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‘We took up the ground floor’: Here’s how coworking helped this Melbourne startup go...

The Lumery helps organisations with their ‘martech stack’, integrating software, data and analytics to form a complete view of the customer experience for their clients. It’s a service that has proven to be in high demand.
Ben Hutt, CEO and Managing Director of Evergen

Australian renewable energy company Evergen secures its first international software licensing agreement in South...

Evergen, one of Australia’s fastest growing renewable energy systems and software provider today announced its first international software distribution deal, partnering with South African battery storage distributor Midnight Sun Energy Storage Systems.

From racing cars to road safety: This gaming founder is doing her ‘life work’...

Other than entertainment, Lisa Skaife believes the real purpose of motorsport is to research, test and develop products for mainstream use, and...

Ex-AFL footballer launches live streaming app to revolutionise real estate auctions

Consumers are able to search for auctions on the site in nearly 10 ways – including by price, auction status or suburb - and look at the bidding history of those that have already gone under the hammer.

This founder started the ‘Tinder’ for suicide prevention that spread to 55 countries

The proprietary check-in and peer support app helps to keep users "in the Loop" with up to five people. The tool, created by leading mental health and design specialists at Social Health Innovations is the only mental health finalist in the coveted GLOMOs.

Contentsquare acquires Hotjar to help all businesses build better digital experiences

The acquisition builds on deep synergies between both businesses to expand the companies’ global market reach and accelerate their shared vision of better experiences for all.

This Aussie regtech platform brings on board two new neobanks, boosting this financial services...

Financial systems aggregator platform, FrankieFinancial, recently announced it has signed deals with Xinja Bank and Novatti Group (ASX:NOV), as it works to...

New payment app attracts local and international investment to reinvent how groups manage money

Following the successful growth of fintech PayBox in Israel, the next evolution localised for Australia, PayK is now available for download.

Meet the innovative social enterprise that is curating office spaces like art galleries

Award-winning social enterprise, ColourSpace, is bringing art-as-a-service to Sydney, on a mission to turn cities into galleries supporting local artists.

This start-up sees a $240 billion opportunity for investors as banks continue to fail...

Bank aversion to unsecured SME loans has led to a $240 billion yearly opportunity for investors according to online marketplace invoice lender, FundX

QLD’s freemium real-estate startup MiSale launches in NSW and VIC as technology continues to...

This expansion follows MiSale’s launch in Queensland earlier this year, where the platform has facilitated close to $12M in sales, saving users $293,000 in commissions.

Tank Stream Labs partners with edtech startup Academy Xi to offer new training to...

Brad Delamare from Tank Stream Labs said the partnership with Academy Xi was timely with the recent establishment of the first Blockchain hub at Tank Stream’s Bridge Street Hub.

Here’s how this guy has built one of the world’s billion dollar cannabis companies

Namaste has always sought to become Canada’s premier of medicinal cannabis. They have established themselves as a global market leader, creating the world’s largest online marketplace for cannabis, cannabis accessories, and other related products with more than 30 websites in 20 countries.

Meet the startup that is taking the Hassl out of business offices

Less than a year since the software’s beta launch Melbourne-based agency Your Creative this month launched Hassl Business in over 50 countries.

Australian SEO startup Longtail UX expands into Japan by partnering with Sophola

SOPHOLA’s exclusive partnership with Longtail UX enables the Sydney startup to operate its service in Japan. As part of this agreement, SOPHOLA will work with Longtail UX to help it understand the production processes in the region.
Monica Limanto, founder of Petsy

How this new pet insurance start-up is succeeding against the odds of COVID-19

Utilising its enticing rewards program, the young pet insurance provider aims to encourage more Aussie pet owners to take out cover as the latest figures reveal only 6% of Australia’s 7.3 million cat and dog owners have insured their pets.
Realife Tech announces COVID-19 Fan Safety Hub to help the return of live events

Realife Tech announces new COVID-19 Fan Safety Hub to help the return of live...

Its Post-Covid Fan Safety Hub then uses this information to provide functionality to reduce queues at entry and exit, allow for contactless ordering and collection of food and beverage and merchandise items, and delivers targeted safety and crowd density messaging through the venue or team’s mobile app and website.

This company raised AU$1 million in pre-order sales for its hi-tech earbuds

The start that this smart Aussie tech company had was far from good. It was awesome! On crowd-funding platform Indiegogo, they hit their goal in two hours, reached the $100,000 mark within one day and had reached over $300,000 by the end of that first week.

LinkedIn for property: this app is building the world’s first free online property network

Mr Lui, who co-founded Airtasker in 2012 has used this experience to create a more open and accessible network to service the burgeoning Australian and Singapore real estate markets.

Soaring Australian start-up Cosmetic Capital ships more than 100,000 orders in two years on...

Online retailer and start-up, Cosmetic Capital, has shipped more than 100,000 orders on Neto since launching just two years ago, cementing its position as one of Australia’s leading discount beauty online retailers.
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Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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