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From Spark to Sunrise, SXSW and the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards, mark these down in your 2025 startup event calend...
14/04/2025

From Spark to Sunrise, SXSW and the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards, mark these down in your 2025 startup event calendar right now.

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From SXSW Sydney to the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards, here are Australia's best startup events and festivals for 2025.

Canva is getting into the spreadsheet business as the software giant looks to move beyond pretty graphics to workplace p...
12/04/2025

Canva is getting into the spreadsheet business as the software giant looks to move beyond pretty graphics to workplace productivity tools and take on enterprise software giants like Google.

The event - somewhere between the Oscars, a Jobs-era Apple launch and a Hillsong conference - took place in Los Angeles overnight.

More than 10 bids were submitted to the voluntary administrators of failed startup StrongRoom AI, hoping to snap up the ...
11/04/2025

More than 10 bids were submitted to the voluntary administrators of failed startup StrongRoom AI, hoping to snap up the value left in the business, despite it being mired in legal action over allegedly faked revenue figures and a VC investor wanting its $10 million back.

More than 10 bids were submitted to the voluntary administrators of failed startup StrongRoom AI, hoping to snap up the value left in the business, despite it being mired in legal action over allegedly faked revenue figures and a VC investor wanting its $10 million back. Final offers for what remain...

Australia needs to reduce its “risk aversion” in order to improve its lagging research and development (R&D) sector and ...
11/04/2025

Australia needs to reduce its “risk aversion” in order to improve its lagging research and development (R&D) sector and fragmented innovation ecosystem, according to industry experts.

Australia has struggled to capitalise on innovations developed by universities and startups, industry insiders told the ACS Election Forum.

To understand a little bit of what women founders deal with in the hunt for investment, consider the comments from a VC ...
11/04/2025

To understand a little bit of what women founders deal with in the hunt for investment, consider the comments from a VC that got back to Camille Goldstone-Henry, cofounder of biodiversity startup Xylo Systems, on episode 9 of Startup 360 ...

A warning: there’s a fair bit of sweariness in this week’s show as Simon and Kayla talk to two amazing women founders.

11/04/2025

“Boards of men aren’t meeting the needs of half their customer base.” Jenny Rudd, co-founder of legal tech startup Dispute Buddy, explains why women founders aren’t just a diversity checkbox – they’re a market advantage. The opportunity? Massive. The solution? Invest in women.

Watch the full episode of Startup 360 to hear more from Jenny and other founders changing the game. Link in comments.

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You’re about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even rese...
11/04/2025

You’re about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings.

90% of second-hand laptops, hard drives and memory cards still contain recoverable data. Here's how to protect yours.

Just before Christmas, as staff put on Hawaiian shirts and went to Christmas lunches, New Zealand ASX-listed accounting ...
10/04/2025

Just before Christmas, as staff put on Hawaiian shirts and went to Christmas lunches, New Zealand ASX-listed accounting platform Xero (ASX: XRO) dropped details on a new pay plan for CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy.

This Cozzie Livs writer is looking around for an accountancy platform subscription with a more affordable CEO.

High-level tech workers looking for work and accepting lower-tier jobs has seen salaries in the tech sector decline over...
09/04/2025

High-level tech workers looking for work and accepting lower-tier jobs has seen salaries in the tech sector decline over the last year, according to a new report.

The report found that salaries in the tech sector are likely to remain stable this year following a “substantial industry downturn” last year

Woolworths is having a bet each way after selling chips, soft drinks and grog to its customer, investing in a Western Au...
09/04/2025

Woolworths is having a bet each way after selling chips, soft drinks and grog to its customer, investing in a Western Australian telehealth startup’s $6 million Series A.

Woolworth led the raise via its subsidiary Healthylife, with support from M8 and another existing investor FundWA.

An energy grid management platform for the renewables era has raised $7.5 million in a Series A with Australian cricket ...
09/04/2025

An energy grid management platform for the renewables era has raised $7.5 million in a Series A with Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins among its investors.

The round for Gridsight was led by Airtree Ventures, with support from US VC Energy Transition Ventures & Singapore's Aera VC

Student-founded and focused NextGen Ventures has secured $1.5 million in commitments as it looks to raise $2.5 million V...
09/04/2025

Student-founded and focused NextGen Ventures has secured $1.5 million in commitments as it looks to raise $2.5 million VC fund, with Blackbird founding partners Niki Scevak and Rick Baker among those chipping in.

The VC's cheque size is around $70,000 - so around 36 startups with the fund - with a preference to be the first investor.

Non-compete clauses could soon be a thing of the past — and that’s great news for 3 million Aussie workers. Here’s why!
09/04/2025

Non-compete clauses could soon be a thing of the past — and that’s great news for 3 million Aussie workers. Here’s why!

The Labor government plans to ban non-compete agreements for employees on less than A$175,000 per year if it's reelected.

A Sydney startup tackling visual merchandising for retailer has raised $6 million (US$3.75m) in a second Seed round as i...
09/04/2025

A Sydney startup tackling visual merchandising for retailer has raised $6 million (US$3.75m) in a second Seed round as it looks to ramp up its presence across the Pacific amid rapid growth in the US market.

Founder Simon Molnar said Flagship has a team to 12 across Australia and the US. with plans to increase headcount by 4 by the end of 2025.

Bootstrapping your startup doesn’t mean closing the door on funding. Here’s how to grow on your terms and raise capital ...
09/04/2025

Bootstrapping your startup doesn’t mean closing the door on funding. Here’s how to grow on your terms and raise capital when you’re ready 👇

Bootstrapping a tactical way to secure funding for your business. Here Christie Whitehill, founder of Tech Ready Women explains.

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