The Australian startup news headlines collected here were drawn from online media coverage of Australia’s startup and funding news across September 2020.
Items listed give an overview of Australia’s startup news headlines; each Australian startup news headline is hyperlinked to the online article behind the headline, providing an at-a-glance understanding of recent developments in Australia’s startup ecosystem, and also allowing you to instantly read those articles that interest you most.
- Australia: Gov’t of New South Wales to make 3-year investment of $180M to broaden scope of Cyber Security NSW, quadrupling cybersecurity team size
- Australia: The Ocean Impact Pitchfest 2020 applications now open, seeking innovations and innovators aiming for a positive impact on the world’s oceans
- Australia: Facebook threatens ban on Australian users sharing local or international news on FB and Instagram if federal gov’t proceeds with bargaining code legislation
- Australia: 2 National Blockchain Roadmap Working Groups established to research use cases of blockchain tech in Australia, focusing on supply chains and credentialing
- Australia’s Prospection healthcare analytics startup takes step into APAC with launch of Japan office
- Australia: Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology issues interim report on fintech and regtech, proposing 32 recommendations to gov’t
- Australia: Cyber-attacks hit Australians nearly every 10 minutes, costing the nation $29BN a year, finds Australian Cyber Security Centre report
- Hunting the Phoenix: The Chinese Communist Party’s global search for technology and talent, a policy brief from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
- Australia: Voting now open for the 2020 Online Startup & Innovation Awards, hosted by YBF Ventures – here are the finalists
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission sets 4-year tech focus on developing the financial system, with AI and data analysis to inform regulatory decisions
- Australia: National Missing Persons Hackathon registrations now open for October event
- Australia: Service NSW hack exposed 738GB of data, encompassing 3.8M documents and 186K customer details
- Australia: An introductory look at reZme, direct-booking platform for hotel stays aiming to provide hotels with more control of their bookings
- Australia/New Zealand: Women In AI Awards applications and nominations open September 14th, aiming to recognise female entrepreneurs in artificial intelligence
- Australia’s Startmate unveils latest startup intake, alongside its first New Zealand cohort
- Australia: Uber to launch Uber and Transit feature in Sydney, allowing users to mix and match ridesharing with public transport
- Australia: NAB and CommBack launch interest-free credit cards less than 24 hours apart in bid to compete with popularity of buy now, pay later firms and fintechs
- Australia: “Privacy, blockchain and the Internet of Things – Can we keep control of our own identities?” via the University of South Australia
- Australia: Applications close September 18th for PopLabs, incubator program for creative businesses using storytelling to drive social impact
- Australia: An intro to the recently-launched trial of Civic Ledger blockchain tech in Queensland, focusing on irrigation and ‘water trading’ in the region’s agricultural sector
- Australia: The Studio creative/tech incubator launches Sydney-based Founders’ Program, with applications closing October 11th
- Australia: West Tech Fest 2020 set to run from November 30th to December 6th in multiple locations
- Australia: Dendra Systems raises $10M Series A with drone-driven land analysis and seed delivery
- Australia: Fenn Foods to launch carbon-neutral plant-based beef replacement, Veef, later this year, with sights on Singapore launch following
- An Opportunity for Strengthening U.S.-Australian Cyber Cooperation’ via Lawfare
- Australia: ‘Clean pipes’ – should internet service providers deliver a more secure internet when the majority of users don’t have the skills or resources to defend themselves?
- Australia: uDrew wins $508K gov’t grant with platform enabling contractors and owners without technical skills to design and manage renovation projects
- Australia: Startup@AnyAge program launches focusing on senior entrepreneurs and those over 50, run by University of South Australia and SA Health
- Australia’s GameFace AI and India’s Gamerji Esports make it to St Louis VC firm Stadia Ventures’ investment list following accelerator participation
- Australia: Atlassian launches $70M Atlassian Ventures fund to boost early-stage startups building for the company’s cloud products
- Ensuring a trusted 5G ecosystem of vendors and technology’, a report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
- Australia: National Blockchain Roadmap Highlights – a 2-page introduction (pdf)
- Australia: Government unveils National Digital Health Workforce and Education Roadmap
- Australia: Finding Startups, an open-source database for the Victorian startup ecosystem, providing real-time data for founders, investors, corporates and policy makers
- Australia’s Festival Of Dangerous Ideas hosts livestream with Edward Snowden tomorrow, September 24th, talking on surveillance states
- Australia-Israel Innovation Summit 2020 set for October 21st, running online with sessions on AI, cybersecurity and more
- Australia: First Pitch for Kids 2020 launches free country-wide competition to educate and inspire children aged 8-13 about entrepreneurship
- Australia: AgUnity wins Au$250K at Techsylvania virtual pitch event with platform and technology focused on unbanked farmers in developing countries
- Blockchain Australia industry body partnered by Binance Australia cryptocurrency exchange with aim of boosting blockchain discussion, education and use
- Australia: NAB launches country’s first bug bounty program for banking in partnership with Bugcrowd, crowdsourced security company
- Australia: Xccelerate 2020 program applications now open for Australian tech startups delivering digital solutions for consumers and businesses
- Australia: Telstra and Microsoft extend partnership to work on IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, 5G technology and more
- Fintech Australia Finnies Awards event set for October 28th, recognising the country’s financial technology innovators and achievers
- Australia: The Future of Agricultural Technologies report now available to download
- Australia’s Amatil X, Coca-Cola’s corporate venturing platform, sets sights on growth in Indonesia with startups and innovation
- ICYMI: An intro to the inaugural class of the Techstars Korea Accelerator, 10 startups from Korea, Australia, Canada, Singapore, the US and the UK
- New Zealand Government-backed $300M Elevate NZ Venture Fund makes first investment, placing $21.5M into Australia’s Blackbird Ventures
- Philippines: QBO partners with Australia Government’s Investing in Women initiative for Startup Pinay, aiming to boost women entrepreneurs in the tech startup space
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