Startup news
Australia
A broad round-up of Australia’s startup news from July 2019.
- Australia’s Raiz ‘spare change investor’ startup preps for Vietnam entry
- Australia: Lygon blockchain-based bank guarantee company formed by partnership between ANZ, CBA, Westpac, IBM, Scentre and Westfield
- Australia: Evie Networks and US partner, EV Connect, propose national electric vehicle network of 80 ultra-fast charging points across 42 sites
- Australia: Micro-X startup partnered by Thales electrical giant for medical and airport checkpoint applications using next-gen X-ray imaging
- Australia: EnergyLab Energy-IoT Accelerator launches in Tasmania, focused on hardware internet-of-things solutions for clean energy
- Australia: A brief intro to 7 of the agritech startups taking part in SparkLabs DemoDay in September
- Australia: Employment Hero cloud-based HR, payroll, and benefits startup, raises US$15M, in part from SEEK employment marketplace
- Australia: A video look at ThirdAurora’s augmented reality-driven ‘self-translating’ wine bottle labels
- ANZLF Trans-Tasman Innovation and Growth Awards applications open, seeking 4 prize-winners
- Australia: OpenSC blockchain startup partnered by Nestle to enhance dairy supply chain operations
- Australia: A brief intro to Me Squared, personalised health-tech startup focusing on the corporate wellness industry
- An overview of how TAFE South Australia uses virtual reality in vocational training
- Australia: RealTechX government-backed incubator, sets sights on real estate technologies in Asia-Pacific
- Australia: Massachusetts Institute of Technology selects Adelaide as 4th location, wordlwide, for data-focused Living Lab
- 2019 Australia and New Zealand Sports Technology Awards applications close July 25th
- Australia: New South Wales minister talks up facial recognition system as Opal card replacement for public transport payments
- Australia: UK’s Pitch@Palace Australia event returns for 3rd edition in September – applications now open
- An overview of the recent TechBoard roundtable on Western Australia’s need for a dedicated startup fund
- Australia: Major universities announce reviews over links to surveillance tech used by Chinese Government
- Australia: Melbourne’s Otrafy selected for Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator with supply chain management platform powered by blockchain
- Australia: IOT Impact 2019 Conference and Exhibition set for October 15-16 in Sydney
- Australia: Techstars partners LaunchVic, Tennis Australia and Victoria University to launch Techstars SportsTech Melbourne Accelerator
- Australia: An intro to the winners of the recent Australian Blockchain Industry Awards
- South Australia Gov’t announces ‘Foment – SA’s Wine and Tourism Tech Revolution’ program to aid wine and tourism startups to take advantage of new tech
- Australia: Sydney Airport continues facial recognition systems trial, stating machines recognise but don’t store facial images
- Australia: An intro to Codebots platform for building software, leaving you free to focus on the creative side of things
- Seven company founders discuss what they’d like to see change in Australia’s startup landscape
- Australia: An introduction to Vampr, a musician’s equivalent to Tinder with over 450K users
- Australia: Payright buy-now-pay-later startup for big-ticket items raises $27M in debt and equity funding
- Australia: Lumachain secures $3.5M with blockchain platform for tracking origin, location and condition of items in food supply chains, ensuring ethical sources
- GRAFT AUS-IND AgTech Market Access Program launched by India and Australia, seeking agritech startups
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