Curtin University has selected 13 startups in its annual Accelerate program, kicking off in 2026. Now entering its 13th year, Curtin Accelerate is a free program for founders to develop the skills and networks needed to take their ideas to market. The program’s speaker and mentor network includes Kanopy founder Olivia Humphrey, renowned US angel… Read more »
Ahead of the TechStars Sydney ‘Demo the Future’ evening, tonight, December 8, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Our next profile is MuseAI – empowering music creators and harnessing human artistry. MuseAI Founder: Jad Al Masri One-liner: MuseAI is the AI-musepowered workspace empowering music creators to capture, organise,… Read more »
Australia’s startup landscape is undergoing its most dramatic shift in a decade, with data from the annual Startup Muster report revealing that founders are investing in artificial intelligence rather than headcount. The 2025 edition of the nation’s largest startup survey, released in Sydney on Friday night, reveals a sharp fall in employment as more than… Read more »
Founder Institute ANZ, the local chapter of the world’s largest startup accelerator, has selected eight new startups to back from its Spring accelerator. The Founder Institute’s pre-seed accelerator helps early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process… Read more »
Paperbacked, a specialist venture studio for education founders, has launched to tackle a persistent gap in the Australian education sector: businesses that fall between under-resourced small operators and VC-backed scale-ups. Lindsey Dang, who built a seven-figure English iterature specialist tutoring business while completing dual law and arts degrees at Monash University (and is now on… Read more »
Tech accelerator Founders Factory is launching a third startup program in Western Australia after forging a partnership with local multiple sclerosis non-profit, MSWA. The $1.75 million joint venture will fund and scale startups building technologies to help people living with neurological conditions such as MS, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, motor neuron disease (MND) and… Read more »
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. Our next profile is OncoRevive – a health-tech startup which detects cancer early, leading to vastly improved patient outcomes. OncoRevive Founders: Dr. Mohammad Tavakkoli and Dr. Samira Sadeghi One-liner: Detect… Read more »
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. Our fourth profile is Onsite – a startup dealing one of the most painful parts of apartment living, strata management. Onsite Founder: Nathan Croxton One-liner: Onsite makes it easy for everyone… Read more »
A Sydney AI-powered ecommerce startup focused on customer satisfaction during delivery – known in the trade as WISMO (Where is my order?) – has raised $2.3 million in pre-Seed funding. The round for Keeyu was led by Rampersand, with support from Archangel, Startmate, Empress Capital, Exhort Ventures, Sydney Angels, Southern Angels, and others including Marketplacer’s… 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 »
It has been relatively quiet on the startup funding front this week: we’ve counted only two local startups with fresh capital raises. But Australian talents are still shining abroad, with one founder raising tens of millions of dollars for a new tool empowering sales teams. Keep reading to learn more about 2cloudnine and SeaStock, which… Read more »
Supermarket groceries bought on delivery apps such DoorDash, UberEats and MilkRun will cost you around 12% more than if you’d bought them in-store, analysis by consumer group Choice has found. Add the delivery fee and the premium on a basket of 13 everyday items , from Woolworths, Aldi, and Coles, worth around $45 is between… Read more »
After facing a major health scare, Sydney grandparents Ken and Adelle Alexander could have focussed on their own physical and mental wellbeing through retirement. Instead, that difficult experience inspired the couple to give back to their community — in the form of a new smartphone app. “We couldn’t really do it financially, because we’re both… Read more »
Breakthrough Victoria has selected the first three recipients of its new Fellowship program, which hopes to turn academic research into startup reality. The $7.5 million, multi-year program offers each recipient $150,000 to kick off their entrepreneurial efforts, and Breakthrough Victoria is hoping it will result in around 50 startups commercialising research and IP. The trio… Read more »
Veteran impact scaleup Who Gives A Crap has teamed up with education nonprofit Young Change Agents to launch a program that equips teenagers with the skills to become social entrepreneurs. Impact Boss will launch in Australia and the US in 2026 and hopes to reach 20,000 teens in its first two years. The program aims… Read more »
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