Q3 2016
Startup News
Australia
- Australia: Mobile ad spending set to outpace TV spending this year
- What ‘net users in Australia do and don’t like about loyalty programs
- Research: Age determines devices used in Australia
- Australia’s VC industry needs to catch up with local agri-food innovation
- Australia: Startupbootcamp Melbourne event next week – register here
- Australia: What venture capitalists want to see from your start-up
- Australia: Tanks Stream Labs tenants gain half-price HR advice, searches
- ITS 2016 Mastercard Smart Cities Hackathon: Melbourne, early October
- Melbourne Accelerator Program backed to give startups 1st-class legal advice
- Australia: ‘Social discovery’ startup Storyboard wins 2016 Creative3 Pitch
- Australia: Program announced for Spark Festival in October
- “Smart Disruption, a perspective on innovation for Australian organisations”
- Vidcorp corporate video analytics platform lands expansion funding
- Bridge work mgmt app aims to let tradesmen run their business online
- Australia: Medical Channel lands $25m for doctor wait rooms ad platform
- Sydney’s WalkRelax to launch profit-tracking system for startups, SMEs
- Australia: River City Labs to host first event for early-stage innovation startups
- Australia: Melbourne’s Airwallex joins Mastercard accelerator
- Australia: Enterprize Hobart startup accelerator program launched
- Australia: Can Adelaide’s Tonsley become Australia’s Silicon Valley?
- A quick look at the Baker & McKenzie HealthTech Startup Service
- October: Brisbane Medtech StartUp Presentations & Networking Event
- Australia: Havas ad agency launches post-A accelerator fund
- UQ Weekend of Start-Ups: 54 hours to formulate, prototype, pitch
- ‘Australia needs startup communities not just ecosystems’
- B2B Rocks, Australia’s first B2B & SaaS conference, set for end October
- Brisbane’s Velvet creates wifi sharing economy using unwanted data
- Australian government opens $23m startup incubator support program
- LayAway Travel launches to turn Australia’s spare change into holidays
- A look at Australia’s opportunities in innovation and technology
- Australia: eBev gets $1.13m for platform roll-out in wholesale beverage market
- Australia: ‘Examining the Digital Transformation Agenda’, Canberra
- Sydney’s Hypetap, social media influencer marketplace, aims for Asian markets
- Australia: Startup Catalyst seeking 20 tech-savvy youths for Silicon Valley
- Australia: SproutX launches $10m agriculture tech fund, startup accelerator
- Sydney Stock Exchange to develop instant trade settlement via blockchain
- Canberra’s Capstone System lets med clinics run practices on MS cloud
- Australia: Melbourne aged care startup Curo lands $1M
- Perth home-cooking startup Mondoz puts world food a click away
- Australia: Westpac backs fintech startup uno as serious home loan player
- Community IoT network goes live in Australia
- A quick look back at the recent Sydney FinTech Startup Weekend
- Spaceship tech-focused superannuation product targets millennials
- BuzzConf Festival 2016: November in Ballan
- Australia: Marketing platform Simple raises $10m
- Australia: eBev raises $1.5 million from Sydney Angels
- Australia: Blend of auto and face-to-face advice serves investors best
- Australia: Mentorloop closes AU$2m seed round
- Australia: 8 NSW fintech and cybersec startups head to Tel Aviv Landing Pad
- Australia: CommBank partners Barclays for mobile payments, innovation
- Australia: Afterpay signs Topshop for ‘buy now, pay later’ svc
- Why Australia needs to grow its creative-tech industry
- Australia: getFoodi, Linius each land Au$500k funding
- ‘Australia needs to embrace innovation and startup firms’
- Applications open: China Australia Millennial Project (CAMP) 2017
- Creative3: Australia’s conference for creative-tech entrepreneurs & startups
- Deakin University partners Dimension Data for cybersecurity incubator
- Australia looks at Hypercat for smart cities standardisation
