Tag: airbnb
Australian start-up launches blockchain system to fight food fraud and future pandemics
The connection to our food source has been lost, their regions invisible and the supply chain unknown. This lack of transparency, along with food chain supply inefficiencies, costs the global economy over USD$100bn annually.
Hometime raises further $6.7 million and announces two more acquisitions in Melbourne and Cairns
Hometime, Airbnb’s leading property management partner in the APAC region, has raised a further $6.7 million on top of a recent $6 million equity and venture debt funding round completed in May 2019.
How has technology fuelled the thriving sharing economy?
We’re living in wild times when renting a stranger’s bedroom
or ride sharing in somebody else’s car is no longer weird, and often...
Is your baggage hampering your activities? The Airbnb of lugagge wants to lighten the...
Stasher, the innovative luggage storage solution that has been helping worldwide travellers lighten their loads, is now set to convenience thousands of...
How I generated 50,000 visitors a month without spending a dollar on ads –...
Growth hackers are people who accelerate growth within a company. They have decisive ideas about growth, virality and the success of a product or company that are needed to bring the company to the front and center of the public.
Strong winds of disruption: how alternative lenders are beating the Big Four banks
Just as disruptive start-ups are rethinking almost every industry out there, alternative lenders are assessing risk in an innovative way, using big data in real time to enable more businesses to get the capital they need for growth.
New year, new way of consuming stuff: – the ‘Access Economy’ is set to...
The Access Economy is thriving in Australia because people care more about convenience and lower cost options than they do about owning possessions outright. Sharing or just paying for access doesn't mean missing out.
Australia’s tech sector poised for greatness thanks to millennial entrepreneurs
If you look back to the pre-millennial time before 1980’s, there were as many dreams and talents as now. Since then, technology, the Internet and smartphones democratised opportunities and brought them closer to those with the dream to do more, especially the youth.
This Aussie travel tech start-up is changing the game for small tourism businesses
The subscription-based platform is designed to help small, often family-run operations that don’t have resources to market themselves on a large scale.
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.
This start-up is unlocking effortless income for home owners and property investors
MadeComfy is a short term property management specialist committed to providing property owners with the highest quality, hassle-free, hosting service in the market. It makes hosting effortless whilst property owners earn the rental income
Are you thinking about summer boating in Australia? Say hi to the ‘Airbnb for...
Owners utilizing GetMyBoat are not only offsetting the cost of ownership, but many also rent out their boat frequently enough to make it their main source of income. We’ve also allowed owners the opportunity to expand their fleet and purchase additional watercraft.
This new start-up is combining traditional and short-term rental management
In a sense it is an accounts and property management for home-owner's to handle the entire guest experience all guest inquiries, cleaning, property management.
The Uber of weddings – is this start-up the future of the $300 billion...
JoinMyWedding.com is the first online global platform that enables to-be married couples to open up their weddings to travellers who seek authentic cultural experiences on their holidays by connecting them via selling and buying tickets to weddings.
Drive for Uber or list on Airbnb? Here’s 5 things you need to know...
But there are a few essential things rideshare drivers, space-sharers and other ‘sharing economy’ workers need to know come tax time. Those earning income from the sharing economy should prepare for close scrutiny from the ATO.
These two health start-ups will represent Australia at one of the world’s largest venture...
Two emerging Australian startups will have the opportunity to pitch at one of the world’s largest venture capital events after taking home the top two spots in the OTEC APAC 2016 Phoenix Pitch Competition.
Winter is coming and Australian freelancers have a cool opportunity to escape it in...
Roam Explorer is a one-off curated travel program for a limited class of 20 that will allow aspiring remote workers to experience Roam’s international network of high-end and productive co-living communities for the Summer.
This new app has been born of frustration with the traditional recruiting industry
Lightsapp is a new contingent workforce employment platform for the ICT industry. The platform is unique because its mission is to secure and support the contingent worker throughout their entire life cycle.
Innovation is not all about technology, social entrepreneurship too can help us find new...
Let’s not assume that innovation is limited to tech, says David Brooke, Managing Director of Social Traders, as he makes the argument for social enterprise
This new start-up has set out to become the Airbnb for retail and commercial...
Australian start-up Popupshopup provides the perfect solution for activating vacant retail and commercial space for entrepreneurs and global companies
