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Can startups achieve world domination with purpose?
Many startup founders dream of world domination but what if you also want to create real world change? Here's four lessons to achieving purpose. → Read More
What startups need to know about the rise of conscious consumers
By 2025, millennials will make up 75% of the global workforce and bring with them trillions of dollars in buying power in years to come. This is important for emerging startup founders and entrepreneurs. It’s a consumer group to look out for and it heralds a fundamental market shift: to conscious consumption. Giant Leap Fund managing … → Read More
Slingshot launches CoVentured platform to connect thousands of startups with corporates like Australia Post, Optus and Westpac
Corporate accelerator Slingshot has launched a platform aimed at helping thousands of startups and scale-ups around the world find opportunities to pilot, partner and co-create with big businesses. CoVentured, which opened registrations for local startups on Thursday, has already signed on 25 founding corporate members including Westpac, Optus, Salmat, Australia Post, Woolworths, the University… → Read More
Melbourne-founded Unlockd secures one of the largest startup deals of 2017 with $30 million to take on Asia
Melbourne-founded mobile ad startup Unlockd has secured $30.8 million ($US23 million) in Series B funding in one of the largest startup investment deals for an Australian tech startup this year. The deal led by Axiata Digital, an arm of Asian telco giant Axiata Group, will give Unlockd ground-level access to local customers and businesses in … → Read More
Ed Husic back in boxing ring over claims Turnbull Government is “robbing” regional incubators in Budget 2017
Shadow minister for the digital economy Ed Husic is back in the boxing ring, this time with claims the Turnbull Government is “robbing regional Australia” by refocusing funding away from incubators outside metropolitan areas. “This cut means it’s far from an exciting time to be a university or business that wants to innovate in regional Australia … → Read More
Spaceship, Prospa and Timelio among winners in FinTech Australia's inaugural Finnies awards
Australian startups taking on global markets with new fintech solutions in agtech, retail, lending and superannuation were celebrated at the inaugural Finnie awards held in Sydney on Wednesday. The Finnie awards were established by FinTech Australia to celebrate fintech ventures Down Under, and last night gave out 29 awards before an audience of more than … → Read More
How drones startup Propeller Aero got its own office, a team of 25 and more than $5 million in funding within three years
A Sydney startup developing drone technologies for the construction sector has moved out of its incubator and into a new Surry Hills office with a team of 25, less than a year after raising $4 million ($US3.1 million) with support from Silicon Valley investors. Propeller Aero, founded by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel in … → Read More
Strategic storytelling expert Kindra Hall's four-step guide to a memorable 30-second startup pitch
If you had 30 seconds to pitch your startup how could you do it in way that left your listener begging to hear more? Strategic storytelling expert Kindra Hall believes the elevator pitch “conundrum” of delivering just enough information to “create intrigue” can be tackled with the core tenets of a great story. Writing in Inc, … → Read More
Five books Bill Gates wants you to read to see “where humanity might be headed”
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is well-known for his book recommendations, and as North America prepares for its summer this year, the avid reader has once again published a list of his top reads. Gates is recommending five books that gave him new insights to the world and its future by pushing him out of his … → Read More
Artesian secures $26 million for its new clean energy seed fund: "We have nearly $200 million under investment now"
Australian venture capital firm Artesian has completed a $26 million capital raise for its Australian Clean Energy Seed Fund after launching it with a $20 million target in September 2016. The raise follows Artesian’s $58 million investment from superannuation giant Hostplus in February this year to fund venture capital deals for startups, ranging from seed to more … → Read More
How operating like a lab helped Upworthy reach “50 million monthly readers”
Instead of following “best” practice rules, a startup should establish itself as a “laboratory” if it wants to soar to unprecedented heights, says Upworthy founding editor Sarah Critchfield. “When Upworthy launched, we were berated for not using industry-standard practices,” Critchfield writes in Harvard Business Review. “But two years and 50 million monthly readers later, Upworthy … → Read More
Melbourne startup founded by surgeons secures $250,000 before launching: Meet Nebula Health
A Melbourne startup helping surgeons improve patient care with a smartphone app has secured $250,000 in angel funding after completing the Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP). The funding round was led by Rod Lyle, who is on the board of ASX-listed medical software company Pro Medicus, as well as other angel investors. Nebula Health co-founder Li … → Read More
After securing $500,000, Sydney beauty startup Glamazon lands partnership with global software platform MINDBODY
Sydney-founded on-demand beauty startup Glamazon has secured a partnership with a multimillion-dollar global software platform MINDBODY, just five months after it raised $500,000 in seed funding. On a mission “to really automate this beauty industry and allow an easier booking process”, Glamazon co-founders Lauren Silvers and Lisa Maree are taking on a market worth $5 … → Read More
After securing $500,000, Sydney beauty startup Glamazon lands partnership with global software platform MINDBODY
Sydney-founded on-demand beauty startup Glamazon has secured a partnership with a multimillion-dollar global software platform MINDBODY, just five months after it raised $500,000 in seed funding. On a mission “to really automate this beauty industry and allow an easier booking process”, Glamazon co-founders Lauren Silvers and Lisa Maree are taking on a market worth $5 … → Read More
Airtasker scores partnership with furniture giant Ikea: “The reality is it’s hard work”
Sydney-founded freelancing marketplace Airtasker has secured a partnership with furniture giant Ikea that will see the two companies combine forces to help shoppers install and assemble products at home. The partnership will begin with a three-month pilot at the Ikea outlet in Tempe, Sydney, where shoppers will be able to visit Airtasker kiosks in the … → Read More
Four big lessons for growing startups from Blue Sky founder Mark Sowerby: "This is an emotional game"
After growing up in remote Australia and attending boarding school on a farm, Blue Sky Alternative Investments founder Mark Sowerby says he spent more than two decades figuring out “what am I good at and what am I not?” before eventually creating a venture capital fund that now manages over $2 billion in assets. This … → Read More
The one thing startup founders shouldn't delegate, according to the founder of Blue Sky Mark Sowerby
“Storytelling” is the one task startup founders shouldn’t delegate, according to Queensland’s chief entrepreneur and founder of Blue Sky Alternative Investments Mark Sowerby. “As a founder you’ve got to be the storyteller and it’s got to be your story,” Sowerby tells StartupSmart. “You’ve got to have the conviction and belief in it, and know it’s true.” … → Read More
Why iCetana chief Chris Farquhar raised $8 million for a company that’s been profitable for years
The chief executive of Western Australian video surveillance software firm iCetana says the company had been profitable for years but the $8 million in external funding it secured this month will strengthen its position as a global player. The round, led by Perth’s Go Capital with participation from Yuuwa Capital, DelCor and angel investors, brings iCetana’s … → Read More
Thrill-seeking adventures aren’t just for Richard Branson: Queensland entrepreneurs invited to Bear Grylls-inspired startup quest
Queensland’s globetrotting “Adventurer in Residence” Ben Southall is calling on entrepreneurs across the state to join him in a Bear Grylls-inspired startup quest near the Great Barrier Reef this July. The mission will be the state’s first Venturer program aimed at taking entrepreneurs and innovators out of their daily grind and into the great outdoors … → Read More
After being “smacked in the face with failure”, this is what Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian wants new founders to know
Before cutting the ribbon and launching a brand new idea, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian says it’s essential that founders really spend time on validating their concepts as early on as possible. It’s a lesson the multimillionaire, and fiancé of tennis champion Serena Williams, learned the hard way. Speaking at Tech In Asia’s Singapore conference this … → Read More