Melanie Greblo
Women in tech

Scriibed founder Melanie Greblo lands NSW government and Paul Ramsay Foundation backing to help women upskill after escaping family violence

- September 13, 2023 2 MIN READ

Sydney startup Scriibed, which offers safe, secure, and flexible digital economy work to women rebuilding their lives following domestic violence, has received backing from the NSW government to help them get into tech. The Paul Ramsay Foundation also co-investing to Scriibed’s not-for-profit arm, Banksia Academy, with $250,000 as part of a payment-by-outcomes contract.  The government… Read more »

Flown Not Grown founder Nikki Davey
Women in tech

 Grown Not Flown cofounder Nikki Davey wins the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award

- September 13, 2023 2 MIN READ

Victorian farmer, tech entrepreneur and Grown Not Flown cofounder Nikki Davey has won the 2023 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award for her work creating a digital platform and app that connects flower farmers and consumers around the world. The award recognises the critical role women play in rural and regional businesses, industries and communities. Based at… Read more »

Tim Cook, Apple CEO
Global tech

Apple’s new software update wants to know if you’re happy or sad. But why and for whose benefit?

- September 13, 2023 4 MIN READ

Apple’s iOS 17 operating system is expected to drop any day. The software update comes with several new features, including a tool for daily mood and emotion logging – a technique known to emotion researchers as “experience sampling”. Although there are caveats, certain mental health studies have shown that regularly recording one’s feelings can be… Read more »

Amp cofounders Cameron Priest and Patrick Barnes
Funding

Exit kings return with an 18-month-old ecommerce startup that just banked $28.5 million Series A

- September 12, 2023 2 MIN READ

The founders of TradeGecko and Advocately, Cameron Priest and Patrick Barnes, are back with a bang thanks to their new e-commerce startup, Amp, which has secured US$18.5 million (A$28.5m) in a series A, having only launched last year.  AMP is their solution for the challenge retailers face in using dozens of different apps to run… Read more »

Neuphoria founder Henry Boulton with ACS River City Labs Pauline Fetaui at the 2023 River Rival pitch comp.
Events

Brain-sensing sports wearable Neuphoria wins Brisbane’s River Rival pitch comp

- September 12, 2023 2 MIN READ

Neuro Technology platform Neuphoria was the big winner from the River Rival startup competition that closed out the Something Tech conference in Brisbane.  The company, responsible for the Focusband wearable brain frequency-sensing headwear, won both the Best Product and Best of the Best Award. “It was such an honour for Neuphoria to win River Rival’s… Read more »

Retail shop window
Funding

Afterpay cofounder backs his brother’s retail data startup in $2 million Seed round

- September 12, 2023 2 MIN READ

Merchandise data startup Flagship has raised $2 million in a Seed round to help retailers to make better data-based decisions of maximising product appeal for in-store shoppers The round led by Sydney VC Tidal Ventures, with support from Afterpay’s billionaire cofounder Nick Molnar, backing his brother Simon’s startup play. Macdoch and Co Ventures, NRL player Luke… Read more »

Yaala Sparkling cofounders Tara Croker and Mel Davey pitching on Shark Tank
Funding

Indigenous Shark Tank pitch lands Yaala Sparkling $125,000 from ethical investor Dr Catriona Wallace

- September 12, 2023 2 MIN READ

Australian bush flavours drinks brand  Yaala Sparkling has landed a $125,000 investment from Shark Tank ‘shark’ Dr Catriona Wallace. The Queensland Indigenous-owned business, cofounded by Wiradjuri Yinaa woman Tara Croker and her mother Mel Davey, is developing a range of  alcohol-free drinks flavoured with native ingredients sourced from Indigenous wild harvesters and local farmers. Yaala… Read more »

Mike Cannon-Brookes
Climate Tech

Mike Cannon-Brookes gets his hands on the $30 billion SunCable project

- September 11, 2023 3 MIN READ

Atlassian cofounder and billionaire investor Mike Cannon-Brookes has taken charge of the $30 billion SunCable solar power project he once labelled as “insane”, with the deal to buy it from the company’s administrators going through last week. Helietta Holdings a joint venture company affiliated with his family venture capital firm, Grok Ventures, in partnership with… Read more »