A group of founders running sharing economy startups have come together to launch The Sharing Hub, a Sydney coworking hub dedicated to helping boost new startups in the sharing economy space through access to advice and mentorship. Dubbing themselves the ‘Peer to Peer Cousins Network’, Spacer founder Mike Rosenbaum; Steve Orenstein, founder of courier service… Read more »
Menulog has partnered with Sydney restaurant delivery startup Drive Yello to allow restaurants without their own delivery drivers to tap into a network.
To help designers start up businesses and get work done better, the startup has created two platforms, Foxley Business and Foxley Site Builder
New York company ServiceChannel, which runs a service automation platform for facilities managers and contractors, has announced it has partnered with Australian startup PromisePay to power its multi-billion dollar marketplace. ServiceChannel’s platform is used by over 350 companies globally to streamline facilities repair and maintenance services across more than 200,000 locations in over 60 countries.… Read more »
More than 100 entrepreneurs participated in this year’s Energy Hack event, a joint initiative between the Melbourne Energy Institute and Powershop Australia.
Telstra-backed accelerator muru-D has this week opened applications for SYD4, the fourth intake of its Sydney program, calling on “the most determined and ambitious founders in Australia” to apply. The accelerator has switched up its funding model for this intake. Though startups will still be offered up to $60,000 in funding, this will come in… Read more »
It will be free for students to take courses through the new OpenLearning platform; they’re given the choice to pay if they want to receive a recognised qualification.
A joint venture between FairFax and Channel Nine injected $100 million into Stan, an Aussie streaming service that was only just an idea, not one piece of tech had been created.
Today Brisbane’s new $5 million innovation hub, The Capital has opened its doors to 200 of the state’s startups. The investment into the hub looks to create hundreds of new jobs in Queensland and aims to boost its startup ecosystem.
The Brisbane Heat has today released Heat VR, a virtual reality app and ‘brand’ in conjunction with partner CUA. The app will look to give fans a behind the scenes experience.
NSW Government agencies are now able to engage suppliers through direct negotiation on short term contracts valued up to $1 million, including GST, for proof of concept or outcomes-based trials.
Tyro Payments, the Sydney-based fintech company looking to become the next big Australian bank, has announced the appointment of Gerd Schenkel as its new CEO. Current CEO Jost Stollmann will move to the position of full-time executive director.
Techfugees Australia has announced its third hackathon, bringing together refugees and the tech community to find solutions to the refugee crisis. To be held in Sydney from November 5-6, Techfugees will facilitate the development of solutions aimed at helping refugees settle into the Australian community.
Hungry Jacks has today launched a new way for customers to order their breakfast and they don’t even have to utter a word. The new ordering system is called the Brekk-e-Tag, a device that works the same as the e-tag and is currently trialling in the NSW town of Tumbi Umbi.
To create a world first marketplace for last mile tracking, Sherpa has recently launched a new platform called Sherpa Fleet. The platform is a management service for a company’s existing fleet, but also has the capacity for third parties to tap into that fleet.
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