Atlassian to take up spot as anchor tenant at government’s Central-Eveleigh...
Four years after missing out on a chance to redevelop the Australian Technology Park site, Atlassian will finally get to set up shop at Eveleigh. Scott Farquhar, cofounder and co-CEO of Atlassian,...
View Articlemuru-D accelerator unveils sixth Sydney program cohort
Telstra-backed accelerator muru-D has unveiled the 10 startups taking part in SYD6, the sixth run of its Sydney program. Making the grade out of almost 200 applicants, the startups are working on...
View Articlemuru-D accelerator unveils sixth Sydney program cohort
Telstra-backed accelerator muru-D has unveiled the 10 startups taking part in SYD6, the sixth run of its Sydney program. Making the grade out of almost 200 applicants, the startups are working on...
View ArticleChinese ridesharing giant Didi hits Sydney just as Uber’s growth flatlines
Chinese ridesharing giant Didi will finally land in Sydney next month, nearly two years after it first landed in Australia, taking on US firstmover Uber and Indian rival Ola just as the honeymoon...
View ArticleMelbourne salon management startup Honee is taking on pen and paper and the...
Despite the wealth of tech platforms out there, particularly those targeting this space, Melbourne-founded startup Honee posits that booking a haircut or other type of beauty service at a salon still,...
View ArticleStartup Genome report highlights Sydney as a top 10 global ecosystem for...
While no overall ecosystem rankings released this year, the 2018 Startup Genome report has identified Australia as a place to watch across a number of sectors. Australia was in the top five countries...
View ArticleTech Ready Women and TechSydney awarded $80,000 in City of Sydney grants to...
TechSydney and Tech Ready Women have shared in $80,000 in knowledge exchange grants from the City of Sydney aimed at helping the two organisations further develop the city’s startup community. Tech...
View ArticleAndrew Banks joins coworking community Tank Stream Labs as entrepreneur in...
Fresh off opening a space in Perth, coworking community Tank Stream Labs has brought on entrepreneur and Shark Tank judge Andrew Banks as its entrepreneur in residence. Taking office space at the...
View ArticleChicago marketing automation company ActiveCampaign setting up APAC base in...
Marketing automation company ActiveCampaign is setting up shop down under, announcing today the opening of its first international office, in Sydney. The Sydney office is expected to add up to 50 team...
View ArticleGeneration Entrepreneur partners with Department of Education to run...
Student-led organisation Generation Entrepreneur has partnered with the NSW Department of Education to run iEntrepreneur, a business incubator program for high school students across Sydney. Running...
View ArticleJason Calacanis: Aussie founders should think bigger
“The worst thing you can do is talk to people about it. If you talk to people about it you will talk yourself out of it 100 percent of the time.” For those of us who can’t decide on a new smartphone...
View ArticleHubSpot’s VP of international marketing on what businesses can learn about...
A particularly popular advice for founders or tech employees is to simply find or embrace a hobby to help them realise there’s more to life than shipping a new feature, but many would respond that it...
View ArticleOneflare acquires home services marketplace UrbanYou to build out on-demand...
Fairfax-backed tradie marketplace Oneflare has acquired Sydney-based UrbanYou, a platform facilitating the booking of home services such as cleaning and gardening on-demand. The terms of the deal were...
View ArticleMirvac opens coworking hub The Third Space in Broadway shopping centre
Property developer Mirvac has opened The Third Space, a coworking hub in its Broadway shopping centre in Sydney. The pop up hub, which will operate for three months and initially be free, is an...
View ArticleSydney ranked 11th globally for its ability to foster women entrepreneurship
Sydney has been ranked 11th in a list of the top 50 cities globally for women entrepreneurs, with Melbourne also making the list, in 17th place. Assessing cities on characteristics including culture,...
View ArticleSydney startup Pendula helps brands automate two-way communication with...
Many a startup idea originates from a deeply emotional personal experience that set a founder on their startup journey, but not so for Sydney-founded startup Pendula. Sitting within existing systems...
View ArticleRoll up, roll up! Pitch an investor on the iconic Luna Park ferris wheel with...
Roll up, roll up! Startup life is, to put it mildly, a rollercoaster – and some days it’s the whole carnival. Coworking network TwoSpace will be celebrating the highs at Sydney’s Luna Park on August...
View ArticleUploadOnce aims to improve accessibility to services through digital...
From opening a bank account to enrolling a child in school or applying for a job, even the tasks that one might consider relatively simple – if time-consuming and finicky – can be made difficult for...
View ArticleSydney HR startup Flare raises $21 million Series B led by New York-based...
Sydney HR startup Flare has raised $21 million in a Series B round led by New York venture capital firm Point72 Ventures, with participation from investors including existing backers Reinventure and...
View ArticleSydney fintech Pearler wants to be the ‘Spotify for investment’
The fintech startup boom has seen a wealth of companies emerge to help Australians get better at saving and investing their money. Working in this space, we have the likes of Frollo, which aims to help...
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