Q2 2017
Startup News
Australia
- Australia: Practice Ignition accounting software startup raises $5M
- Australia: Unlockd mobile ad startup lands Twitter’s former Asian chief
- Australia: Unlockd adtech startup raises $30.7M, sets for growth
- Australia: The Yield agtech startup backed for AU$6.5M by Bosch, KPMG
- Australia: SWOOP Analytics becomes Workplace by Facebook tech partner
- Australia: Ignition Lab Pitch Fest – Bendigo, April 26
- Australia: A look at Microba, top 5 Bridge to Mass Challenge startup
- Australia: Living Room of Satoshi opens up bill payment using Bitcoin
- Australian Securities Exchange announces 1st Bitcoin investment
- Australia: Living Room of Satoshi bill payments tech startup adds PIVX
- Australia: RegHack DownUnder – Melbourne, May 12
- Australia: University of Melbourne first to use blockchain for student records
- Australia: Hashkloud blockchain startup partners with 2 Bangladeshi banks
- Is Australia’s blockchain adoption at tipping point?
- Australia: MAP Startup Intensive – Canberra, June 16
- Australia: A brief look at Landing Pad startups making moves in Shanghai
- Australia: Melbourne’s tech cowork space York Butter Factory to expand to Sydney
- Australia: A look at The Space startup & entrepreneur hub in Cairns
- Australia: Outcome-Hub launches cowork/innovation space in Melbourne
- Australia: RocketSpace coworking to open in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
- Australia: CryptoPhoto cybersecurity startup impresses in Tel Aviv
- Australia: Amazon sets for retail entry with ‘vast selection’, fast delivery
- Australia: Cogniss aims to redefine education, behavior-change via tech
- Australia: Edupreneur conference set for September with $87K LaunchVic help
- Australia: Melbourne’s Verso edtech raises $2M for US expansion
- Australian Clean Energy Seed Fund reaches $26M target
- Australia: Startup removing plastic from sea wins Coffs Coast StartUp Challenge
- Australia: Assembly Payments fintech sets Melbourne as HQ
- Australia: Deloitte ranks Sydney over Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo for growing fintech
- Australia: Look Who’s Charging fintech takes win at CeBIT PitchFest
- The Fintech Australia 2017 Finnies Award winners
- Australia: Inamo gets $1.5M for contactless payment wearables
- Australia: NAB subsidiary UBank unveils RoboChat home loan virtual assistant
- Australia: A look at the 2017 Finnie Awards finalists
- Australia: Farmecco fintech boosting farmer net wealth backed by Government
- Australia: zipMoney digital payment startup scores Shopify partnership
- Australia: Melbourne’s Airwallex lands US$13M from Mastercard, Tencent, Sequoia
- Australia: InDebted lands near $1M from Westpac-backed Reinventure
- Australia: China’s Tencent backs Melbourne’s Airwallex fintech startup
- Australia: Gobbill launches email-your-bills payment service
- Australia: Qantas AVRO accelerator to back 6 startups, 6 scale-ups
- FinTech Australia unveils map of Australian fintech ecosystem
- Australia: Hubdoc cloud accounting application gains $4.85M
- Australia: government requests tenders to operate new Melbourne fintech hub
- Australia: NSW government seeks 10 startups for Tel Aviv accelerator
- Australia: Thrive startup aids refugee startups through microfinance
- Australia: Basiq financial data sharing startup backed by Reinventure
- Australia: NAB clients set to access equity crowdfunding via OurCrowd
- Australia: Victorian Government Joins Australia’s Digital Currency Association
- Australia: H2 opens applications for fintech, data, AI accelerator
- Australia: Stockspot lands $3M, aiming to be online investment advice leader
- Australia: Victoria to build Docklands fintech hub; festival set for October
- Australia: GovHack set for late July – details here
- Australia: Digital Transformation Agency hires new CEO
- Australia: government sets $131M for cross-portfolio analytics to gauge policy effect
- Australia: AngelHack Global Hackathon Series – Melbourne, May 6-7
- Australia: Weploy on-demand recruitment platform launches backed by $1M
- Australia: Melbourne’s Culture Amp HR tech startup raises $US20M
- Australia: Female founders dominate HR Tech accelerator’s 1st cohort
