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This Sydney-based startup is disrupting the $2.5 billion Aussie traditional parking sector
Sydney-based property technology startup, BaseUp, is the first platform inAustralia to create a smart parking technology solution for large tenants and landlords...
Meet the agtech startup that has invented an optical scanner that saves food waste
Rubens Technologies has developed sensors and analytics to predict quality parameters of fruit and crops in real time, and without damaging the product.
Australian SEO startup releases new game-changing tool to forecast ROI on SEO
Longtail UX, an Australian SaaS startup and creator of patented technology that boosts websites’ ad performance and website rankings on Google, has today announced a new Search Marketing Scorecard to help companies that do business online.
Serial entrepreneur Andrew Banks launches new fintech start-up Plastiq.it, seeking equity crowdfunding on Equitise
Australian entrepreneur, Shark Tank judge and investor Andrew Banks has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign with platform Equitise for his new cashback rewards business Plastiq.it.
Startup 101: Why do it alone when you can learn from the legends themselves!
Entrepreneurship, some say, is a lonely battle. Rejoice, it’s no longer the case! The stories of the founders of legendary companies such as Google, Dyson, Facebook, Paypal, LinkedIn, Twitter and Square are, literally, at hand – via podcasts in the voices of their legendary founders, or articles penned by them.
QLD start-up Wrappt has been awarded $200,000 to tackle video innovation
Queensland startup Wrappt has been awarded $200,000 in Advance Queensland’s latest Ignite Ideas funding round, with a plan to help businesses revolutionise the way they create video.
Meet the Fazio brothers – homegrown Sydneysiders taking over the telco space
‘Our motto is to treat customers how we’d want to be treated,’ he says. ‘That means giving them the products they want, at a price that works and with service that’s unsurpassed.’
Managed IT services make the difference for Small & Medium Businesses future prospect
However, the demands of managing an IT department may be too much for SMBs to handle. These businesses usually have a small number of workers. The budget allocation is also limited, and workspace too.
Why seller experience is the new battleground in today’s competitive gig economy
The gig economy is no longer something people experiment with – it’s becoming a real career choice for Australian workers almost as quickly as it’s becoming a vital resource for businesses.
Proptech startup Property HQ is out to shake up commercial real estate search in...
Proptech startup Property HQ launched its new branding and a beta launch of its website this week with a renewed desire to disrupt and shake up the “status-quo.”
How to create a #1 selling app and gain over 120,000 downloads in just...
As a former teacher with a brilliant idea for an app, but no clue on where to start, creating MathsRockx has taught Jo Otto a lot about creating a great app
Drone startup JAR Aerospace wins 40k worth of digital transformation from Cisco
JAR Aerospace is a newly-founded tech startup which launched in 2017, and primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of purpose built Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with the functional capabilities to service large scale industrial processes.
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.
Wellington’s Rabid Technologies expands into Australia by acquiring Melbourne’s Squareweave
Bucking the trend of Australian companies buying into New Zealand, New Zealand web and app company Rabid Technologies has acquired Squareweave, a strategic design and web development agency based in Melbourne.
Microsoft welcomes 14 Australian startups to its debut Sydney ScaleUp Program
The Australian startups who will take part include, Auror, Daisee, FreightExchange, Hyper Anna, InDebted, Kapiche, Karbon, Makers Empire, Teamgage, SimpleKYC, StartVR, VendorPanel and Winimy AI.
Liven raises US$10 million, opens public token sale, signs ‘Bitcoin Jesus’
Leading dining rewards and payment app Liven has begun selling its new cryptocurrency LivenCoin (LVN) to the public, a key milestone in the company’s mission to transform the dining experience with world-class technology.
The WAN is dead, long live the WAN: What lies in the future of...
The wide area network (WAN) that companies have today is likely be the last they ever use. The race to move applications and services to the cloud, and the availability of high performance broadband, are fuelling the greatest networking revolution in a generation.
This Aussie tech and design consultancy has partnered with Google Cloud in the Asia...
Australian technology and design consultancy 33Bondi recently announced its partnership with Google Cloud as a new Google Cloud Partner (Asia Pacific) announced...
Oxford University spinout Zegami has secured £1.25 million to transform how businesses deal with...
Zegami, the augmented intelligence company helping businesses unlock their data potential through visual data exploration, has raised £1.25M in equity funding....
Nothing’s been the same since Uber came: Why on-demand startups are shaking up the...
It has been five years since Uber was legalised in Australia, but already in that time the taxi industry has plummeted and the value of a cab’s licence plate has decreased drastically. That disruption was caused by the simplicity and convenience of an on-demand service becoming available via an app on a smartphone.
