Australia’s startup news from October 2020
The Australian startup news headlines collected below were gathered from online media coverage of Australia’s tech, startup and funding news across October 2020.
Each startup news headline listed below is linked to the online article behind the headline, providing an at-a-glance understanding of recent developments in Australia’s startup scene, and allowing you to instantly read those articles that interest you most.
Startup news items and articles here provide a wide-angle look at Australia’s startup news; subjects cover a spectrum from, for example, an Australian startup securing funding, to an Australian government startup support initiative, and may touch on anything relevant – Australian cybersecurity, technology regulation or the activities of an overseas startup in Australia.
- Australia’s FluroSat takes $100K Future Food Asia Award with crop cycle analytics across all aspects of crop performance and health
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- Western Australia launches the country’s first whole-of-government Cyber Security Operations Centre to boost visibility of cyber threats to agency networks
- Australia: WeMoney gains $2M with app helping people to manage their finances which includes a social component
- Australia: CSIRO’s Data61 and Monash Blockchain Technology Centre unveil protocol claimed as secure against quantum computers while protecting user and transaction privacy
- Australia: A brief look at technologies set for funding under $575M coronavirus recovery plan, including blockchain, accelerated 5G roll-out and SME tools
- Australia: Bolter legal firm launches Little Giant Startup Grant to identify and promote selected business – EOIs close November 13th
- Australia: Tech23 Deeptech Festival 2020 applications open for tech startups to participate in online/offline event
- Australia: Startup Gippsland Pitch Final set for November 27th, presenting the 12 startups on the 12-week program
- Australia: Find a Co-Founder Pitch Night set for October 16th at Fishburners in Sydney
- AgriFutures Australia and startupbusiness partner for entrepreneurship education program teaching rural and regional high school students how to solve agriculture problems
- Australia: Curtin Accelerate applications close October 30th, free 10-week program for students, staff and graduates of the university
- Australia: Academy for Enterprising Girls program to expand to give girls and young women skills and opportunities to start businesses in the digital economy
- Australia: A brief intro to 5 startups shortlisted for Rabobank’s FoodBytes! Virtual Pitch 2020, food and agriculture startup discovery program
- Australia’s SEA Electric partnered by Toyota’s Hino truck division to work on electric and hydrogen powered trucks
- Australia: Centre for Augmented Reasoning to be established at the University of Adelaide supported by $20M gov’t investment, aiming for national centre for machine learning
- Australia’s GoMicro lands funding and major partnership to test its AI assessment app on tuna for Sri Lankan supermarket chain
- Australia: An intro to Carapac, developing substitutes for petrochemical-based plastics using chitosan, sourced from the shells of prawns, shells and crabs
- Australia: JOLT charging infrastructure startup and Ausgrid electricity supplier propose converting roadside electricity distribution boxes into EV charging stations
- Australia: A podcast intro the woman behind The Koorie Circle and Clothing the Gap, indigenous-run and -focused social impact businesses
- Australia: Startmate secures backing for next six climate-focused cohorts from Clean Energy Innovation Fund, amounting to total investment of $300K over 3 years
- Australia: ACT the first jurisdiction to push back against gov’t national facial recognition database, declining to provide citizen biometrics info without legislation in place
- Australia: Global Ag-Tech Ecosystem virtual event set for October 28th, showcasing Australian ag-tech opportunities and GATE projects
- IKEA furniture giant to build Australia’s largest grid-connected commercial microgrid, aiming to power its retail operations and to store energy in on-site batteries
- New Zealand’s Spark telco and Australia’s National Narrowband Network Co LoRaWAN network operator partner for trans-Tasman IoT network access
- Australia: Initial coin offerings and crypto-assets – guidance information from the Australia Securities and Investments Commission
- Australia’s Power Ledger to expand into US market following trial of blockchain-enabled energy trading with American PowerNet, a private electricity provider
- Indigenous Angel Investor and Entrepreneur Program launches in Western Australia, with backers including WA government
- Australia: ‘Retail Central Bank Digital Currency – Design Considerations and Rationales’, a speech by the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Head of Payments Policy
- Tech-xit: can Australia survive without Google and Facebook? Discussion paper now available to download
- Australia: Intersekt Festival 2021 now set for May 19-20 in Melbourne, showcasing the country’s fintech ecosystem
- Australia’s v2food raises US$55M with plant-based meat, setting sights on Asia expansion and entering China
- Australia: A quick intro to the 14 startups selected for the 2020 Future Minds Accelerator program from Rio Tinto, BlueChilli and AWS
- Australia: ‘Tech-xit: can Australia survive without Google and Facebook?’ issues paper available to download (pdf)
- Australia: ‘Exploring the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Enhance Transport’ report available now to download
- Australia: An intro to Hearoes, app helping cochlear implant and hearing aid recipients learn new sounds
- Australia: Government releases Critical Technology Supply Chain Principles paper to aid organisations in securing supply chains in AI, quantum computing and more
- Australia: Bridge Hub 2020 Water Challenge Finale set for October 30th, running online and showcasing startups impacting water sustainability across the agri-system
- Australia: A closer look at the eligibility issues with government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative for women-led businesses
- Australia: NNNCo IoT and LoRaWAN network operator expands National Narrowband Network across Greater Sydney to cover 2700 km2
- Australia: YBF launches YBF Immersion entrepreneurial program with Victorian Government, focused on re-skilling corporate talent for economic recovery
- Australia: Linktree raises $10.7M Series A with simple link-listing microsites
- Two Australian startups among 10 selected for Plug and Play program focusing on agtech and animal health – Ceres Tag and ProAgni
- Australia: Komo Energy launches equity crowdfunding to develop mid-scale community-owned solar projects
- Australia: The 2020 Finnies Award winners, showcasing the best of Australian fintech and financial innovation
- Australia: STAX platform client, West Coast Aquaculture Group to be first business to launch an IPO accepting a blockchain-powered token, the Tether stablecoin
- Australia: Artificial Intelligence Action Plan discussion paper available now, with public input sought
- India’s ETgarage partners Australia’s VeriDoc Global with blockchain-based verification solutions aimed at eliminating counterfeit products and preventing fraud
- Critical technologies and the Indo-Pacific: A new India-Australia partnership – available to download now
- India–Australia Circular Economy Hackathon set for December 7-8, organised by India’s Atal Innovation Mission and Australia’s CSIRO and focusing on 4 broad themes
- Australia, Japan, India and the US set to agree to jointly counter disinformation campaigns by authoritarian states and to secure critical tech supplies and minerals
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