Palm oil is both important to everything from food to cosmetics and detergents, and an environmental disaster, with rainforests being felled for the cash crop. It’s estimated to be in 50% of all Western household and food products, with 75 million tonnes produced annually. It’s also the leading cause of orangutan extinction, with between 1,000… Read more »
Mohit Midha, cofounder and CEO of Hoogly was at Blackbird’s Sunrise last week, tired but unable to stop smiling after global recognition for his employee engagement startup in California and London. The fact that he set out to also raise $500,000 and now has $1 million with 10 days left before he closes his latest… Read more »
The Queensland government is holding a Parliamentary Inquiry into personal e-mobility devices (PMD), such as e-scooters and e-bikes, in a bid to improve safety and address community concerns about their use. The reviews comes after 8 users died last year in Queensland and the number of injuries PMD riders, passengers, and pedestrians jumped 112% between… Read more »
Startups developing new treatments for cardiovascular disease, type 1 diabetes, and technology to capture carbon dioxide in the air have been backed by the University of Sydney’s new Pre-Seed Launch Fund. The $25 million fund invests in ideas and people, turning academic research developed at the uni into high-growth startups, bridging the gap between proof-of-concept… Read more »
On February 1, on The Conversation’s podcast, Anthony Albanese not only declared that Labor would retain majority government, but held out the prospect it could win the Victorian Liberal seats of Menzies and Deakin. This was when the polls were still bad for Labor and the Coalition was confident of gaining a swathe of seats… Read more »
Two rivals in construction safety software are merging, with five-year-old Sydney startup 1Breadcrumb acquiring 12-year-old Canberra platform SignOnSite. The terms of the cash and equity deal were undisclosed but it comes along with a $4.5 million SAFE note backed by Five V Capital and Tribe Global Ventures as well as a US-based family office. Five… Read more »
Share in US-listed Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM) are down around 10% over the past week, at one stage dipping below US$190 following a 17% plunge when the Australian workplace software company released its March quarter earnings with another loss alongside longer-than-expected fourth-quarter guidance. Q3 revenue was up 14% on 12 months ago to US$1.4 billion, with… Read more »
In Dr Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick imagined a future where our own intelligence outpaced our wisdom. Military commanders, politicians, and machines locked into a logic of deterrence so perfect it could only end in catastrophe. It was satire, but it never felt entirely like fiction. With news that Russia is considering military expansion in our region,… Read more »
In the pre-industrial era, people often lived and worked in the same building. This removed the need to travel to work. The separation of home and work occurred much later, during the Industrial Revolution. Factories and offices were grouped in designated areas and residential zoning was invented. Even then, people typically spent about 60 to… Read more »
Plagiarism accusations against Brooke Bellamy, first brought to light by Nagi Maehashi on her website RecipeTin Eats, continue to emerge. This week, it was reported that Bellamy has been dropped as an ambassador for the Academy for Enterprising Girls’ program for young girls in business. And a second cookbook author has come forward. High-profile US baker,… Read more »
Happy democracy sausage weekend! As Australians head to schools and halls on Saturday (although around 20% of the population has already voted) to cast their verdict on the last three years of the Albanese government, Startup 360 cohosts Simon Thomsen and Kayla Medica took a look at the policies and election promises for the tech… Read more »
Robyn Denholm was on stage Blackbird’s Sunrise when the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published news that Tesla, the company she’s chaired since 2018, was on the hunt for a new CEO. The basketball-loving-and-owning Australian, a Blackbird director, was talking to Sydney Kings and Boomers coach Brian Goorjian about the lessons from sport for leadership and… Read more »
Eucalyptus cofounder Tim Doyle has revealed that the best way to get a job at his health startup is to solve his dildo problem. He wants you to slide into his LinkedIn DMs to solve the “dildo mountain” he has in a warehouse – the result in a pledge in his startup’s early days. Doyle… Read more »
Antler has unveiled its latest investments from the 12th Australian residency: eight new startups selected from thousands of applicants, spanning robotics, cybersecurity, and health – all with a strong emphasis on AI. The cohort reflects a growing trend for Antler: more founders building at the intersection of AI and deep industry expertise, moving faster than… Read more »
Probably the last time the NRL talked about testicles was 12 years ago when former Souths forward Sam Burgess copped a two-match ban for a “squirrel grip” tackle on a Melbourne Storm player. But this weekend, as the rugby league fans gather for Magic Round in Brisbane, medical researcher and entrepreneur Saara Jamieson from Cool… Read more »
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