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Aconex cofounder Leigh Jasper, Canva design boss Andrew Green and Deputy CFO Emma Seymour join AWS Unicorn Day lineup

Startup Daily - October 11, 2024 2 MIN READ

Serial entrepreneur, investor and LaunchVic chair Leigh Jasper is among the founders who’ll share their insights on what it takes to build a billion-dollar startup at AWS Unicorn Day in Melbourne on Thursday, October 24. Jasper cofounded Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud collaboration platform for managing construction projects, and as CEO, led the… Read more »

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If you want to back women in startups and female founders, then Capital X is the network you need to join

Simon Thomsen - October 10, 2024 2 MIN READ

Jessica Baird-Walsh has founded two startups, and is an angel investor and advisor, so she knows the path ahead for women founders all too well. And that’s why she decided to to something about it, launching Capital X – a free, community-driven network of startup and tech professionals committed to supporting women founders to fund… Read more »

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Cake Ventures founder Monique Woodard is heading to West Tech Fest

Startup Daily - October 1, 2024 2 MIN READ

Monique Woodard, founding partner of US-based Cake Ventures, will headline the annual West Tech Fest in Perth this December. Known for championing inclusive innovation, Woodard joins One Earth founder Linzi Boyd and Steve Killelea, founder of the Global Institute for Economics and Peace, among the first round keynote speakers unveiled for the annual event. West… Read more »

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Now we’re talking: Curious Thing AI wins AI Gamechanger award for Lucy the phone agent

Simon Thomsen - September 20, 2024 3 MIN READ

Smartphones are now even smarter thanks to Sydney artificial intelligence (AI) startup Curious Thing AI and its phone agent Lucy. People still make plenty of calls and in business they’re especially important, but the way we communicate and get messages to each other is constantly evolving. That’s where Curious Thing AI comes in, and Lucy,… Read more »

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The glamour and glory of the 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech awards in photos

Simon Thomsen - September 20, 2024 < 1 MIN READ

The second annual 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech awards saw nearly 300 people in the Australia startup ecosystem come together and celebrate at Sydney’s Ivy Ballroom earlier this month. The night, presented by AWS Startups, honoured 60 amazing finalists and 16 epic winners, from Startup of the Year Fortiro to Scaleup of the Year… Read more »

Goterra's Justin Frank, Laura Faulconer from x15ventures and Esther Oh from Agili8.

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Top two: Agili8 and Goterra create history as joint winners of Most Innovative Startup

Simon Thomsen - September 19, 2024 4 MIN READ

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 »

Youth in Motion founder Caitlin Tanaka and Firemark Ventures partner Rebecca Schot-Guppy.

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Lessons learned: Youth in Motion founder Caitlin Tanaka named Future Leader of the Year

Simon Thomsen - September 18, 2024 3 MIN READ

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 »

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Build Buddy heads to San Francisco as Australia’s entry in the Startup World Cup Finals

Startup Daily - September 16, 2024 2 MIN READ

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 »

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Olympic champion Cam ‘The Professor’ McEvoy delivers keynote at the S2S Summit

Startup Daily - September 13, 2024 3 MIN READ

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 »

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Unicorn at work: Deputy crowned Scaleup of the Year at the 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards

Startup Daily - September 13, 2024 3 MIN READ

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 »

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Nourishing big ideas: Anna El Tahchy is the 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards Best Technical Leader

Startup Daily - September 13, 2024 2 MIN READ

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 »

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Canva boss Melanie Perkins is talking to legendary US investor Mary Meeker at SXSW

Startup Daily - September 12, 2024 2 MIN READ

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 »

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Online marketplace The Laundry Lady wins the ACS Labs River Rival pitch comp

Startup Daily - September 12, 2024 2 MIN READ

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 »

Fraud detection fintech Fortiro named Startup of The Year at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards

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Fraud detection fintech Fortiro named Startup of the Year at 2024 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards

Startup Daily - September 11, 2024 3 MIN READ

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 »

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Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones will speak at FinTech Australia’s Intersekt 2024 with the RBA talking digital currency

Startup Daily - September 11, 2024 2 MIN READ

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 »