tech news, Australia
#startupAus
Each tech startup news headline for Australia below leads to the online news source for that item, gathered from online tech news coverage in August 2018.
Daily tech startup news headlines:
on LinkedIn / on Twitter / on Facebook / via mobile app
- Zambesi education marketplace lands partnership with WeWork coworking giant
- Herbert Smith Freehills legal firm partners IBM and Data61 on blockchain project
- An intro to Finactly, Newcastle startup helping reconcile your bank statement
- Flare HR tech startup secures $21M from New York’s Point72 Ventures fund
- Startup Grind conference set for Asia-Pacific first in Melbourne in December
- Australian Government bans China’s Huawei and ZTE from participating in domestic 5G network
- Powering Growth: Realising the potential of AgTech for Australia (pdf)
- Legaler blockchain-for-legal startup raises $1.5M in advance of ICO
- Demand Film cinema-on-demand distributor launches Screencreds cryptocurrency to reward users
- An intro to Homechain, world-first end-to-end blockchain solution for the home loan origination market
- Victorian government funds blockchain project to secure medical records online
- Instaclustr ‘open source as a service’ startup secures $20.8M for global growth
- AgriWebb farm management startup raises $14M, acquires UK platform
- Digital Innovation Festival Victoria – 24 August to 7 September
- Magnify World Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Expo – Melbourne, August 25th
- An intro to Adelaide’s Bellr, real-time CRM for the hospitality industry that landed $160K and Coca Cola Amatil deal
- Australia’s ArtChain Global aims to transform the US$1TN global art economy
- UDT combines IoT and blockchain for supply chain tracking and proof-of-provenance
- Ceres Tag agricultural IoT startup to trial 500 cattle-monitoring ear tags
- Intersective lands $90K grant from SA government for international student work placements
- GO1 edtech startup secures $4m, valued at AU$15M
- Havven decentralized payment network and stablecoin to launch on EOS blockchain for cross-project transactions
- DC Two data center operator is developing a solar-powered crypto mining farm
- Australia’s UgoRound allows cities to send citizens incident alerts based on location
- An intro to Melbourne’s Carbar, startup changing car ownership using a subscription model
- World Bank turns to CBA for world’s first blockchain-driven bond
- Tank Stream Labs’ Female Entrepreneurs Week – August 13-17 in Perth and Sydney
- University of Melbourne turns to IoT to better understand campus utilization
- Tech23 applications open to startups working in deep tech
- Horizons Accelerator Program seeking scalable startups in tourism and travel sectors
- The New York Times to increase its presence in Australia with key appointments
- An intro to Shping, aiming to revamp loyalty programs using blockchain
- Coinjar launches Digital Currency Fund, Australia’s first index-style cryptocurrency fund for wholesale investors
- Skippr SME financing startup lands $16M debt/equity funding
- UniSA Innovation & Collaboration Centre appoints 1st entrepreneur-in-residence
- Australia’s first venture debt fund to launch with Au$100M in place
- Sendy blockchain startup raises $500K with marketing email rewards system
- Venture Invest 2018 Conference for early-stage startup investors – Melbourne, 30-31 August
- BLOCKConscious Summit set for Brisbane 10
- 2800 parking and pedestrian sensors rolled out in Adelaide’s latest Smart City project
- An intro to UDT, using blockchain to track animal welfare, prevent counterfeiting and more
- News Corp Australia launches internal innovation program, News Bolt
- KPMG release Startup Founder Research 2018 report
- LaunchVic to invest $500K to bring international entrepreneurs-in-residence to coworking spaces
- TravelbyBit lands Queensland government funding to help Bundaberg tourism with cryptocurrency
- Deakin Uni startup FLAIM Systems uses HTC Vive to deliver VR firefighting training
- Accenture unveils 8 startups selected for 2018 Fintech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific
- QUT Creative Enterprise Australia unveils 10 graduating startups fro Collider accelerator
- Commonwealth Bank ships 17 tons of almonds to Europe, tracked using blockchain
- Power Ledger to bring blockchain-based renewable energy trading to entire apartment block