- A look at the winners of LaunchVic 1st round of grants
- Powering Growth: Realising the potential of AgTech in Australia (pdf)
- LaunchVic’s new CEO announced
- Australia: One10 announces 2 new accelerator programs
- StartupAUS partners Xero cloud accounting company
- Australia: A look at just-launched First Angel, crash course for angel investors
- ‘Let’s stop being so obsessed with tech startups’
- A look at Perth’s coworking spaces for startups and entrepreneurs
- Sydney’s ClassCover lands $600k
- Australia’s Sports Performance Tracking raises over $1.5m
- Sydney’s Moji Edit scores a half-million users in 2 months
- Melbourne’s AgriWeb wins iAward
- Japan Australia Entrepreneur Initiative launches Innovation Dojo
- Camplify & NRMA: corporate startups set to ‘change Australia’s future’
- Australia’s 1st Indigenous Startup Weekend an important step
- Kingdom Hack Wollongong 2016 set for November
- Australia: Mills Oakley launch first law firm-run startup accelerator
- NAB, Westpac-backed Data Republic launches Open Data Marketplace
- Australia: Digital Innovation Festival Victoria on now
- Startupbootcamp Australia edition set for 2017
- Australia: FoodByUs launches with $1.5m funding
- Australia: From Sydney Telstra exec to MOSH digital startup in NYC
- Australia: Melbourne’s Typsy aims at hospitality industry’s skills gap
- Australia: UWA students, faculty helping transform Perth into startup hub
- Australia: Xref HR startup makes candidate referencing easier & faster
- A quick look at the recent WA Innovation Summit
- Melbourne’s ACMI X unveils first coworking space occupants
- Brisbane news startup Hash raises $1 million
- Qantas Codeshare 2016 Hackathon: Sydney in August
- Australia: Code Network Winter Hackathon set for QUT in August
- Startup Victoria appoints Georgia Beattie as new CEO
- Tech23.2016 Conference set for Sydney in October
- QUTCEA Real Enterprise Startup Workshop series set for August
- North Queensland Entrepreneurship Conference set for November
- Australia: Mapping the WA & Australian startup ecosystem
- Melbourne biotech startup CNSDose secures $1m
- Mercedes-Benz Vans aims to tap Aus startup community with hackathon
- HBF Activate, health-focused accelerator: info night set for July 26
- Geelong’s Pundit Connect lands Au$305k funding
- UK’s Jaywing invests $2m in Sydney startup Digital Massive
- Australia: Mumpreneur Start-Up Innovation Workshop set for August in WA
- Western Australia Startup Ecosystem Report 2015/16 launch set for 25th
- Seek invests over $1m in Melbourne’s Sidekicker
- Melbourne startup Nura raises $1.2m for ‘world-first’ headphones
- Melbourne’s RosterCloud, cloud-based staff management tool, acquired
- Cardly takes top spot at Startup Week pitch competition
- Australia: Queensland government adds $6m for regional startups, entrepreneurship
- Tech23: Investment, enterprise, government, university, startups / October
- Australia: H2Ocean VC role for former minister Wyatt Roy
- Australia: A look at LaunchVic recipients and funding received
- Australia: Brisbane’s Travello lands $1.26m
- Clement Vehicles startup aims to revive Adelaide car industry
- Slingshot partners University of Newcastle for entrepreneurship course
- Australia: Business communications startup URGE lands funding
- LaunchVic’s first 18 startups revealed
- Australia: Brisbane’s DoseMe startup gets $2.6m in funding
- 2 Australian fintech hubs join Global Fintech Hubs Federation
- Australia: IPG Mediabrands launches employee-focused tech startup program
- Queensland appoints Chief Entrepreneur to build ‘startup hotspot’ reputation
- HealthKit partners Coviu with video consulting for 15k health practitioners
- WestHack by Victoria University set for September
- FinTech Australia survey: help build the picture
- Fintech Australia CEO on the sector’s ‘total turnaround’
- Australia: Bill Gates backs NSW startup device to detect HIV, malaria, and more
