From exhibition halls to data centres, August Robotics is betting its robot platform can drill into the infrastructure boom. It’s latest backers agree.
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Akshat Agarwal says Australia’s startup scene has plenty of talent and capital. What it lacks, he argues, is somewhere for them to collide.
Yamini Rangan has watched 40% of her company’s market value evaporate since January. She thinks the market has the story wrong.
While alcohol dependence affects 1.4 million Australians, only a fraction of them receive treatment. Clean Slate Clinics aims to change that.
The workforce management company has acquired two more Australian HR tech companies in an eight-figure deal.
Up to 80% of surgeries for women with suspected ovarian cancer turn out to be unnecessary. Proseek Bio wants to change that.
Adelaide’s homegrown tech conference delivered its usual mix of AI hype, unlikely guests and deliberate weirdness.
The Danish energy trader’s new deal brings the company’s total local commitment to $500 million, as it expands its Australian energy footprint.
It sounds like a plot line out of a Marvel movie. But Cortical Labs has launched what it claims is the world’s first biological data centre, using human brain cells — and much less energy than traditional infrastructure.
Matt Allen spent six years financing those misunderstood by traditional banking. Now he’s using that playbook to do the same for artists.
Legal AI startup Parachute wants to capture the market of small- to medium-sized law firms, which it says have been overlooked by global legal technology providers
Australia’s second-largest member-based insurer is expanding its portfolio to invest in health tech startups. And it’s confident it can succeed where other corporate VCs failed.
Conversation-capture tool Contented is already being used by over 200 customers globally to speed up documentation.
Triple Bubble’s Brian Collins has been appointed CEO of Tasmania’s startup organisation, Enterprize Tasmania. He wants to the island state to produce Australia's next unicorn.
Australia’s agtech funding is held up by long validation timelines. Farmers2Founders is using real-world deployments to produce clearer traction signals.
Founders Paul and Michael Lutkajtis are betting manufacturers around the world are ready to ditch manual tools for smarter, scalable systems.
After three years, SXSW’s Sydney outpost is shutting down, in a move that has drawn mixed reactions from Australia’s startup community.
While building a bioreactor for NASA, co-founders Jordana Blackman and Tiffanwy Klippel-Cooper imagined a new way to think about how biology and physics intertwine.
Founded by former Airtree investor Kevin Lu, Atrium has raised $1.3 million to build a personal CRM to help investors, founders and executives manage their networks.
The London-based nature-tech company is partnering with Founders Factory Perth to launch Biome, a nature capital fund in Western Australia.
The Victorian government's startup support agency is being merged into controversial $2 billion innovation fund Breakthrough Victoria in a move investors say is 'crazy' and a 'real shame'.
Detail Earth, launched by seasoned entrepreneurs in geospatial tech, plans to launch new generation aerial mapping imagery to the Asia-Pacific region.
In one of only a handful of AI-related exits in the Australian ecosystem to date, Sydney startup Nucanon has sold to Indian gaming giant Zupee, which boasts 200 million users.
Teacher’s Buddy, launched by Edrolo co-founder Ben Sze, is already used by 12,000 teachers across 130 countries to cut admin time and stress.
The AI giant has not been put off by a recent copyright decision and has indicated it hopes to further expand its presence in Australia.
While wearing a jacket designed using AI, Canva's co-founder Cameron Adams rejected claims AI hampers creativity, and says he wants Australia to become Southeast Asia's AI computing hub.
The Sydney startup, founded by industry veterans Jono Harrison and Luke Bevans, is pushing for Australia to catch up with global music markets.