Australia’s startup news: July 2021 headlines
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Australia’s startup news headlines in July of 2021 covered items including: prop-tech startups in Australian real estate; the country’s VC ecosystem; Fintech Australia’s end-of-year CEO address; Lygon’s blockchain solution for bank guarantees; Visa’s moves with Cryptospend and cryptocurrency purchases; and many others.
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- Australia: Cyber Security Skills Partnership Innovation Fund backs 8 projects to the tune of Au$8.2M to boost skills and availability of cybersecurity professionals
- Australia: Victoria state gov’t Alice Anderson Fund set to co-invest $10M million in early-stage capital for up to 60 women-led startups
- Australia strengthens cybersec partnerships with India and US Quad partners, with joint research around trusted autonomous systems for cybersecurity
- Australia: The Australian Entertainment & Media Outlook 2020 COVID-19 Edition from PwC, including sections on e-sports and internet advertising (pdf)
- Australia: FL0 software engineering startup gains backing from Blackbird VC with ‘Dev Acceleration as a Service’, bringing fast, low-code solutions to back-end development
- Australia: An overview of the Startmate Founders Fellowship, 10-week program seeking budding founders in Australia and New Zealand – applications close July 19th
- Australia: ICYMI, the Digital Professional Workforce Action Plan 2020-2024 aims to boost number of Queenslanders skilling and re-skilling for digitally-focused jobs
- Australia: Bundaberg AgTech Hub launches in Queensland, aiming to provide agri-businesses with access to emerging technologies and services
- AgTech resources, from the Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
- Aus/NZ venture studio, Dovetail, currently raising Au$10M fund for seed, Series A and Series B investments in 15 startups in ‘large but underappreciated’ industries
- Australia: Visa approves Australia’s CryptoSpend startup to begin issuing debit cards allowing the startup’s users to make direct purchases using cryptocurrency
- Australia: Gov’t Blockchain Pilot Grants program to invest over $5.6M in investigating blockchain use in Australia’s Critical Minerals and Food and Beverage sectors
- An interview intro to Australia’s AgriWebb livestock and farm management platform
- Australia: Lygon platform has sights on digitising entire bonds and bank guarantees process using blockchain, backed by IBM and major banks
- Australia: A video intro to Luyten construction-tech startup, 3D printing with concrete direct from computer-based designs
- Australia: RMIT Activator’s LaunchHUB pre-accelerator program opens applications for 12-week September 2021 Impact Venture cohort
- Australia: Afterpay buy-now-pay-later startup trialing a new money and lifestyle app, offering users a savings account and debit card
- Australia: SPUR Location Grants Program applications are open to July 30 for businesses using using location data to add value to the land and property sector
- Australia: 2 AI projects to share Au$250K funding under NSW Gov’t Access to Justice Innovation Fund
- Australia: Alex digital banking startup gains banking licence from regulator, allowing the firm to receive deposits from customers to fund loans and credit for other customers
- “Australia’s venture capital ecosystem may be bigger, more established and more cash-rich than ever, but on a global scale, it’s still got some catching up to do.”
- Australia: Victorian government seeking manager for $120M Victorian Startup Capital Fund, a ‘fund of funds’ set to back early-stage tech firms
- Australia: Skyfii acquires Los Angeles’ CrowdVision, building out location-based analytics with AI, computer vision and Lidar to study passenger flows at airports
- Australia: Koinly tax startup partnered by Binance Australia to give users taxation office-compliant reporting solutions
- Australia: FinTech Australia’s End Of Year CEO Address, a year in review
- Australia: Share with Oscar on-demand parking app startup gains partnership with Meriton, Australia’s largest apartment developer
- Australia: Eden Brew gains backing from gov’t CSIRO, producing milk proteins without cows, creating a dairy alternative with no lactose or cholesterol
- Australia: A brief interview intro to :Different, property-tech startup streamlining processes for renters and landlords
- Australia: Spriggy gains National Australia Bank’s NAB Ventures backing with pocket money app for kids, allowing parents to set goals and monitor spending
- Australia: Generator Founders Program launches in Queensland with Startup Onramp and Split Spaces, delivering online learning and weekly group sessions
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- India’s T-Hub and Australia’s La Trobe University launch Global Markets Accelerator Programme 2, unveiling 3 Australian growth-stage startups
- Pacific Island nation of Nauru rejects low-cost undersea cable bid by renamed Huawei Marine Networks, citing security concerns
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