- A quick look at Split Spaces, Mackay’s new coworking & business space
- Optus My Business Awards now open for submissions
- Australia: 20 startups receiving grants in $11.3m Entrepreneur’s Programme
- Australia: Brisbane’s iRecruit lands $417k seed
- Australia: Travello secures funding for solo travellers app
- Australia: Social entertainment platform Migme raises $6m in new funding
- Advance Global Australian Awards & Summit set for October
- Australia: RedEye gets $250K state grant to roll out workforce mobility software
- Veredictum blockchain startup takes on film, TV industry piracy
- Springboard Australia: Helping female entrepreneurs get their share
- PhoneLabs on IndieGoGo: 3D-printed education kits & web apps
- Aurora Labs goes public, looks to 3D printing in agriculture
- Digital Rangers app provides insigh into Aboriginal Australia
- Brisbane’s Cardihab helps heart attack survivors finish rehab
- Australia: Macquarie Uni & partners launch Macquarie Park Innovation District
- A look at the 6 pitches from Sydney’s Innovation Bay Angel Dinner
- Ash Maurya set to visit Melbourne for September Startup Victoria event
- EduGrowth, Open Accelerator Event: Melbourne in September
- OpenAgent raises $12m led by Westpac’s Reinventure
- River City Labs accelerator: batch 2 applications close August 28
- A look at Perth’s Power Ledger, p2p energy trading using Blockchain tech
- Little City Skyline Accelerator talk: Startup Growth Acceleration
- Australia: Power Ledger blockchain startup aims for p2p electricity trade
- Australia: Joey Crowd, world-first crowdfund platform driven by social media
- Why high school is the place to nurture Australia’s entrepreneurs
- TechSydney completes Pozible funding with over Au$560k
- Melbourne’s Spreedbox launches hyper-secure rival to Skype
- Former David Jones CEO joins QUT Creative Enterprise Australia as advisor
- Jurimetrics brings big-data analysis to legal system
- Brisbane: info session for RCL Accelerator & Startup Catalyst @ Microsoft
- Bigstone lands $3m for B2B small business lending marketplace
- Sydney: Startup Validation – how is your idea valuable?
- Startup Mondays: 13 weeks of startup talks at UNSW
- In October: B2B Rocks, Australia’s 1st B2B & SaaS startup conference
- An intro to NSW Women Entrepreneurs Network
- A look at city efforts to become Australia’s startup capital
- City of Sydney adds $35k to October’s Spark Festival Sydney event
- Queensland government program aims for startups to fill state contracts
- Spark Festival Sydney set for October
- Melbourne child care startup Xplor raises $6m to keep parents connected
- How Toowoomba built a thriving startup ecosystem
- Women Leading Businesses To Success event: Melbourne, August 10th
- TechSydney lowers sights after missing $2m crowdfunding target
- Othera using blockchain for credit, risk, debt trading & management
- Australia to lead ISO Blockchain standards endeavour
- Australia: 4 startups to visit Chengdu in bid to create innovation exchange
- Shoptiques aims to gives Australian boutiques online presence
- EduTech Startup Trends in Australia & Beyond: Brisbane in September
- Australia’s Startup Muster survey widens to ecosystem beyond founders
- UNSW FounderLab aims to extend lifespan of student startups
- Australia: NAB completes international money transfer using blockchain
- Australia: Get Paid In Bitcoin receives award nomination
- Kyckr develops corporate identity blockchain solution
- Australia’s RegTech sector shows promising solutions for business
- Australia: Macquarie unveils new digital bank services, seeks feedback
- FinTech Australia partners LaunchVic for FinTech Summit Collab / Collide
- Australia: H2 Ventures to launch fintech investment portfolio, H2 Ocean
- Australian startups in cybersecurity, fintech to take part in Tel Aviv accelerator
- Edstart launches platform to help parents pay private school fees
- The 14 fintech startups chosen for new KPMG mLabs accelerator
- KPMG launches mLab, fintech accelerator for Australian startups
