s on show this week at Something Tech. The two-day festival, August 29-30, once again brings together Queensland’s tech and innovation community in their own unique way for “a saturation of expertise, community sharing, and networking”. Festival cofounder Pauline Fetaui, from… Read more »
The annual Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Renewables Startup Showcase will return to Sydney in November and the hunt is now on for startups looking for investment to take part. Innovation Bay, the membership community for technology founders and investors, is collaborating with ARENA for the fifth year of the event, on Thursday, November 21.… Read more »
Puddle Pod started four years ago as a weekend side hustle of Startmate CEO Michael Batko. But since then it’s grown into a thriving community of learners committed to improving their professional lives featuring courses for people in startups to ramp up the talents they need to succeed. Puddle Pod has become the go-to productivity… Read more »
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