Ten months after selling 1Form to REA Group for $15 million, Melbourne-based tech entrepreneurs Chris Koch and Chad Stephens are ready to unveil their latest venture Pop!. Their new mobile app, available on iTunes and Google Play, allows users to store, manage and control the personal details they give to companies online. The app was inspired… Read more »
Zova, an app targeted at women in the fitness industry is starting to gain some pretty significant traction. It recently become one of just over a dozen apps selected by Apple to be featured as part of the Apple Health Kit with iOS6.
Rewardle raised $4 million through an oversubscribed Initial Public Offering; and at closing price, trades with a market capitalisation of more than $30 million.
GreatFap, the porn site that caters to heterosexual males, has an interesting little section called ‘Face Match’, which utilises one of Rekognition’s most widely adopted API functions FaceDetect.
A number of sources have told Startup Daily that Sydney-headquartered venture technology firm and startup incubator BlueChilli has not delivered on its promise to numerous startups in its portfolio, with one source saying it is “doing more damage to the Australian startup scene than good.”
Last night from New York, Moko Social Media Limited, one of the two companies we reported had previously approached Tagroom about an acquisition offer, announced that they had just signed a binding term sheet to acquire 80% of Tagroom.com.
There are times when you just should keep your mouth closed about certain things, even when you don’t mean any malice by it – which I don’t think was the intention of Evan Thornley, cofounder of LookSmart and speaker at today’s Sunrise conference.
Social media giant, Pinterest, recently won a court battle against a Spanish company called Pin Digital about their controversial use of the domain names PinSex.com, and PinGay.com.
Black Milk Clothing is the name of a label synonymous with women’s tights and leggings that are as loud as you can get. What started as as an attempt to sew out of boredom and a lack of life direction from Lillis soon became an online success story that would ride the hipster movement.
We’ve seen a number of startups emerge in our ecosystem that focus on coupons, discount deals, rewards and vouchers – examples include Aston Club, BigDeal, Buzzingaa, Coupay, OzSale, Rewardle and Swoop. Each has its unique point-of-differentiation, but not all have maintained strong momentum. The latest to enter this highly competitive space is Melbourne-based startup Liven.
Rewardle Holdings Ltd, the holding company that owns Melbourne-based startup Rewardle Pty Ltd, has recently opened up its Initial Public Offering (IPO), according to a prospectus that was lodged with ASIC on the 20th of August.
Last night, co-founder of BodyWise Mike Halligan penned a personal blog post on the latest developments around his fitness app.
Sydney-based startup Nexus Notes was built on the philosophy that students can learn a lot from each other’s notes, and of course, make money from simply sharing their notes.
The founders of Tagroom.com, Niro James, Patrick Varden (Sydney) and Yasmin Walter (Perth) could be worth a couple of million each right now.
Alex Turnbull, son of Federal Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull, may be setting an example of how Australians can work with their Asian counterparts. The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that Alex Turnbull is planning to launch a Singapore-based hedge fund, Keshik Capital, which will be “focused on Asia with the flexibility to invest globally”.
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