September’s month-end tech startup news from Australia
Australia’s tech startup news in September 2021 covered applications and developments including: app-based gold trading; sustainability-focused venture capital funding; data-driven property management tech in Australian real estate; artificial intelligence-driven analysis of sports and athlete performance; Australian Cyber Week; and more.
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- Australia: YBF Melbourne has appointed a blockchain expert-in-residence to help startups better understand the potential of distributed ledger technology
- Australia: Giant Leap impact VC fund raises over $15M for a second fund, Giant Leap II, to focus on 3 key themes: Sustainable living, health and wellbeing and empowering people
- Australia: Paypa Plane partners Cuscal payments platform to enable PayTo digital solution, allowing real-time payments and more from customer bank accounts
- Central banks in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa to conduct joint cross-border payments trial using different central bank digital currencies
- Australia: A brief intro to SensFit Technologies, designers of a smart shoe that can detect early signs of conditions including diabetes, dementia and elderly physical activity issues
- Australia: Gov’t enacts new laws to hack your computer, online accounts, and most tech and networks you come in contact with – no warrant and without you knowing
- Australia: The full Emerging Tech Pitch Night video from the recent Melbourne Connect Innovation Week
- Video: Australia’s September 2021 Virtual Silicon Beach Pitch Night – 8 startups featured
- Australia: “A one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit can be built in as little as 18 hours and for $7,000 – provided we use 3D printing technology to do it.”
- She Loves Tech 2021 Australia Round set for September 10th at 10am, running virtually – register for the online event
- Australia: NFT Fest Aus virtual event set for September 30th, celebrating all things non-fungible
- Australia: propper property-tech startup gains backing from IAG Firemark Ventures with data-driven property management and insights
- Australia: Victorian gov’t to establish $4M hub and $2.2M in grants for pre-accelerator programs in sports-tech and agritech
- South Australia Dep’t for Trade and Investment inks agreement with Microsoft, Nokia and others around space technology and 5G
- Australia: New Wave US Ready Bootcamp launched by UNSW and US Embassy, opening applications for female entrepreneurs focusing on the US market
- Australia: A brief intro to 10 sports-tech startups, working with analytics, AI, virtual reality and more
- Australia: Remarkable Accelerator Program expressions of interest are now open, seeking early-stage disability-focused startups
- Australian Innovation Ecosystem Map – add your listing as a startup, innovator, entrepreneur…
- Mark your calendars: Australian Cyber Week 2021 set for October 25-29
- Australia: Startup Central Victoria Hackathon set for October 15-17, with registrations to participate closing October 13th
- “…Australian Cyber Security Centre’s latest Annual Cyber Threat Report revealed more than 67,500 cybercrimes were reported in the 2020-21 financial year…”
- Australia: Neighbourlytics female-led startup selected to represent Australia in global She Loves Tech competition
- Australia: New South Wales and Victoria reportedly trialling facial recognition software in COVID-19 containment, raising concerns over data security, accuracy and more
- Australia: Zip buy-now-pay-later provider aiming to allow merchants to accept Bitcoin payments next year; also planning to launch crypto trading feature
- Download: Australian Cyber Security Centre Annual Cyber Threat Report, 2020 to 2021 (pdf)
- Australia: Immutable raises $60M with Ethereum-based NFT games platform, with tools enabling credit card purchases, AML services, KYC and more
- Australia: Fundsquire investment firm gains Au$75M with focus on pre-revenue and early stage startups in the R&D space
- Download: ‘Preparing for Australia’s digital future – A strategic plan for information and communication science, engineering and technology’
- Australia: Rush Gold raises $3M Series A with app and platform allowing people to use gold like cash – to buy, save, transfer, gift and spend via major mobile wallets
- Australia: Spark Festival set for October 13-27, delivering 100+ events looking at startups, innovation and entrepreneurship
- An overview of Antler Australia’s achievements in its first 2 years of operation
- Australia: The Sydney Innovation Festival starts October 12th, an annual event introducing students to entrepreneurship and the Sydney innovation ecosystem
- Australia: An intro to Tide Foundation, competing in TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield with blockchain-based data encryption built on zero-trust authentication
- Australia: A brief intro to the 10 startups set to present at Pitch Perfect virtual event on September 30th, working in HR tech, fintech, sustainable shopping and more
- Australia: Mastercard to collaborate with government’s Digital Transformation Agency to explore digital ID verification technology
- Fintech Australia / AWS Fintech Megatrends Webinar set for September 30th
- Australia: GamefaceAI acquired in $33M deal by Slinger Bags equipment giant with AI-driven analysis of sports footage, providing insights on a match or sporting performance
- ICYMI: Mastercard now stepping into the burgeoning buy-now-pay-later space with launch of Mastercard Installments service in Australia, the US and the UK
- Australia: 10 startups pitch live, today at 4pm, in the Pitch Perfect virtual event from Startup Daily and Microsoft Australia
- Vietnam-Australia artificial intelligence cooperation network launches, aiming to boost knowledge-sharing in the field
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