Samsara Eco, an Aussie startup that uses plastic-eating enzyme to make recycled packaging, has teamed up with Canadian activewear brand Lululemon to create what it says is the world’s...
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Sydney quantum company Q-CTRL has opened research and product development offices in Berlin and the UK to capitalise on global expertise, investment and the AUKUS security pact, as it...
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20 startups and scaleups on Monday made the cut for a $500,000 Queensland government-supported accelerator program that has helped launch companies like Gilmore Space Technologies and Universal Field Robotics...
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Australia’s universities have backed legislation to introduce the government’s startup program but want flexibility in the pilot phase to iron out a range of issues with the proposal, including...
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When the German federal government unveiled its first national startup strategy in the middle of 2022, its biggest surprise perhaps was that it had not arrived earlier. German industrial...
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Australian software startup Fivecast on Tuesday announced it had closed its AU$30 million Series A. The round, led by US cyber investment firm Ten Eleven, which counts Malcolm Turnbull...
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When I interview Paul Levins, he is sitting in Spanish villa-style ranch house in a small community about an hour’s drive north of Austin, Texas, where he has been...
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A free accelerator program backed by the City of Sydney is offering 20 startups the chance to develop their business acumen with entrepreneurial experts for the first time since...
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Silicon Valley venture capitalists and tens of thousands of global venture-backed startups breathed a sigh of relief on Monday when the US government announced customer deposits in collapsed Silicon...
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The FTX fraud and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank highlight just how unstable the finance system can be. Ever since bankers learnt that they could make money from...
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent shockwaves through the Australian tech sector, but industry leaders and government are confident that local exposure is limited after US regulators...
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Legislation paving the way for up to 2000 university students and recent graduates to defer the cost of accessing startup accelerator programs through HECS-style loans each year has been...
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A knowledge of ethics and philosophy has never been more important in this technological age. But most Australian schools don’t dedicate any time to the teaching of philosophy, leading...
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It’s a myth that tech startups will face just one ‘valley of death’ over the course of their lives. For decades the tech startup valley of death has been broadly...