Australia: May 2016

Startup news

in 05/2016

How Australia’s real estate boom hurts startups // read it here
Queensland banks on Au$8m relocation program to lure int’l startup talent // read it here
Australia’s Bytes4Health incubator aiming to grow digital health startups // read it here
Tilt, ‘social payments app for Gen Y’, launches in Australia // read it here
2016 Tech Pioneers report: Australia & New Zealand (pdf) // read it here
Australia’s next startup ‘landing pad’ opening in Berlin // read it here
Australian startup Spacer eyes Asia’s $4bn storage market // read it here
New $20m Dragon Egg fund to back Aus startups expanding to China // read it here
Backers pour $15m into Australia’s telecom/advertising startup Unlockd // read it here
Australia’s all-you-can-fly startup Airly aims for Q3 launch // read it here
‘Australia’s scattergun startup funding short changes accelerators and won’t work’ // read it here
Sustainability Startup/Innovation Weekend Melbourne set for May // read it here
Melbourne’s Hava SaaS startup lands $500k // read it here
Australian entrepreneur on the problems with today’s startups // read it here
Melbourne’s Airly to jet to Europe after pitch contest win // read it here
Hoozu aims to link tech with social media talent in Australia // read it here
Australia’s BugCrowd digital security startup raises $19m // read it here
AP exec on cultural differences between Australian and Asian companies // read it here
Microsoft to bring MassChallenge startup accelerator to Australia // read it here
Sydney custom dressmaker Fame and Partners raises $10m from US // read it here
Drive Yello food delivery app helping Australians earn an extra buck // read it here
TruePillars connects smart investors with businesses for small loans // read it here
Branson, Wozniak and Facebook VP seeking world’s best startups // read it here
Startup launches WelcomeOver, the Airbnb for food, in Australia // read it here
Data61’s Ribit.net collabs with ICT Geelong to spur regional startups // read it here
Melbourne tech community works to help refugees settle in Australia // read it here
News Corp leads seed round in Australian augmented reality startup, Plattar // read it here
$100 million ‘global first’ Australia-China science precinct for UNSW, Sydney // read it here
‘Absolute crisis’ facing Australian tech: “Nobody wants to come here anymore” // read it here
Australia & New Zealand tech deal activity jumps 8x since 2011 // read it here
Australia considering startup landing pad in India’s Bengaluru // read it here
Fishburners plans 4-fold Sydney expansion // read it here
The right business to build is the one you *want* to build // read it here
Canberra’s eWay acquired by US giant, Global Payments, for US$50m // read it here
Applications open for QUT CEA Creative3 Pitch event // read it here
Connect Expo 2016, Melbourne: business, technology, innovation // read it here
MadPaws, ‘Airbnb for pets’ startup, partners with PETstock // read it here
$20 million Dragon Egg Fund launched for Australian startups to crack China // read it here
Startup Buckitdream aims to tap ‘bucket list’ data // read it here
Wanted: Entrepreneur-in-Residence at muru-D, Australia // read it here
LaunchVic, Australian $60 million startup fund, open for applications // read it here
Australian trade delegation seeks opportunities for startups in China // read it here
Aus startup system will “fall hopelessly behind” if gov’t doesn’t fix immigration laws // read it here
Australia’s Blockchain Summit 2016 set for June, in Melbourne // read it here
LA meet Australia: Emerging Innovators Xchange 2016 // read it here
‘..launch pads overseas will only undermine talent creation at home..’ // read it here
VC funds, think tanks puzzle over startup ‘valley of death’ // read it here
Sydney event: Stories from media-tech startups at different stages // read it here
Australian startup SkedGo wins Rio Olympics Transport Challenge // read it here
A look at the recent Victorian gov’t BudgetHack event // read it here
Australian startups: more commitment, less conversation // read it here
Funnel Ventures: bridging social gap between Aus startups and Silicon Valley // read it here
Perth’s IOT startup Quantify Technology hires 2 ex-Cisco execs, preps for launch // read it here
6 tips for early-stage fintechs from an Australian investor // read it here
clapit breaks Australian record with seed funding of A$2.57m // read it here
Australia’s Bombd sets up shop in Venice Beach, aims at social networking presence // read it here
Australian startup aims to matchmake startups with big business // read it here
A look at DRU, the world’s first pizza delivery robot // read it here
StartupAUS director: Fix immigration or lose people like me // read it here
General Motors launches new platform made by Australian startup // read it here
Social media startup Vamp aims for IPO in Australia // read it here
Apparition Media advertising startup uses mural art for customer engagement // read it here
Cardect startup on Indiegogo aims to be the end of the business card // read it here
Pollenizer partners University of Western Australia for entrepreneurship // read it here
Australia’s ‘trust economy’ startup, Meeco, in global push // read it here
Sapien Ventures’ first fintech investment is in Hashching // read it here
‘Fintech’s $138 billion opportunity’ // read it here
Inaugural Singapore Fintech Festival set for November // read it here
Australia calls for global ISO Blockchain standards // read it here
Tension mounts between banks and fintechs over password sharing // read it here
Why Barclays sees banking’s future as an information business // read it here
Brisbane credit union CUA partners Sydney fintech hub Stone & Chalk // read it here
Aus fintech market to hit $4bn by 2020; banks may lose $10bn // read it here
12 fintech startups added to Afiniation Melbourne event // read it here
Australia’s Remarkable Accelerator to develope disability-focused startups // read it here
Asia-Pacific internet users use more devices, often 4+ // read it here
In Shanghai: Digital Disruptors in Asia & the Power of Partnership // read it here
NZ startup First Table lands 200 restaurants for early bird dining // read it here
How Loomio, a worker-owned tech startup, found investors and kept its values // read it here
NZ’s SuchCrowd startup: musicians, artists secure an audience before touring // read it here
NZ startup Dotterel wins innovation award for drone noise reduction tech // read it here
Sequoia Capital, Airtree lead $10m funding of NZ startup 90 Seconds // read it here
Tuhua fund raises $10m to invest in 25 New Zealand startups // read it here
Australia Post to trial drone delivery // read it here