November 2021
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Atlassian founders back e-bike start-up Zoomo in $80m raise
The company sells electric bikes to gig economy delivery drivers and companies that employ them. Its rapid growth has led to a second big funding round this year.
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August 2021
Sun, surf and start-ups: Welcome to the Gold Coast tech hub
The Gold Coast, best known to outsiders for beaches, theme parks and the yearly influx of schoolies, is now a burgeoning hub for innovative small businesses and tech start-ups.
July 2021
Meet the start-up founders turning hobbies into cash
Music, dance, and video games are among the areas that Aussie tech entrepreneurs have managed to turn from hobbies into businesses.
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‘Canva for engineers’ raises $5.1m
Well-known Aussie tech investors including Blackbird Ventures and Scott Farquhar’s Skip Capital have backed FL0, a start-up that promises to accelerate software development.
June 2021
Afterpay venture arm leads $45m round for Sendle
AP Ventures boss Hein Vogel says Sendle is the fund’s fourth investment, out of about 150 potential deals to come across his desk since launching in early 2020.
Aussie tech company buys UK sports video rival for $53m
ASX-listed sports tech company Catapult has announced plans to snap up SBG Sports Software.
CBA, ANZ and Westpac banking apps down amid wider outage
While the scale of the outages is currently unclear, it comes just over a week after problems at global content delivery network Fastly brought down numerous major websites.
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Afterpay, Zip founders back insurance disruptor
Honey Insurance has secured $15.5 million from a host of well-known backers to jazz up home contents coverage by sending new customers smart home sensors.
Young Aussies put London back on their maps
Twenty-somethings put working in London back on their agendas after the British-Australia trade deal extended the age limit for working holiday visas.
Atlassian push to make companies back up words with donations
The Atlassian Foundation has created a bespoke deed of equity for founders that makes public pledges to donate money, time, or products for the betterment of society legally enforceable.
Australia to donate 20 million vaccine doses to Pacific
Scott Morrison made the pledge soon after landing in the UK for the G7 summit; More doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered in Victoria than NSW. Follow updates here.
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Victoria reports no new cases on first day of eased restrictions
The nation heaved a sigh of relief as Australia reported no new community cases on Friday, after a Victorian couple caused alarm by travelling through NSW to Queensland.
Don’t count on a higher bid for Altium: analyst
Altium shares closed almost 40 per cent higher after it rejected a $5 billion takeover proposal from Nasdaq-listed software giant Autodesk.
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Former Clayton Utz lawyers take ‘NewLaw’ start-up to the UK
Sprintlaw is launching in the UK, after spending the past five years beefing up its team of remote, on-demand lawyers to compete with traditional firms.
The innovators behind a start-up reinventing cattle feed are farmers
ProAgni is using scientific findings about how kangaroos metabolise their food to create greener, better feed options for cattle and sheep.
Australian social marketing start-up Stackla snapped up by rival
Less than two years after it was stonewalled by a sudden Facebook ban, Stackla has been acquired by Finnish company Nosto.
Jobs galore at US people-monitoring software firm
Utah-headquartered software company Qualtrics is planning to hire 1200 people across Australia, New Zealand and some Asian countries over the next three years.
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NBN service failure laid bare as telcos count the cost
The scale of NBN’s problems making and keeping appointments is so significant that almost 20,000 customers have now been affected, but it says things are improving.
May 2021
Millennials see joint bank accounts as outdated, survey finds
A survey has found that 75 per cent of Millennial respondents think joint bank accounts are not suited for modern relationships.
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Insurance tech start-up rebrands for US push after funding round
Melbourne-based Expense Check has raised $4m and changed its name to Kanopi, as it tries to expand its products and launch into the lucrative US market.