Startup News
July 2017
- A look at The Weekly Review’s 2017 Startup Stars winners
- $30M Mac Equity, View Street fund set to support startups
- Stone & Chalk joins SproutX for Melbourne ‘agri-fintech’ hub
- Expert360 secures $13M boost for consulting platform growth
- Girl Geek Academy launches world-largest all-women incubator
- Trimph biotech lands $3.4M around world-first ‘bone glue’
- GlamCorner raises $4.2M for fashion rental platform
- Bitcoin trading startup secures $815K for growth
- TapeArk set to transition tape media backups to the cloud
- MedTech’s Got Talent applications close late August
- WADEx New Ideas Forum – Regional Startups – August in Melbourne
- Pitch@Palace Australia applications close August 1st
- Run The World female entrepreneur conference – 29th, Melbourne
- Stone & Chalk gears up for expansion to Melbourne
- GoDaddy, WeWork partner for Junior Entrepreneur Bootcamp
- TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Sydney applications open
- FoundX sets for launch, focusing on regional businesses
- NSW government launches $26M quantum computing fund
- SA initiative allows public vote on budget allocation receives UN Award
- Unpitch 2017 – September 14, Melbourne
- Another look at the FinTtech Australia Member Ecosystem Map
- 2017 Westpac Innovation Challenge applications open
- Unearthed Accelerator for resource industry kicks off with 6 teams
- Melbourne’s Brauz retail tech startup lands $1M new funding
- Visa study suggests Australia will warm to payments via IoT
- Nuheara ‘intelligent earphones’ startup lands $9M
- Commonwealth Bank to aid startup entry to Hong Kong, China
- Reuters Digital News Report country analysis
- SA Police receives VR firearms training simulator system
- Al Gore to speak at iAccelerate Impact Conference, Wollongong
- government developing anti-encryption law – based on those EU Court rejected
- York Butter Factory set for NSW Australian Technology Park growth
- Startup Muster gains $330K funding, expands to act as tech matchmaker
- Australia:York Butter Factory, Mirvac to partner for nationwide startup hubs
- Evening with IBM Global Director, Blockchain Labs – Melbourne, 31/07
- Finch app, helping millennials balance social life & finances
- More on the recently opened CyRise cybersecurity accelerator
- A look at NSW government $35M plan for 17000 square metre startup hub
- Cicada Innovations opens applications for AgTech program
- Charlie Chatter TV chat software startup lands $300K
- CyRise cyber security accelerator launches in Victoria
- Pitch Night – Machine Learning / AI – Melbourne, July 25
- Tech23, Sydney, October – people, tech, capital, innovation
- Tic:Toc aims for home loan approval in 22 minutes
- Small Business Festival – Melbourne, August
- AdNews Media & Marketing Summit (Melbourne) – August 2
- Pollinators coworking lands $110K for startup initiatives
- Can Tesla and Blue Sky make Adelaide a startup hub?
- Macrovue fintech lands $1.25M around themed investment plans
- PlayUp seeks $10M to take fantasy sports global
- ANZ, Westpac back blockchain with IBM bank guarantee trial
- ASIC enters fintech cooperation agreement with Japan finservs agency
- Expert360 wants to see more government-startup partnerships
- South Australia chooses Blue Sky Ventures to manage $50M VC fund
- Assignar raises $3M for cloud-based construction SaaS platform
- A look at blockchain-based TBSx3, working in food provenance
- Pitch Night – Machine Learning / AI – Melbourne, July 25
- Mastercard launches contactless payments for Sydney Ferries
- A look at City of Sydney’s Chinatown startups making connections
- Thrivor aims to change experience of cancer and chronic disease sufferers
- Startup Muster 2017 launches
- Singapore’s Fundnel University of Adelaide to expand into Australia
- Brisbane’s CityHack17 set for 14-16 July
- SheHacks hackathon for women, Melbourne edition – 14-16 July
- Digi-Tech Start-Up Grants set to attract students into tech careers
- KoalaSafe hits the US with monitor for kids’ internet use
- DiviPay launches mobile shared accounts with virtual Mastercard
