#StartupAus news
August 2017
- 4 startups join muru-D, Telstra IoT-focused accelerator
- Flare HR backed in $5.5M round by Westpac Reinventure
- StartCon conference set for Sydney in December
- EY FinTech Australia Census 2017 now open for submissions
- Everything IOT founder interviewed on Australia’s IOT ecosystem
- ActivePipe property tech startup raises $1.8M
- OpenStack Summit – November, Sydney
- $25K hackathon aims for innovation in NSW gov’t, public safety
- UNSW pitch comp winner trials startup for ageing population
- TokenOne cyber-security startup selected for US move
- Hack4Homelessness – 15-17 Sept, Sydney
- Australian Information Security Association conference – November, Sydney
- Hyper Anna AI data science start-up backed in $16M round
- Unlockd debuts in Asia, launches Swapps in Indonesia
- Wattwatchers raises $4M to help consumers save on power bills
- i4Tradies tradesman services management platform launches (pdf)
- LaunchVic announces 3rd round of refugee, migrant startup support
- SBE Australia E3 Empower, Evolve, Escalate – EOIs open
- SBE Australia to launch female founder program in Melbourne
- Fund My Neighbourhood lets SA citizens vote on $40M allocation
- Australia Post to launch AlphaCommerceHub for smaller retailers
- Arludo brings AR games to STEM education
- A look at Workyard, app for the construction industry
- Early Ethical Entrepreneurs Pitch Competition open for applications
- Sydney School of Entrepreneurship opens doors to first 60 students
- Spriggy lands $2.5M to change how children get pocket money
- Yeah Nah Summit 2017 – Melbourne, August 25th
- SheStarts graduates its first cohort
- Thinxtra IoT gains $10M to change the way we use data
- Digital Innovation Festival – 23/08-06/09 across Victoria
- A look at UBank, NAB’s digital-only subsidiary
- Australia’s e-commerce remains tied to the PC
- Sports tech set to be export bright spot
- Galileo launches $20M fund aimed at uni grad entrepreneurs
- Bipartisan push for Reserve Bank to back bitcoin
- Symbiot Technology renewable energy startup sets for Silicon Valley
- Amazon confirms fulfilment centre plan for SE Melbourne
- Domain launches open APIs for 3rd-party developers
- The agenda for November’s Intersekt fintech festival
- Oovvuu unveils IBM Watson-driven video-on-demand news
- Stake fintech set to launch $0 brokerage US share trading
- A look at Xinja, mobile-only digital bank
- Armourcard pre-empting hackers with tech to block NFC attacks
- Monash Food Incubator, Rocket Seeder to launch agtech accelerator
- ZipMoney lands $40M backing from Westpac
- NSW gov’t set to trial driverless vehicles
- WA grain handler to trial blockchain agtech in grain sales
- National Energy Resources Australia sets $15M fund for collaborative projects
- A look at Melbourne’s burgeoning IoT startup space
- New accelerator aims to fix energy system
- Norbit raises $400K to pull customers back to bricks-and-mortar
- Spectur IOT-based security startup lands $4.5M
- HaymarketHQ to host Alibaba Cloud startup contest
- IAG launches Firemark Labs Sydney insurance tech incubator
- Girls In Tech Amplify Pitch Night applications close 4th
