Westpac’s Reinventure buys tech start-up Doshii
[1] The Westpac-backed venture fund Reinventure has acquired Melbourne-based payments platform start-up Doshii. [2] Westpac is Reinventure’s largest investor and has recently initiated another...
Australian startup Local Measure has raised $4.5 million and will open in Dubai, Los Angeles
[1] Sydney-based tourism technology startup Local Measure has recently raised $4.5 million worth of capital from from private investors, funds and equity firms all over the Asia-Pacific region. [2] W...
Australia’s Seventh Street Media Acquires Tone Deaf, The Brag and J Play
[1] Two of Oz’s best-known online independent music media brands, Tone Deaf and The Brag and B2B resource J Play, are now owned by Australian startup Seventh Street Media. [2] Additionally, the com...
Australian businesses spend $6 million a year on artificial intelligence: What this means for startups
[1] Based on the World Economic Forum’s research, Australian big businesses are paying out an average of $6 million annually on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. [2] AI developments pr...
Sydney startup Deputy scores $25 million investment, a huge funding round for Australia
[1] Sydney-based HR startup Deputy has recently raised $25 million (AU$33.3 million) in a Series A financing round initiated by OpenView. [2] Deputy’s mobile app makes employee management, s...
Australian startup fuses finance with media
[1] Australian fintech startup INDX.guru is making investment decisions on the Australian stock market uncomplicated. [2] Its raw financial data,’investor sentiment’ , traditional and soc...
Aussie founders invited to fight in British Hunger Games-inspired startup event
[1] Australian startups are all invited to UK’s British Hunger Games-inspired startup event on February 28th. [2] Organized by UK’s Department for International Trade, the Startup Games at The...
Perth start-up develops ‘Bloomberg terminal’ for lawyers
[1]Founded by law and commerce graduate Conrad Karageorge and classmate Sam Spilsbury has created a technology which is likened to ‘Bloomberg terminals’. [2] With Bloomberg terminals, sto...
Australian online training startup GO1 gets $3m in funding
[1] With Queensland-based educational startup GO1’s services, organisations are able to organize online training programs for their staff. [2] Recently, the startup has closed a pre-Series A rou...
Startup launched to address digital distraction
[1] According to Australian National University’s Public health and social policy researcher for child care, Dr Lara Corr, children resort to their own devices if parents are also regularly usi...