Jobs interview platform Sapia.ai is opening up its machine learning models as part of a strategic API program, launching on AWS Marketplace. The move will give companies around the world the ability to develop their own workplace-based AI applications, using the data insights Sapia.ai has gathered from more than four million job interviews involving 20… Read more »
There are just a few days left to enter the 2nd annual Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards, with nominations closing this Monday, June 10 (the King’s birthday public holiday) at midnight. The 2024 Best in Tech awards have seen the number of awards grow by 50% to 15, with each category’s finalists increasing from… Read more »
WeMoney was the biggest winner at the annual FinTech Australia Finnie Awards, taking home the silver in three categories, including the People’s Choice Award for fintech of the year. The annual awards, which recognise the best in Australian fintech, saw FrankieOne take home the top gong as Fintech Organisation of The Year award, while digital… Read more »
The Victorian government is doubling the size of its early-stage agtech fund to $2 million. The extra $1 million for the Hugh Victor McKay Fund, run by LaunchVic, follows the initial $1 million commitment revealed last year. The fund offers up to $200,000 to early-stage Victorian agtech startups, so the new funding doubles the potential… Read more »
Global fintech unicorn Airwallex recently launched its Airwallex for Startups program in Australia to such success that they’re giving away a second $10,000 Business Acceleration Grant. Designed to foster the next generation of local startup talent, the program is already making huge waves in several industries, providing entrepreneurs with a suite of financial tools, educational resources,… Read more »
While Queensland is busy backing startups with a $130 million fund that’s luring NSW VCs north of the border, and Victoria is backing NSW startups to set up shop to the South, it’s been all quiet on the Macquarie Street front when it comes to state government support for startups. After a disappointing federal budget… Read more »
The Queensland government is backing in specialist venture capital firm Pollination in a new fund for local climate and nature technology startups. Pollination’s Climate and Nature Impact Venture Fund has kicked off with the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) as cornerstone investor through the Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF). It’s been a busy week for… Read more »
Australian eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant has dropped her Federal Court action against social media platform X (formerly Twitter), no doubt hoping the in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal will be as sympathetic to her arguments as a similar tribunal in Queensland. The change in strategy comes are X owner Elon Musk last month won the… Read more »
Consultation is underway on whether a range of cyber security-related jobs should be added to Australia’s skilled migration visa list, as the sector faces a widening talent gap. The federal government’s Migration Strategy, unveiled late last year, handed Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) a formal role in developing the core skills occupations list, which will… Read more »
Last week, Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic announced with little fanfare that the position of Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador would be discontinued, effective three days later. The role was created in October 2018 “to encourage girls and women to study and work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields”. Astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith… Read more »
Sydney biotech startup Psyslo has banked a fresh Seed round worth US$8 million (A$12m) as it relocates to the US. It’s Psylo’s second major Seed round, having previously banked a A$5 million Seed raise in late 2022 on top of an initial $1.1m 12 months earlier as the company emerged from Startmate. The latest round… Read more »
Brisbane early and growth-stage venture capital fund Sprint Ventures is among four new VCs to be backed by the state government’s Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) as part of an ambitious plan to invest in more local startups. The QIC-managed Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF) is the cornerstone investor for Sprint Fund 3. It follows an initial… Read more »
Sydney logistics software startup Ofload has finally confirmed an additional $31 million capital injection, six months after it was first reported. The new funds are to support to product roll out and wider business growth in digital freight technology The AFR first reported Ofload had banked $27 million in December 2023, led by David Acton’s… Read more »
Business software subscriptions management platform Subble has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed round as it goes to market. The raise was backed by entrepreneurs Jordan Walsh and Leon Hayes from Haystack Capital to support product refinement and customer expansion. The Melbourne startup gives business execs improved visibility over their SaaS subscriptions for greater control… Read more »
George Lucas, founder of ASX-listed fintech Raiz Invest, is back in startup land with a new idea, an AI Copilot for the financial adviser market, securing $2.5 million in a pre-Seed round to take it global. And after a bruising battle over his previous fintech, he’s off to the US to do it. YBL.AI uses… Read more »
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