- Australia: Event Workforce Group set to serve US sports via San Fran landing pad
- Australia: Bluethumb raises $1M for online destination for Indigenous art
- Australia: DHIVE indigenous-led incubator launches in Cairns
- Australia: Regulator ASIC inks fintech partnership with Indonesia counterpart
- Australia: Trov insurance app startup raises $US45M
- Australia: IoT Festival – June 3-6, Melbourne
- Australia: Freestyle Technology IoT startup wins $5.8M South Korea contract
- Australia: Techstars Adelaide program applications open
- Australia: A look at Fleet, nano-satellite startup for the IoT
- Australia: Telstra Labs launches to foster IoT development
- Australia: Myriota monitors remote water tanks via satellite & IOT
- Australia: Unlocking the IoT Opportunity muru-D, Startup VIC info session
- Australia: Everything IoT Summit set for Sydney in October
- Australia: IoT Festival, Melbourne, 3-6 June
- Australia: Walkleys Media Incubator & Innovation Fund longlist unveiled
- Australia: Mills Oakley reveals first 2 startups supported via $500K accelerator
- Australia: LawAdvisor, Uptick, Sinorbis each land funding
- Australia: Shippit shipping management startup bags $1.63M
- Australia: Brisbane’s Advvy set for top Asian startups battle in Singapore
- Australia: Rokt marketing tech startup lands largest funding of the year
- Australia: Vero email marketing startup raises $4M for expansion
- Australia: Whitecoat healthtech startup secures former NAB chief as Chairman
- Australia: NSW entrepreneur to raffle Das Hund Haus bar to build medtech startup
- Australia: Robots, virtual reality successfully used to engage Dementia patients
- Australia: HealthEngine medical appointment booking site lands $26.7M
- Australia: Nebula Health lands $250K for patient care app
- Australia: GirledWorld Summit for secondary schoolgirls – June 24/25, Melbourne
- Australia: C2 Conference, business & creativity, set for Melbourne in November
- Australia: ConnectHack – help bring fast broadband to SE Melbourne
- Australia: Unearthed Hackathon for resources industry, April 21-23, Brisbane
- Australia: Newscar aims to source breaking news from ride-share drivers
- Australia: Walkley Media Incubator & Innovation Fund open for entries
- Australia: Tapview micropayments to help news sites charge 10c / article
- Another look at Lion Unleashed, accelerator seeking F&B entrepreneurs
- Australasia: Lion Unleashed partners Slingshot for new accelerator
- Australia: BrickX fintech helps you invest in property for as little as $100
- Rentberry, US ‘rent-bidding’ startup, set to launch in Australia
- Australia: Spacely launched by REA Group for short-term & coworking
- Australia: A brief look at robotics in agriculture and other industries
- Australia: Canberra startups set for Singapore showcase
- HubSpot launches $100K 25-word-pitch startup competition
- ‘Smart cities don’t just happen’
- Australia: BlueChilli CityConnect accelerator aims to tackle urban challenges
- Australia: Social Traders’ Crunch startup accelerator set for July
- Australia: Sports Analytics Conference set for Melbourne in June
- Australia: SportsTech Pitch Night – May 30, Melbourne
- Australia: Startup Onramp aims to educate 1000 new tech founders
- Australia: Student to startup – how educators and industry need to collaborate
- Australia: Women entrepreneurs changing the world – May 2, Melbourne
- Australia: Sydney secures LAUNCH startup festival for 2018 and 2019
- Australia: A look at country businesses using city startups to grow
- Australia: Melbourne’s Bugdojo launches bot-powered quality assurance tool
- Australia: Meet the tech founders in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for Asia-Pac
- Australia: Sydney Startup Hub project hits hurdles
- Australia: EnergyLab accelerator launched for renewable energy startups
- Australia: Qwilr lands $1.12M for documents-to-web-page solutions
- Australia: The Sharing Hub accelerator opens in Sydney
- Australia: A look at Geelong’s moves towards becoming regional startup capital
- Australia: CoVentured launched to connect corporates with startups and scaleups
- Australia: AutoGuru marketplace startup partners Uber