- Alchemy Ventures launches with $200m fund for early startups
- A look at Perth fintech, Future Penny
- Melbourne’s Airwallex aims to take on banks, Western Union, Paypal
- Digi.cash launches digital version of Australian dollar
- 2 Australian fintechs on KPMG mLabs program form data alliance
- Abakus app aims to help property investors monitor portfolio health
- Westpac and Reinventure add 2nd $50m fintech startup fund
- Australia’s biggest startup hubs finally have their eyes on China
- Australia’s Join My Wedding startup aims to let you attend Indian weddings
- A look at the need for data governance in Australia
- Surgical Partners platform wins Innovation Challenge
- Culture x Design unconference in Melbourne July 20th
- South Australia aims for innovation with $50m capital fund
- Australia Post reveals plans for blockchain voting
- Australia: Aspire Awards for private business open for entries
- How blockchain can revolutionise Australian markets
- 3 Australian startups awarded in Talent Unleashed Awards
- Australia: Cyph MD uses Blockchain tech for healthcare data sharing
- ACMI X startup Sandpit aims to reduce mental illness stigma in regional Australia
- Australia: Biomedical Translation Fund launched to bring innovations to market
- Aus/NZ: Visa seeks startups for $70k Everywhere Initiative
- Australia to help Pakistani startups to launch
- Interview: The Difference Incubator co-founder, social enterprise incubator
- startup community leaders must be entrepreneurs
- 2 Aus health startups to pitch at O’seas Talent Entrepreneurship Conference
- Blue Sky VC backs Asian e-commerce startup aCommerce for $13.6m
- Singapore’s AirTrunk aims for Sydney, Melbourne data centers
- Telstra Ventures eyes Asia opportunities
- Telstra Ventures signs Telkom Indonesia for Asia startup investment
- A look at Fishburners Shanghai, coworking and startup space
- Australia’s DateTix to acquire UK’s Lovestruck and expand app to China
- Paper: Economy in Transition: Startups, innovation, and a workforce for the future
- StartupAus: 4.6 million jobs at risk without future-ready workforce
- A look at Seatfrog, auction app for last-minute flight upgrades
- Sydney Sports Incubator sets sights on sports startups
- A look at the 7 winners from Optus Future Makers pitch event
- Australia’s BidEnergy raises Au$7m
- Australian property trading platform Revalu8 lands $1.1m seed funding
- Queensland’s Hot DesQ applications closing end of July
- Survey: Cafe owners & retailers lead Australia’s entrepreneur boom
- Former Telstra boss Trujillo to join board of Australia’s Unlockd startup
- HBF Activate health-focused Hackathon set for late August
- Australia’s cyber-safety startup Family Zone launches $10m IPO
- Australia’s HR startup Seera gains funding from former Xero chief
- Why we need an alternative to venture capital
- Australia’s 1st Indigenous Startup Weekend aims to empower
- How Techfugees worked with startups to help refugees settle in Australia
- Melbourne web dev startup Foxley secures over $700k in funding
- Australia’s Genero raises $4m from Ellerstone Capital
- Australia’s Get Kids Cooking lands $150k Shark Tank funding
- Snappr, ‘Uber for photographers’, hits double planned seed funding target
- Applications open for First Bridge to MassChallenge Australia
- Small business delivery startup Sendle raises $5m
- US office to open for Telstra startup accelerator Muru-D
- Australia: News Corp, Fox Sports, Nova partner on startup equity fund
- Australia: Shark Tank Series 3 applications open
- In Australia, near 1/2 of marketing emails are opened on mobile
- Adcorp invests $1m in Sydney’s vid production startup Shootsta
- Tourism VR platform, TimeLooper, lands HotDesq spot at QUTCEA
- A look at SCALE, Australia’s only women-led angel investment group
- Australia’s Future Fund leads $77m funding in US big data startup MapR
- A look at the challenges & opportunities for Australia’s VR startups