SydStart packing: Victoria poaches conference
[1] Part of the Victorian government’s $60 million startup fund will be used to bring Sydney’s “SydStart” to Melbourne in 2016. [2] Victorian Minister for Small Business, Inn...
Meet Australia’s $200m startup wunderkind
[1] At 19 years old, Melanie Perkins developed her company from her mother’s living room and really lacked experience at that time. [2] Now, at 28 years old, Perkins’ company, Canva, is now va...
Australian startup Invoice2go ready to go into SME mobile payments
[1] Invoicing startup Invoice2go has closed a $15 million series C funding round that will be utilized for moving into the mobile payments space. [2] The round was initiated by Ribbit Capital and ...
Australia’s NAB and Fishburners partner for fintech hackathon
[1] Everyone’s motivated into getting on with hackathons, and now NAB is jumping on the bandwagon. [2] After revealing their partnership with Australia’s largest coworking space Fishburners,...
Australian Government open data offer presents “wealth of opportunities” to startups
[1] The Australian government will be revealing public data as part of a pilot program geared towards encouraging innovation in e-governance. [2] The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet wil...
Melbourne’s IoT water bottle will be the drinking buddy you can’t lose
[1] Melbourne-based startup ALPAKA will soon be embarking on a crowdfunding campaign for FLOW, an internet-connected bottle that warns owners whenever their bottle’s left behind and also mak...
Great Aussie startups have paved the way for $200 million VC funds, Niki Scevak says
[1] Blackbird Ventures co-founder Niki Scevak believes that through two tech-focused $200 million tech venture funds, Australia’s venture capital industry will be rebuilt. [2] Last September,...
Victorian government lures SydStart to Melbourne with $1 million in funding, event to rebrand as StartCon
[1] The SydStart conference is rebranding to StartCon and moving to Melbourne next year following an investment from the Victorian Government, according to an announcement by Freelancer. [2] The news ...
Kim Dotcom revelations to build an encrypted, peer-supported internet at Sydney’s SydStart conference
[1] Eccentric entrepreneur and privacy advocate Kim Dotcom has revealed that he’s building his own private internet that is safe from the prying eyes of surveillance authorities. [2] He said this at...
How the Swedish Chef, Final Fantasy and football help kids get into coding
[1] Grok Learning’s co-founder Nicky Ringland admits she never got the chance to learn about coding in school. [2] At a young age, Ringland has always been passionate about computers and progr...