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Steve Baxter is taking these 20 young Australian entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley

Start-up hub and co-working community, River City Labs, recently revealed the names of the 20 young tech standouts selected to be part of the 2015 ‘Startup Catalyst’ mission to Silicon Valley which will run from 28 September to 7 October.

Hate chores? This app lets you have your laundry and dry cleaning picked up...

Tired of doing chores? Dryz, a Melbourne-based tech start-up, has launched an app that offers an on-demand, door-to-door laundry and dry cleaning service.

Expert360 raises $4.1 million to take the hustle out of finding a great consultant...

Booming Australian start-up Expert360 has closed an oversubscribed capital raising for $4.1 million to transform the sleepy $350 billion global consulting industry with its online consulting marketplace.

This Melbourne start-up has made Dominos’ delivery tracking app a reality for all local...

Melbourne delivery software start-up, Swift launched their delivery management software that enables any business that delivers to offer real-time delivery tracking of their items.

Steve Baxter’s Startup Catalyst is back to give 20 young Aussie entrepreneurs the trip...

Co-working community River City Labs recently announced that applications are now open to be part of this year’s Startup Catalyst, an annual sponsored mission...

A new impact investment fund is raising $100 million for socially and environmentally conscious...

The future is looking very bright for Australian entrepreneurs that are doing good for society or the environment with a recently announced $100 million...

Silicon Valley’s ‘entrepreneur whisperer’ Ash Maurya is coming to Australia to help create more...

Ash Maurya, one of Silicon Valley's most recognised thought leaders in the global start-up space and the widely influential author of start-up bible Running...

Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer is not the only one looking to avoid ‘death by...

As you might have heard, Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer is looking to end the reign of PowerPoint within the company, stopping the ‘death by...
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The business plan is ‘VCs will just give us money’ [VIDEO]

This is one of the best parody videos for a long time. It's the marketing pitch for a fictitious startup where privilege is monetised, for...

91 year old starts new career as a product designer in Silicon Valley [VIDEO]

IDEO is one of the poster-child companies of Silicon Valley. It was the first, reputable design and innovation firm. IDEO, through using customer-based design thinking,...

Local cloud-based start-up has plans to make a few US companies uncomfortable

Kounta, the cloud-based point of sale platform that has taken Australia by storm, has recently launched in the US, looking to fill what they...

This Sydney business has raised US$4 million to improve the way our jobs are...

Workplace solutions provider, Employment Innovations recently secured USD$4 million (AUD$5.1 million) in debt funding from Partners for Growth, an investment partner for Silicon Valley...

Are you a student? How would you like to hang out with tech industry...

With the second annual Canvas My Campus contest, two Silicon Valley tech companies, Prezi and Tilt, are offering two university students the chance of...

Blue Sky is looking to raise a $30 million fund in Australia’s starved venture...

Blue Sky Venture Capital, a division of Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited, is looking to raise $30 million for a new fund in a...

$100,000 USD is up for grabs at the PayPal and Braintree Sydney BattleHack hackathon...

All ye talented app developers, where art thou? The time to shine hath arrived... Leading global payments providers PayPal and Braintree will be hosting a...

Australia’s first dedicated Bitcoin fund has $30 million to invest in businesses that deal...

The Future Capital Bitcoin Fund (FCBF), an Australian-based investment firm, has launched a $USD30 million global investment fund investing in companies that are leveraging...

Larry Kestelman’s Oxygen Ventures is looking for a start-up to breathe $5 million into...

Oxygen Ventures, the venture capital firm founded by successful serial entrepreneur Larry Kestelman, is putting up $5 million for The Big Pitch, a start-up...

OneVentures launches its second fund to tap into Australian investors’ growing appetite for venture...

Australian venture capital firm, OneVentures, recently officially launched its new OneVentures Innovation and Growth Fund II. This new fund aims to raise a total of...

This is the ramp your start-up needs to launch into success. Rev up your...

Do you run a tech start-up that just needs that one extra push of cash to get it rolling into entrepreneurial success? Then rampersand...

Getting startup investment in Australia is a headache. We need a revolution!

Hi! I'm Lauren Rielly, I'm an Australian entrepreneur, dog lover and serial explorer. I'm on a mission to revolutionise startup investment in Australia and am...
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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

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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