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Australia’s agriculture sector is banding together to build a supply chain data exchange

- September 15, 2021 2 MIN READ

A consortium of leading agrifood stakeholders including government, industry groups and research organisations are collaborating to build a better picture of  the nation’s agriculture supply chain through a new data-based project. The Australian AgriFood Data Exchange (AAFDE) is being designed as an open data platform controlled by users to improve collaboration up and down the… Read more »

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SUGAR RUSH: Scientists solved a major battery problem with glucose so an EV can run non-stop Sydney to Melbourne

- September 13, 2021 2 MIN READ

A team of researchers from the Monash Energy Institute has created a longer-lasting, lighter, more sustainable rival to commonly used lithium-ion batteries by adding sugar to lithium sulfur batteries. The increase in performance is so dramatic it has the potential to give an electric vehicle to 1000km range – enough to travel  from Melbourne to… Read more »

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LivePreso ramps up real estate deal with REA Group

- September 12, 2021 2 MIN READ

Automated digital content platform LivePreso has expanded its relationship with REA Group to the commercial and developer side of the online real estate business. The relationship between LivePreso (formerly SalesPreso) and REA dates back to 2014, with the group becoming early adopters of the platform for real estate agents to make data-driven sales presentations. More… Read more »

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Technology is key for refugees starting new lives in Australia, but not everyone has equal access

- September 12, 2021 3 MIN READ

As evacuees and refugees from Afghanistan start their new lives in Australia, their ability to navigate the digital world will be crucial. Our research, published this week, reveals how newly arrived refugees use digital technologies as they begin this new chapter. Importantly, new arrivals will need some level of digital know-how to participate in QR… Read more »

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The rise of ABBAtars: How Star Wars technology is bringing Swedish pop stars back to life in their 70s

- September 8, 2021 3 MIN READ

Swedish pop group ABBA is returning to the stage in a virtual concert with the help of image technology used in a Star Wars movie. ABBA’s popularity has endured over the 40 years since their last album, racking up a staggering 17 number one hits, over 16 million weekly global streams and selling almost 400 million… Read more »

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Victoria is ramping up its sportstech focus with a $4 million innovation centre

- September 8, 2021 2 MIN READ

Victoria is looking to bolster its reputation as the nation’s sporting capital with a new innovation centre to accelerate the commercialisation of sportstech. The state government is backing the Australian Sports Innovation Centre for Excellence in the inner-city suburb of Cremorne with a $4 million investment. Victorian innovation, medical research and digital economy minister Jaala… Read more »

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Australia’s first biotech incubator is happening thanks to a $40 million grant

- September 7, 2021 3 MIN READ

A national biotech incubator is being set up in an Australia first following a $40 million grant from the federal government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) The incubator will be run by the Brandon Capital-managed Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF), which received the grant as part of $79 million in MRFF commercialisation grants to four… Read more »

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Clean Energy Finance Corp chips $5 million into $16m seed raise for a new alt-meat contender

- September 6, 2021 2 MIN READ

A new, Sydney-based alternative proteins startup has joined the race for fake meat market share in Australia, raising $16 million in a seed round. Leading the investment in All G Foods was the federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which chipped in $5 million through its Clean Energy Innovation Fund alongside several prominent angel investors. The… Read more »

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Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation backs $5.4 million raise for cancer biotech startup

- September 5, 2021 2 MIN READ

A biotech startup focused on treating cancer has raised $5.4 million, led by mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation. Adelaide-based Carina Biotech will use the cash injection to develop its “CAR-T” cell therapies to treat cancers such as colorectal cancer, which is the deadliest cancer for 25-34-year-old Australians. Carina’s founding shareholders, board and management also… Read more »

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ASX-listed PropTech Group is plotting a real estate joint venture with fintechs for BNPL options

- September 3, 2021 2 MIN READ

ASX-listed PropTech Group (ASX: PTG) has enlisted the support of fintech startups to build a buy now pay later (BNPL) real estate play. The joint venture project, called PropPay, is a payments platform that will allow real estate agents and third-party platforms to offer payments and solutions to their customers for property-related services in Australia… Read more »

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A quantum startup using synthetic diamonds to accelerate computing has raised $13 million in seed funding

- August 26, 2021 2 MIN READ

Canberra-based computing science startup Quantum Brilliance has raised US$10 million (A$13m) in seed funding. The investment into the Australian-German full-stack quantum accelerator startup, which emerged from The ANU’s research group in diamond quantum science in 2019, was co-led by the QxBranch founders’ and the CSIRO’s VC fund, Main Sequence, with other backers including CP Ventures, Investible,… Read more »

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Digital signage startup Mandoe has built a Canva-like marketing platform for small business

- August 18, 2021 2 MIN READ

Digital advertising software startup Mandoe has launched a self-service platform for small businesses harness the power of digital signage. The startup has worked with blue chip clients such as David Jones, Boost Juice, Rip Curl, Spec Savers and Australia Post for more than a decade and is power bringing the same marketing potential to smaller… Read more »

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This simple crystal could unlock full-scale quantum computing

- August 16, 2021 4 MIN READ

Vaccine and drug development, artificial intelligence, transport and logistics, climate science — these are all areas that stand to be transformed by the development of a full-scale quantum computer. And there has been explosive growth in quantum computing investment over the past decade. Yet current quantum processors are relatively small in scale, with fewer than… Read more »

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A battery materials startup supplying Tesla charges up on $3.7 million pre-series A

- August 12, 2021 2 MIN READ

A battery materials company promising to improve the capacity of existing lithium-ion batteries by up to 100% has raised $3.7 million in a pre-Series A. The round was led by local VC Artesian and US-based Riverstone Ventures, with New York’s Chaos Ventures, Singapore’s SDGx and Sydney VC Bandera Capital also chipping in alongside several prominent Australian… Read more »