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3 weeks ago | 
nancyonnorwalk.com | Daniel Simons |Justin Matley |Drew Todd |Bryan Meek
Easter may not be a holiday that everyone observes in a religious way—but its deeper invitation is something we all know in our bones. It’s the intuition that Life, in all its changing forms, is larger than loss. That it encompasses birth and death, breakdowns and breakthroughs, and somehow includes it all and grows ever richer. That’s a truth worth celebrating, especially in hard times.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Daniel Simons
A senior marketing exec from Canva and Eucalyptus has struck out on his own to launch a media strategy startup. Matt Rossi left his role as head of growth at Eucalyptus to found Oodle, saying it will offer media strategy and buying for growth-oriented brands, with a focus on helping internal marketing teams build conviction to scale into brand channels. Rossi spent the last 7 years building internal creative and media functions at leading startups such as Canva, Eucalyptus and Koala.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Daniel Simons |Adam Bub
China’s Qitian Dasheng Network Technology is expanding its 72 Byte AI System for smart hotels and commercial buildings into Australia, with the help of a local AI expert. Launched in 2014 by entrepreneur Qi Wu (Allen), the Beijing and Shanghai-based company’s AI-powered IoT services are used by some of China’s leading hotel and real estate brands, including BTG Homeinns and Jin Jiang International Hotels.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Daniel Simons |Adam Bub |Denham Sadler
FinTech Australia is calling on the Federal government to address the challenging capital raising environment for startups and renew its support for Austrade’s effort to promote our local sector abroad.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Daniel Simons |Adam Bub |Denham Sadler
Online share trading platform Superhero has cut its brokerage fee on ASX trades up to $20,000 from $5 to just $2. The 60% reduction in the digital trading platform’s brokerage fee undercuts rival Stake, which charges $3 for ASX trades up to $30,000. Superhero charges a 0.01% fee for trades over $20,000. The Superhero-branded app now has nearly 300,000 customers and $2 billion in assets on the platform.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Daniel Simons |Adam Bub |Denham Sadler
After a year in power, NSW Premier Chris Minns has decided to put Investment NSW under his watch, along with the Office of the Chief Scientist, amid a restructure of the NSW Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade (DEIT) that will see its demise. The state government announced the shakeup on Friday afternoon, claiming that DEIT’s “industry, innovation, trade and investment functions will return to the centre of government” with Investment NSW being transferred to the Premier’s Department.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Daniel Simons |Adam Bub |Denham Sadler
Startup founder, government tech advisor and Spark Festival director Maria MacNamara will be the next CEO of the Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA). Sydney-based MacNamara will step into the role on April 22 having recently completed a term as the Director of Government Affairs and Innovation Strategy at global ICT infrastructure company Kyndryl. She was previously CEO of Advance.org, Australia’s diaspora organisation, and has held senior roles in the Australian and NSW governments.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Daniel Simons |Adam Bub |Denham Sadler
New Zealand lawtech startup VXT has raised NZ$1.8 million (A$1.65 million) in a pre-Series A. The round was led by existing investor GD1 with follow on-investments from Startmate and Phase One too as well as Silicon Valley entrepreneur and former Lattice boss J Zac Stein joining the cap table.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Daniel Simons |Simon Thomsen |Adam Bub |Denham Sadler
Ahead of Startmate Demo Day on May 2 in Sydney at Blackbird’s Sunrise, Startup Daily is profiling the 10 startups involved. We kick off with NOA The Brand. “We want to be the Intel of wireless charging,” says the Sydney-based startup’s co-founder Christel Hadiwibawa. Even though wireless charging has been on the market for years, the tech is far from perfect. It’s difficult to implement, has a high cost of integration, slow power transmission, and wastes a lot of energy.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Daniel Simons |Adam Bub |Denham Sadler |Simon Thomsen
Ahead of Startmate Demo Day on May 2 in Sydney at Blackbird’s Sunrise, Startup Daily is profiling the startups involved. We kick off with NOA The Brand. “We want to be the Intel of wireless charging,” says the Sydney-based startup’s co-founder Christel Hadiwibawa. Even though wireless charging has been on the market for years, the tech is far from perfect. It’s difficult to implement, has a high cost of integration, slow power transmission, and wastes a lot of energy.
