Envato makes the cut for a 4th time as the only Australian tech company in US...
Melbourne scale-up Envato is flying the flag for Australian tech once again in the annual list of the world’s best marketplaces released by a16z, the fund of legendary Californian venture capital firm...
View ArticleAustralian electric car-sharing platform evee charges ahead with crowdfunding...
Electric car-sharing startup evee is raising capital via crowdfunding, as it looks to expand into the UK and EU markets. Evee launched in 2016 and is now hoping to raise $1.6 million in an equity...
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Goodness gracious, great balls of mammoth: an Australian startup created...
Sydney cultured meat startup Vow Foods has created the world’s first edible protein developed from the DNA of an extinct animal – the woolly mammoth. Pitching their technology as a solution to climate...
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New app helps busy mums capture and preserve precious baby milestones
If you’re a new mother who wants to document each and every moment of your little bebe in a baby book but can’t find the time and effort, this new app is for you! Baby journaling platform Dujourbaby...
View ArticleThe data proptech startups are collecting just to rent a home is freaking out...
You might wanna think twice before using proptech platforms like 2Apply and Snug to apply for a home. New research from CHOICE has revealed that over 40% of renters have been pressured to use these...
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Australian sportstech is now a $4.25 billion industry
Local sportstech is now worth as much as the fintech startup sector, with more than 750 companies involved, according to new analysis from the Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN). Releasing...
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US authorities have approved human trials of Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip...
Since its founding in 2016, Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink has had the ambitious mission to build a next-generation brain implant with at least 100 times more brain connections than...
View ArticleThe law hasn’t kept up with the digital age when it comes to dying – here’s...
If you’ve written a will – and if you haven’t, you may want to consider it – you’ve almost certainly thought about what you would like to happen to your assets, like property, after you pass away. But...
View ArticleCanva is throwing $74 million at app developers for the design platform
Canva is setting up a US$50 million (A$74) innovation fund to back app developers to create new experiences for the design platform. The Canva Developers Innovation Fund was announced at the company’s...
View ArticleBe careful what you text, a thumbs-up emoji could be legally binding
The use of a thumbs-up emoji in a text message can be a legally-binding agreement to a contract, a Canadian court has found. In the Court of King’s Bench in Saskatchewan, Justice Timothy Keene found...
View ArticleHow silicon are our valleys? New CSIRO mapping identifies Australia’s tech...
Australia has nearly 100 Antipodean ‘Silicon Valley’ sites creating nearly two-thirds of the country’s tech jobs, according to a new report mapping digital technology clusters nationally for the first...
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GO YOU GOOD THING: Brisbane edtech unicorn Go1 wins Scaleup of The Year award
Just months after its valuation surpassed A$3 billion, Brisbane workplace learning platform Go1 has raced away with the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards’ Scaleup of The Year award, presented by...
View ArticleMeet Refilled, the eco-friendly Sydney startup transforming soft drink...
While vending machines offer convenience and ease for anyone with a few dollars and thirsty, the supply-chain logistics around them are staggering when you drill down into the environmental impact....
View ArticleHoly shiitake! Meet Rainstick, the Indigenous startup growing mushrooms with...
Take a third-generation farmer with three startups under his belt and a serial innovator who’s turned algae into medicine and developed an AI mental health app for an A-league football team, and what...
View ArticleThis startup is the ‘secret weapon’ community organisations need to deal with...
Tanck is a startup described as a ‘secret weapon’ for NFPs and social sector organisations when it comes to government relations and engagement. Founded in 2020 by Angus Crowther and Neil Pharaoh,...
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How insurtech is transforming a $7 trillion global market
The Australian insurance market is worth $100 billion annually and $7 trillion worldwide, offering a massive opportunity for startups in the space With that prize in mind, Insurtech Australia brought...
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Australia’s video games industry revenue has grown 21% to $345 million
Revenue in the Australian video game industry has risen to $345.5 million, up 21% on the FY2022, according to the latest data from the Australian Game Developer Survey (AGDS). The eighth annual survey,...
View ArticleOutdoor ads analysis startup Lumos is rewriting the rules for marketers
The first rule of business is to find a big hairy problem in need of a grand solution, so when Eric Fan and his team discovered a way to solve a challenge that plagued virtually every marketing manager...
View ArticleVictoria has a $100 billion startup ecosystem
Victoria’s startup ecosystem has grown in value by $12 billion to surpass $100 billion according to a new report from LaunchVic. The size and scope of their success is revealed in the Victoriaʼs...
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It all Generative AI and robots – sometimes together – at CES in Las Vegas
As car manufacturers have demonstrated for years, there is no functional reason why robots require a head, face, or personality – but with Generative AI (GenAI) now offering irresistible possibilities...
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Elon Musk claims Neuralink put its first chip in a human brain. Here’s what...
Last week, Elon Musk announced his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, had implanted a device in a human for the first time. The company’s PRIME study, approved by the US Food and Drug...
View ArticleSynthetic biology is a $30 billion opportunity creating 50,000 jobs according...
Synthetic biology – referred to as “synbio” by insiders – could develop industry worth billions of dollars, creating thousands more jobs that previously expected according to a new report by national...
View ArticleNew Zealand is getting an hydrofoiling electric ferry
A New Zealand lake will be home to the world’s first electric hydrofoiling ferry, used to transport workers to a hydro power station. The Swedish-made Candela P-12 electric hydrofoil ferry will offer...
View ArticleStartmate Demo Day: Kite Therapy helps parents give better support to...
Ahead of Startmate Demo Day on May 2 in Sydney at Blackbird’s Sunrise, Startup Daily is profiling the 10 startups involved. Today it’s Kite Therapy, which is empowering parents to help their...
View ArticleStartmate Demo Day: Everbility is transforming work for allied health...
Ahead of Startmate Demo Day on May 2 in Sydney at Blackbird’s Sunrise, Startup Daily is profiling the 10 startups involved. Today it’s Everbility, which is using AI to cut the admin for allied health...
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