Business

Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight: Silksong is a global phenomenon, but back home, the Adelaide gaming studio is unknown and under-appreciated

- September 8, 2025 4 MIN READ

It took almost eight years for the downloadable content turned into a fully-fledged title to go from idea to release. A determined fandom and a vacuum of information created its own brand of gaming community conspiracy theories around the title. With less than a few breadcrumbs of information, the game remarkably sustained a full near-decade… Read more »

Climate Tech

I tried the lab-grown quail made by Sydney startup Vow

- September 5, 2025 4 MIN READ

After years of testing and regulatory hurdles, Australian startup Vow has released its cultured (or ‘lab-grown’) Japanese quail in Australian restaurants. And I’ve finally had the chance to taste it. As a technology journalist, home cook, and self-proclaimed foodie, I’ve kept a close eye on the alternative meat space for many years. My past adventures… Read more »

Business

NSYE-listed telehealth multinational acquires LaunchVic and Startmate-backed Telecare

- August 15, 2025 2 MIN READ

New York online health multinational Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) has acquired Victorian healthtech startup Telecare, in the first exit for LaunchVic’s Alice Anderson Fund. The deal closed last Friday, August 8, with the terms undisclosed, but Teladoc Health said it’s expected to be immaterial to its 2025 financial results. Telecare developed Australia’s leading virtual care… Read more »

Funding

Queensland’s $180 million sovereign industry fund is looking for ideas to back

- August 13, 2025 < 1 MIN READ

The Queensland government has opened applications for its new $180.6 million Sovereign Industry Development Fund, which will invest in defence, biomedical and biofuels companies in the state. Deputy Premier and state development, infrastructure and planning minister Jarrod Bleijie, said the fund will collaborate on “strategic and catalytic partnerships that will accelerate development in our priority… Read more »

Funding

Mining business management startup SprintSuite digs up $3.5 million Seed round

- August 12, 2025 2 MIN READ

A business management platform purpose-built for mid-market mining and engineering services companies has raised $3.5 million in a Seed round led by Sydney VC EVP. The funding for SprintSuite is for expansion across Australia’s mining industry and international markets such as North America, as the company capitalises on the accelerating digital transformation in the mining… Read more »

Business

School leaver edtech Year13 acquires local assistance platform Student Edge ahead of US push

- August 4, 2025 2 MIN READ

Edtech platform Year13, which helps school leavers with the transition to work, has acquired veteran student discounts and support platform Student Edge. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal for Year13, which coincidentally is 13-years-old, comes as cofounder and CEO Will Stubley prepared to relocate across the Pacific and join cofounder Saxon… Read more »

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Funding

3 Monash University health tech startups score $2.25 million in pre-Seed backing, supported by Breakthrough Victoria

- August 1, 2025 2 MIN READ

Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University have co-invested $2.25 million in three health tech startups, Myostellar, Fyton Bio, and Remagine Labs. The trio of Monash spinouts have potential to improve wellbeing for millions as well as reducing pressure on Victoria’s health system. Myostellar is pioneering a first-in-class biologic therapy to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by stimulating… Read more »

Funding

LaunchVic’s Alice Anderson Fund backs pet genetics startup Elita’s $1.1 million pre-Seed

- July 25, 2025 2 MIN READ

LaunchVic’s sidecar fund for women founders, the Alice Anderson fund, has completed a pre-Seed $1.1 million raise for Melbourne pet health startup Elita. The commitment brings to a close the long-running raise for Elita, which is building a stem cell bank for Australian pets. Founded by Paloma Newton and Jackson Gritching, the genetics startup, which… Read more »