Startup

Instead of feeling paralysed by worry, businesses should see this as an opportunity. Here’s how businesses can transition to a post-JobKeeper environment successfully.

Making cuts to costs that are too deep can impact employee and customer satisfaction. Don’t cut costs enough, it can embed inefficiencies into the business or threaten viability. So…

The third round of the government’s Global Innovation Linkages Program, aiming to provide funding to help Australian businesses or researchers collaborate with international partners, is now open for applications.

We sat down with Scott McKinnel, a manager at international cybersecurity company Tenable, to discuss the cyber threats putting businesses at risk and what can be done to crack down on these vulnerabilities.

From accounting to staffing, you must consider these things before embarking on your business..

While it can be overwhelming to start an online store from scratch, hundreds of entrepreneurs proved it can be done – even during a pandemic – by keeping it simple and having a clear online strategy.

Demand, competition and technology are driving seismic changes in the financial landscape, with power heading from the banks to the people…

Running a business is a challenge at the best of times, but throw in a pandemic and the associated economic woes – and cost cutting has never been more important.

“Learning is critical for everyone’s success.” “Today, we are living in a world of continual change that we’ve never experienced before. Some industries are putting an end to jobs, and new ones are popping up. And so, the need to reskill, upskill and gain new knowledge is not a once in a lifetime activity, it’s […]

Amber Electric, simply put, is the new way to buy power. By rejecting the traditional energy wholesale model, founders Chris Thompson and Dan Adams are looking to help customers cut down on cost and carbon emissions, by purchasing energy considerately. “We give customers direct access to the real-time wholesale electricity price as it varies every 30 […]

Shopify has today released a Future of Commerce report, exploring the world of commerce as it grapples with COVID-19, spanning all aspects of the industry- from online to offline, independent retailers to marketplaces, consumer buying habits, and the evolving world of financial solutions. The report hinges on five key predictions for how commerce will unfold […]

Last month’s Victorian State Budget is being celebrated as a “game-changing tech budget’” on the back of a raft of new funding initiatives for start-ups and small business enterprises (SMEs). It is perhaps the breadth and depth of the funding that best evidences what the Victorian Treasurer, John Palls, has called the “government’s optimism” in […]

Australian e-commerce and logistics technology startup Shippit has raised an AU$30m Series B equity round led by US-based technology investment firm Tiger Global alongside local representative Jason Lenga.    Tiger Global partner John Curtius said the fund was impressed with the business fundamentals and rapid growth that Shippit had demonstrated.  “Shippit has some of the best […]

SWAN Systems, a precision irrigation and fertiliser platform founded by Western Australian farmers has won the global agtech category of international start-up competition, FoodBytes! Pitch 2020. SWAN Systems and NSW ag-tech startup ProAgni were among the 15 finalists selected from an original field of nearly 340 applications from across 14 countries, based on their innovative solutions […]

Australian sustainable packaging startup Planet Protector Packaging has been one victim of the Chinese-Australian trade tensions, after their deal to provide the packaging of rock lobster exports was put on hold.  Planet Protector Packaging (PPP) was established in 2016 in response to the global plastic waste crisis. Their product aims to eliminate polystyrene from supply […]

Australian fintech Verteva today announced it has rebranded to Nano and written its very first home loan via mobile, as it prepares to disrupt the mortgage industry. The company, run by two former Westpac execs, has also begun official beta testing and welcomed family and friends to experience its home loan product and platform ahead […]

Linktree, the trusted tech platform that connects audiences to a user’s entire online ecosystem, has raised US$10.7 million in Series A funding, led by Insight Partners, an investor in Shopify, and AirTree Ventures, an early investor in Canva.   The funding will accelerate Linktree’s expansion in international markets, including global team growth, and the evolution of Linktree’s product […]

Dr Farzaneh Ahmadi is the CEO and Founder of Laronix, an Australian stratup creating Bionic Voice: the world’s first smart, wearable (non-invasive), artificial voice box that gives people who have lost their larynx, their voice back.  So far, Dr Ahmadi has raised over $1 million for Bionic Voice, and has guided the technology from inception […]

Five Australian startups have been shortlisted from a record number of international applicants to participate in FoodBytes! Virtual Pitch 2020, Rabobank’s global food and agri startup discovery program. The Australian-based companies are among 45 food and agri startups, from across 14 countries shortlisted from 340 applicants from around the world. Successful applicants will become a part of […]

In what is being dubbed the “jobs budget” the 2020-21 Budget was the opportunity for the Morrison Government to lay out the blueprint for a post COVID-19 economic recovery. Whilst the Budget will land Australia in a $214 billion deficit, the startup sector has seen fruit from the plan, with many measures put in place […]