Startup News
April 2018
- Australia: QUT Creative Enterprise Australia unveils next 10 startups for creative tech accelerator
- Australia: Oovvuu AI video startup raises $3.8M
- Australia: Canberra OpenGov Leadership Forum 2018 set for June 5th
- Australia’s Power Ledger enters Japan with blockchain-enabled energy trading
- Australia: Bluedot Innovation secures $5.5M for location-based services and payments
- Australia: Tripfuser takes on the customised planning of tours and trips
- Australia to build undersea internet cable to Solomon Islands, pre-empting Huawei’s moves into South Pacific
- Australia: Big Idea Challenge, University of Tasmania – closing May 5th for May 7th intake
- An intro to 10 of Australia’s fast-growing blockchain startups
- Australia: City of Adelaide rolls out smart parking trial
- Australia: BenchOn ‘future of work’ tech startup secures $650K to match staff to short contracts
- Australia: An intro to Entersoft cybersecurity firm, protecting $US1BN worth of ICOs to date
- Australia: Innovation Isle – Opportunities for Clean Energy Startups in Tasmania, May 1st
- Australia: South Australian startup seeks backing for system that converts waste plastic into biogas
- Australia’s New South Wales and India partner around $1.6M tech jobs creation
- Moves towards facial recognition systems “shift Australia to a post-privacy age and into a new era of total surveillance”
- Australian government commits funding for Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre
- Australia: Tech Ready Women and Academy Xi unveil $100K women in tech scholarship
- Australia: DigitalX blockchain startup launches cryptocurrency investment fund
- Xcelerate program launched, a Coca-Cola Amatil and BlueChilli partnership
- Australia: Above All Human tech and innovation conference set for August 29 in Melbourne
- Australia: China’s Alipay e-wallet can now be used to pay Australian BPAY bills
- Australia: An intro to ecoloads, helping customers consider the environment when transporting items
- Australia: A look at Tyde, e-health app for the federal government’s My Health Record platform
- Australia: AWA Tasmania IoT Tech Event – Launceston, April 11th
- Australia: Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre opens, focused on R&D and commercialisation
- Australia: Qantas launches second AVRO Accelerator program
- Australia: Springboard Accelerator unveils 8-strong cohort of female founders
- Australia unveils new cryptocurrency exchange regulations
- Australia: Sydney Fish Market secures consortium backing for IoT trial
- Australia: Xinja digital-only bank raises over $2.4M via crowdsourced equity funding
- Australia: Adelaide-founded HappyCom secures $US10.8M equity funding
- Australia: Blackbird Ventures VC raises $225M 3rd fund, focusing on earliest-stage ventures
- Australia: 4 proptech and real estate startups set to gain from accelerator program graduation
- Australia: An intro to Flotespace, aiming to turn boats into floating hotel rooms
