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1 month ago | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Harrison Polites |Alan Jones |Tom Williams

More than 10 bids were submitted to the voluntary administrators of failed startup StrongRoom AI, hoping to snap up the value left in the business, despite it being mired in legal action over allegedly faked revenue figures and a VC investor wanting its $10 million back. Final offers for what remains of StrongRoom are due next week alongside binding offers from administrator Todd Gammel from HLB Mann Judd, who will be working through the weekend to finalise potential deals.

1 month ago | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Harrison Polites |Alan Jones |Tom Williams

Canva is getting into the spreadsheet business as the software giant looks to move beyond pretty graphics to workplace productivity tools and take on enterprise software giants like Google. The 13-year-old design platform’s annual product song and dance show, the fourth Canva Create – this year themed as “Uncharted” – amid revelations that annual revenue is up US$500 million on six months ago to US$3 billion thanks to more than 230 million monthly active users.