This Month
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- Healthcare
Start-up behind Theranos-like machine comes to Australia
Sight Diagnostics is applying artificial intelligence and machine vision technology to blood tests, achieving what Silicon Valley failure Theranos could not.
- Yolanda Redrup
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- Fintech
'Amazon for the under-served' BNPL marketplace ready to list
Zebit CEO Marc Schneider lifted himself out of poverty as a teenager, now he wants to help others with a buy now, pay later marketplace for the credit-challenged.
- Yolanda Redrup
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- Funding
Entrepreneurs take out loan rather than hit up VCs
Brisbane based Rex Labs is looking to expand its portfolio of real estate apps but its founders didn't want to dilute their stake with additional investors.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
Workplaces flock to Aussie tech firm for return to work plans
It predicted a big decline in April, but SafetyCulture has had its most new sign-ups ever as companies around the world try to get workers safely back on-site.
- Yolanda Redrup
July
- Exclusive
- Funding
Instead of a boring business presentation, do a Jig
Australian start-up JigSpace has raised $2 million to develop its augmented reality-based tech, which lets you make 3D presentations with Canva-like simplicity.
- Natasha Gillezeau
- Exclusive
- Funding
App to track social distancing in the office bags funding
A workplace software start-up that can help enforce social distancing in offices has raised $5 million from investors including Blackbird Ventures.
- Michael Bailey
- Exclusive
- Cars
Start-up thrives as Netflix generation embraces car subscriptions
Loopit's founder says Australians are increasingly keen to subscribe to a car, rather than buy it, and that dealers are signing up in droves to offer the option.
- Paul Smith
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- Agriculture
Local start-up Farmsave acquired by Silicon Valley agtech star
Farmsave was challenging industry incumbent Elders by helps farmers to access lower costs for farming chemicals via a digital marketplace.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Analysis
- Government IT
Why it's about to get harder for big tech to win government work
The era of government spending big dollars on tech transformation projects could be coming to a halt.
- Yolanda Redrup
How to get $80,000 in funding from Amazon
Despite the economic setbacks from COVID-19, more than a quarter of small to medium-sized businesses say isolation has helped them innovate for the future. Now Amazon is offering them $80,000 to keep it up.
- Natasha Boddy
Meet the podcasters making finance fun for Gen Z
First cousins Brett and Justin Joffe quit their jobs in consulting to win the hearts and minds of young people with an unlikely topic: business and finance.
- Natasha Gillezeau
IML warns buy now, pay later looks like tech bubble
Investors Mutual is shunning the buy now, pay later sector in the small and mid-cap space, saying it's reminiscent of the tech bubble of the early 2000s.
- William McInnes
June
Proptech start-up closes Series A round
Before You Bid has signed off on a Series A funding round, backed by a company owned by one of the original team members behind Computershare.
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
- Exclusive
- Online shopping
European bed-in-a-box player to take on Koala
In less than four years, European mattress e-commerce player Emma has gone from launch to $246 million in revenue. Now it's coming to Australia.
- Yolanda Redrup
Industry doubts over cyber defence cash splash
Australian cyber security experts and industry groups have raised concerns that new government cyber spending will not help businesses defend themselves better.
- Paul Smith
Resmed calls for rethink of R&D changes
ResMed has voiced concerns about proposed changes to the research and development tax incentive legislation that it says would narrow the scheme's application.
- Natasha Gillezeau
A Cloud Guru surges past $100m in revenue in five years
When Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg started A Cloud Guru, they wanted to help 100,000 people with training in cloud tech. In five years they've hit 2 million users.
- Yolanda Redrup
Where will the future jobs in technology be?
The technologists of the future will be those who can combine science with art, have good leadership skills and work well with teams, and are up for dipping in and out of education.
- Natasha Gillezeau and Natasha Boddy
Canva almost doubles valuation to $8.7b
The graphic design startup is now the most valuable private technology business in Australia after a fresh round of $87.2 million in funding.
- Crystal Tse and Katie Roof
- Exclusive
- Software
Start-up races to $17m revenue in first eight months
Serial entrepreneur Philip Weinman and Deloitte Digital founder Peter Williams have taken aim at the seemingly bland world of packaging.
- Yolanda Redrup
