Tag: Stone & Chalk

Stone and Chalk CEO Alex Scandurra steps down

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Stone and Chalk’s inaugural CEO Alex Scandurra will step down next week to pursue “new opportunities”, just months after the organisation merged with federal government growth centre AustCyber. Stone...

Newfound drives new FinTech market access

Posted on   |  by David McClure
Financial communications surveillance and a bank-linked ethical spending app were among the FinTech pitches from around the world at the recent Newfound Market Mission to Australia event. The inaugural...

Sydney Startup Hub gets a rent lifeline

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Co-working businesses operating inside the $35 million Sydney Startup Hub have been thrown a state government lifeline in the form of a six-month rent holiday to keep them viable...

Startup lobby never wastes a good crisis

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
At a time when it seems the whole world needs a bridging loan to get through to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, a new tech sector lobby...

No-one’s playing in the sandbox

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will look to pass legislation improving the regulatory sandbox as a “matter of priority” when Parliament resumes next month after it was revealed that only seven...

Stone & Chalk’s $8m SA payday

Posted on   |  by Joan Westenberg
South Australia will pay the Sydney-headquartered FinTech incubator and co-working space Stone and Chalk nearly $8 million over three years to manage a space industry-focused incubator at Adelaide’s Lot...

Victoria’s FinTech hub mystery

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian government is still yet to decide who will run its FinTech hub in Docklands, which is now running more than a month behind schedule. The Victorian Fintech...

Bipartisan group for blockchain

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor and Coalition parliamentarians have banded together to throw support behind a measures aiming to support the burgeoning bitcoin and blockchain sectors in Australia. The Parliamentary Friends of Blockchain...

Stone & Chalk: We love Melbourne

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Stone & Chalk has finally unveiled its long-planned expansion into Melbourne, and it is doing it without the support of the Victorian government. Stone & Chalk’s Melbourne operation will...