February 2019
#StartupAus
Startup News Asia’s monthly round-up of Australia’s tech, startup and VC funding news for February 2019
- Australia: SA Museum, in partnership with Civic Ledger, named finalist in State Government Blockchain Innovation Challenge
- Australia: The Finnies 2019 financial technology awards open for application in March
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre trials blockchain to automate international fund transfer instructions reporting
- Australia: An intro to Designerex dress sharing platform, making international moves with marketing based on Instagram and micro-influencers
- Australia: Hut34 launches cryptocurrency wallet using Google ID and security models to access Ethereum and Ethereum-based tokens
- Australia: Artesian Venture Partners launches Au$50M agtech fund
- Singapore’s largest ‘co-living space’ Hmlet expands to Australia on back of US$6.5M funding
- Australia: Fleet Space nanosatellite business lands Kennards Hire tool and plant hire for Aus/NZ equipment tracking
- Australia: Fishburners startup hub adds virtual membership model to capture regional founders and remote workers
- Australia: RACV launches Arevo, country’s first all-in-one mobility-as-a-service app
- Australia: Government opens $1.1M grant round aiming to solve five public policy challenges
- Australia: Plus Eight Sprint seed-fund accelerator open for applications for March 2019 cohort
- Australia: Forcite ‘smart helmet’ startup secures $1M to prep motorcyclists for driverless roads of the future
- Australia: Oovvuu AI-driven media startup gains $4.8M with video matching technology
- Australia: Hemideina medtech startup secures $1M with tiny alternative hearing devices
- Australia: Austal defence and fast ferry shipbuilder in ‘proof of value’ stage for IoT system to fuel consumption, improve ride comfort
- The 2019 Class of Techstars-powered Air Force Accelerator, including Australia’s Bitwoke IoT cybersecurity startup
- Australia: An intro to Adelaide’s Wright Technologies’ drone identification and tracking system
- Australia: QUT CEA Collider Accelerator applications close March 3rd
- Australia: FluroSat, agtech startup leveraging AI technology to improve agricultural yields, awarded Au$3M in funding
- Australia: An intro to SpacetoCo, platform connecting unused spaces to communities
- Startup capital – 12 ways to fund a new venture in Australia
- Australia: Buddy dinner deals startup lands partnership with Uber prior to Melbourne expansion
- Australia: Horizon State blockchain tech to be used by South Australian Gov’t to conduct election
- Australia: Plus Eight Sprint open for applications – 6-week part-time pre-Accelerator program in Perth, WA
- Australia: GoFar IoT startup raises $1.3M to improve drivers’ skills
- Australia: Shebah women-only rideshare company launches equity crowdfunding campaign
- Techstars Music unveils its next cohort of 9 music-tech startups
- Australia: mCryptoCard launches, enabling shoppers to spend XRP, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin and Power Ledger anywhere EFTPOS is accepted
- Australia: OpenSparkz loyalty platform raises $1.5M
- Australia: PocketDolla an online marketplace launches, enabling communities to lend or rent spare items
- Australia: LaunchVic offers grants up to $250K in open funding round worth total of $2M
- Australia: ‘Government agencies should look at the problem they are trying to solve rather than embracing technologies like blockchain’
- Australia: WorldStack open-source startup secures $500K for cyber-intelligence tool
- So, why are Australians still using Facebook?
- Australia: QUT Creatuve Enterprize Australia Collider Accelerator open for applications
- Australia: Huawei attempts to pressure Telstra and Google over defence policy think tank funding
- Australia: ‘The production of journalism is too important to be left entirely to market forces’
- Australia: Chief executives of Cicada Innovations and Fishburners announce resignation on the same day
- Australia: Kerb startup takes win at Toyota Hackathon
- A brief intro to 15 startups taking part in e27’s TOP100 APAC 2019 pitching competition
- Australia: Girls in Tech Australia conference set for May 15 in Melbourne
- Australia: Trunk designer-focused file versioning startup acquired by InVision
- Australia: Hometime property management startup aims for capital raise on 750% growth across 18 months
- Australia: Curious Thing recruitment-focused AI startup secures $1.5M
- Australia: Techstars Startup Weekend Perth set for February 22-24
- Australia: 12 startups graduate from first Microsoft Sydney ScaleUp Program
- Australia: $28M Research, Commercialisation and Startup Fund launched, targeting new and existing business and research enterprises in South Australia
- Australia: Government mulls new regulatory framework to better manage initial coin offerings
- Australia: Global Legal Hackathon 2019 set for Melbourne’s Monash University, February 22-24
- Australian Startup Salary Guide 2018 (pdf)
