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Aussie neobank secures strategic pre-IPO investment from Japanese financial group
AI-powered, challenger neobank Douugh, is pleased to announce a strategic investment from one of Japan’s leading financial services companies, Monex Group, Inc....
Australian brands still have a long way to go to in digital performance –...
SAP Australia recently launched its 2016 Australian Digital Experience Report, revealing that while the country’s largest brands have improved their digital performance since 2015’s inaugural study, a sizeable gap remains between the experiences brands deliver and what consumers expect.
Can entrepreneurial success be predicted? A world-first study answers [INFOGRAPHIC]
The 15-year qualitative and quantitative research study benchmarked the motivations of successful entrepreneurs and business builders to answer the question: is an entrepreneur born or can they be developed?
Are you an early-stage founder? The Startup Games are coming to Sydney for you
The UK’s Department for International Trade, through its Global Entrepreneur Programme, is looking for the best and brightest Australian and New Zealand early-stage companies to participate in the Startup Games
WOTSO partners with Investible to build and grow a national accelerator for start-ups
Investible’s LAB Program is an eight-week, full time start-up accelerator, where winning companies access up to $250,000 in capital from the Club Investible network.
A new census has revealed that Melbourne has great fintech potential
The first ever Fintech Census has revealed a strong and thriving community of financial tech companies in Victoria, with the results recently released.
Fintech is...
This new shopping app is offering Australian retailers a way to drive consumers instore...
Smart phone app ShopFully announces its launch into Australia – the first mobile platform to help customers preplan their purchases from their mobile while being driven into physical stores.
A third of women are confident in returning to work after giving birth –...
Confidence steadily decreases as women age and the biggest insecurities they have about returning to work relate to balancing work and family commitments and whether their skills and knowledge are up-to-date.
New research has found that flexible working hours and work/life balance are the secret...
Over a third of Australian employers believe that offering staff flexible work arrangements is the best way stop them searching out alternative employment, according to figures released by Employsure.
Aussie startup advocacy group believes budget provides incremental gains but lacks vision on technology
Despite a welcome injection of $60 million over 3 years to the Export Market Development Grant, StartupAUS described the recently announced Budget...
River City Labs announces plans to double in size in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley
Brisbane's top co-working community and start-up hub, River City Labs, has announced its imminent plans to double in size within the next, six months.
Are you a tech start-up ready to conquer the US? This accelerator is looking...
KPMG Australia and Advance have launched the 2016 elevate61 accelerator, opening up applications to Aussie tech start-ups ready to conquer the US market.
These two Central Coast entrepreneurs are flying high with drone company StopRotor
StopRotor’s Deanne Watkins said its unique design allows the UAV to take off and hover like a helicopter and but also reach speeds of 110km/h for up to 10 hours.
What is holding women back in New Zealand and Australia’s financial advising industry?
A collaborative study by the University of Otago and RMIT University Melbourne has explored reasons for the low level of women in New Zealand and Australia’s financial advising industry.
Barayamal accelerator is looking for 5 innovative Indigenous startups to give a funding total...
Five innovative Indigenous startups will be selected for the Barayamal Accelerator and receive a funding total of $50,000 in grants with all startups also receiving support through free coworking space, mentoring and training from industry experts at the Victorian Innovation Hub, Goods Shed North.
Digivizer and Investible are partnering to help startups accelerate growth using data-driven marketing
A new partnership between early-stage investment group Investible, and digital analytics platform Digivizer, will help startups harness the power of data-driven...
A new program up and running at UNSW is throwing a lifeline to student...
At its core, FounderLab is designed to address one of the most daunting challenges facing entrepreneurs: recruiting talented team members with the right technology skillsets to take their business to the next level.
The hunt is on for the world’s brightest design entrepreneurs, are you one?
Good Design Australia and business accelerator CtechBA have launched Design Entrepreneur Awards, open to innovative designers, engineers and entrepreneurs
Australian Silicon Valley? Innovation Week aims to build a tech sector in the Bega...
Australia’s first Regional Innovation Week (April 27 - May 3) is aiming to drive to 1000 tech sector jobs for the Bega Valley by 2030
Feel at home at the office – is ‘domesticated’ design the future of the...
Workplace well-being is a growing trend. When a company fully integrates a ‘domesticated’ workplace with high levels of social interaction, opportunities to relax, and amenities to eat and exercise, the increased rates of productivity, retention and satisfaction are exponential.
