AI/Machine Learning

Ex Amazonians and Googlers raise $2.3 million pre-Seed for Brisbane AI startup developing critical thinking

- September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ

A Brisbane startup hoping to unleash the unrealised productivity gains of workplace artificial intelligence has raised $2.3 million in pre-Seed funding to help people refine ideas and inspiration using AI. The round for Enhance Labs was led by Blackbird Ventures with support from QIC Ventures. Enhance was cofounded by former Amazon engineer Haziq Nordin, former… Read more »

Fintech

Kiwi data fintech Wych raises NZ$1.5 million for open banking

- September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ

New Zealand fintech Wych has raised NZ $1.5 million (A$1.32m) to accelerate open banking delivery in New Zealand and Australia . The round was New Zealand FinTech Fund (NZFF) with participation from the NZX-listed Booster Innovation Fund (BIF) and other strategic investors. Wych provides secure, real-time financial information and data exchange to power the next generation… Read more »

Planet Startup co-founders Rhys Cupples and Marc Orchard
ASX

Scalare just bought Planet Startup for $600,000

- September 29, 2025 < 1 MIN READ

Scalare Partners has bought Planet Startup to lead its virtual CFO services arm, keeping founder Marc Orchard as CEO. It’s the firm’s fifth acquisition since 2023, alongside Tank Stream Labs, Inhouse Ventures, Tech Ready Women and the Australian Technologies Competition, as Scalare builds out end-to-end founder support.

Atlassian, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Scott Farquhar.
Business

Atlassian made Australia’s biggest claim for the R&D tax incentive – more than $220 million

- September 29, 2025 3 MIN READ

The research and development tax incentive (R&DTI) is only growing in value and scope, with a new Australian Taxation Office (ATO) transparency report detailing $16.2 billion in claims recorded over the 2022-23 financial year. And for the second year in a row, software giant Atlassian is the nation’s top claimant, reporting more than $220 million in… Read more »

AI/Machine Learning

RecordPoint launches a free tool for founders to triage data for AI use and track access

- September 29, 2025 2 MIN READ

RecordPoint, an Australian AI and data governance scaleup trusted by regulated enterprises globally, has launched RexCommand, a free tool designed to help businesses tackle one of the fastest-growing risks in tech: shadow AI. With AI adoption soaring, new data from Anagram shows 78% of employees are already using AI tools at work—often without approval. RecordPoint CEO and… Read more »

Business

Space Machines Company is setting up its satellite manufacturing in Western Sydney

- September 28, 2025 2 MIN READ

Bradfield, the site of the new Western Sydney airport, will become a manufacturing hub for space infrastructure such as satellites following a deal between the NSW government and local startup Space Machines Company. Space Machines Company will begin high-value manufacturing projects at the Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility’s (AMRF) this year, developing production capability to produce… Read more »

startup daily awards 2025
Climate Tech

Relevance AI, Press Play Ventures, _Southstart, Mick Liubinskas and Paz Pisarski win at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards 2025

- September 26, 2025 6 MIN READ

One of the rising stars of Australia’s artificial intelligence startups, Relevance AI, was named Startup of the Year at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards 2025. The win for the Sydney startup, which is pioneering the future of work through agentic AI, with a platform that lets anyone build a team of AI agents,… Read more »

Climate Tech

Startup 360: The extraordinary adventures of Best in Tech Industry Champion Mick Liubinskas

- September 26, 2025 2 MIN READ

This week’s Startup 360 is a little different as cohosts Simon Thomsen and Majella Campbell frock up for the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards. That’s the key theme of this week’s episode and we celebrate one of the winners by replaying our conversation with Climate Salad cofounder Mick Liubinskas. On Thursday night, Mick was… Read more »

Funding

Martech startup Nevam banks $1.2 million to develop customer experience ‘digital twins’

- September 25, 2025 2 MIN READ

Sydney-based martech startup Nevam has raised $1.2 million to scale what it calls the first “live journey mapping command centre” for enterprise marketers. The round follows a successful stint for the startup as part of Techstars Sydney’s 2024 cohort. It has now been backed by the accelerator as well as Brand Fund, the Huljich Family Office, and angel… Read more »