- OpenStack Australia – open source cloud tech conference, June 1st
- Australia: Sunan Cup Startup Competition for sci/tech startups
- Australia: In your 30s/40s? Help The Juggle podcast with some research
- Australia: Hatch Quarter Startup Prize launches in Melbourne
- Australia: Help PitchMi validate their pitch-publish-pay process
- Australia: Canberra’s Myto uses visual sensor tech for home food gardens
- Australia: Adelaide’s Fleet signs first international pilot partners
- Australia: Startup Weekend Other Rockhampton set for June 2-4
- Australia Post Regional Pitchfest reveals national competitors line-up
- Australia: Government to ‘refocus’ on regional startup incubators
- Australia: Find Your Co-Founder – May 31, Melbourne
- Australia: A look at Cicada Innovations, high-performing incubator
- Australia: How InStitchu is repopularizing the tailored suit
- Australia: RMIT University Activator City Hub launch event, late July
- Australia: A look at Brisbane’s startup and innovation hubs
- Australia: OTEC Melbourne Pitch Heat set for July 3rd
- A look at 40 of Melbourne’s startups and scaleups to watch
- Australia: West Tech Fest 2017 set for Perth, December
- 500 Startups Australia to be led by former Eventbrite Australia boss
- City of Melbourne announces Draft Startup Action Plan 2017-2021
- Australia: A look at Ipswich’s smart city, startup and driverless transport moves
- Australia: A look at the AIIA South Australia iAwards winners
- Australia: A look at Shacky, tiny house rental startup
- Australia: Lingmo unveils 8-language translation earpiece at UN event
- Australia: Perth’s Demand Film set for North American entry
- Australia: Creative3 Pitch winners set to join Virgin StartUps program in UK
- Digital Pulse 2017: Policy priorities to fuel Australia’s digital workforce boom
- Australia: Inquiry launched into support for startups in regional NSW
- Australia: A look at Start Space, slated for 2019 launch at Vic State Library
- South Australia appoints first Chief Advisor on innovation
- Australia: MealPal startup aims for $8 lunches in Sydney CBD
- Australia: A look at recipients under the $23M Incubator Support initiative
- Australia: Income Booster Expo for the gig economy – Sydney, 4th June
- Australia: muru-D appoints entrepreneur-in-residence for new Melbourne program
- Australia: State Library of Victoria gifted $2M to establish Start Space hub
- Australia: Startup Weekend Perth set for May 12-14
- Australia: Hot DesQ applications open to early May
- Australia: Queensland’s Fire Station 101 shines with local gov’t award
- Australia: Design needed for Office of the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur logo
- Creative Enterprise Australia picks 10 for Collider accelerator’s first intake
- Australia: A look at Queensland’s startup moves
- Australia: Hot DesQ offers equity-free incentive for startups to relocate
- Australia: A look at sharing economy accelerator The Sharing Hub
- Australia: How 500 Startups is likely to boost Australia’s startup profile
- Australia: TheSunrise tech conference set for end of May in Sydney
- Australia: Plus Eight Accelerator Program launches, 6 startups featured
- Australia: Is attracting global accelerators a waste of money?
- Australia: MAP Startup Intensive session – Launceston, Tasmania
- Australia: $900K set to establish Tasmania Start-Up Accelerator Program
- Australia: Melbourne Accelerator Program launch event – May 31
- Australia: A look at Cribber, cloud-based communication stream for tradies
- Australia: QUT Creative Enterprise Australia launches creative tech accelerator
- Australia: QUT CEA announces 1st cohort for creative tech accelerator
- Australia: The Studio Incubator set to push new media, creative tech startups
- Australia: The recent Australia-Viet Nam Young Leadership Dialogue
- Australia: Microsoft to aid mixed reality startups in Melbourne accelerator
- Australia: Academy Xi raises $2.25M for VR, AR school
- Australia: CityQuest AR startup wins China Australia Millennial Project
- Australia: TechSydney partners ELEVACAO Foundation to boost women entrepreneurs
- Australia: Girl Geek Academy opens SheHacks initiative to corporates
