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tech news, January 2019
- Australia: Sendle raises $20M to double down on its challenge to Australia Post // read it here
- An introduction to Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs // read it here
- Australia: myCryptoWallet considers legal action against NAB for account closures // read it here
- Australia: LoopLearn secures $470K for facial recognition technology focusing on school roll-calls // read it here
- Australia: Swinburne university offering 3 fintech postgraduate courses in 2019 // read it here
- Australia: Nexsis accepted to Mastercard Start Path accelerator with clean water, solar power and IoT technology // read it here
- Australia: LaunchVic’s Expert-in-Residences for Coworking Spaces program open for applications to end of February // read it here
- Australia: Power Ledger blockchain tech startup to partner Japan’s Sharing Energy renewable energy firm // read it here
- Australia: Darwin Innovation Hub unveils first incubator cohort // read it here
- Australia: The 6 firms sharing $2M in the January 2019 round of federal government $23M Incubator Support initiative // read it here
- Australia: Volt becomes the first challenger bank to gain a full banking licence // read it here
- Australia: A podcast intro to what big tech companies gain from the 10 year challenge // read it here
- KPMG reports that VC investment in Australian startups hit a record high of US$899M in 2018 // read it here
- Australia: Startup Onramp Brisbane program now open for registrations // read it here
- Australia’s @SteveGlaveski launches new book: Employee to Entrepreneur – How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work that Matters // read it here
- An intro to Adelaide’s Trust In Taste, using WeChat to introduce Chinese consumers to Australian wineries // read it here
- Australia: Lumi fintech startup raises $31.5M with small business lending focus // read it here
- Australia: Matilda smart transport hub, world-first integrated driverless technology trial, launches in Adelaide // read it here
- Australia: Collider Accelerator by QUT Creative Enterprise Australia now open for applications // read it here
- Australia and Vietnam develope tech partnership with launch of Aus4Innovation project // read it here
- Australia: An intro to the CSIRO-developed Rural Intelligence Platform // read it here
- Australia: Woolworths focusing on voice-enabled shopping with conversational AI platform // read it here
- Australia: China Canvas Challenge now open for applications // read it here
- Australia: How blockchain-based proof-of-provenance could revolutionise the food industry // read it here
- Australia: Startup Gippsland’s 12-week mentoring program now open for applications // read it here
- Australia: Techstars Startup Weekend Brisbane set for February 15-17 // read it here
- Australia: Atto remote pre-accelerator program launches to help Australia’s women founders // read it here
- Australia: An intro to StreetHubs, tech startup aiming to connect communities one street at a time // read it here
- Australia: Baraja raises $32M for autonomous vehicle lidar system // read it here
