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Eloise Keating

Melbourne

News editor at @SmartCompany and Inc Australia (coming soon!) / book lover / political nerd / Stevie Nicks fan / Mum and aunty. Views my own, unfortunately.

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  • 1 week ago | smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating |Tegan Jones

    Melbourne-based medtech startup Seer Medical has been revived from voluntary administration thanks to a $40 million investment deal involving former backer Breakthrough Victoria and Cadwell Industries, one of the world’s largest neurodiagnostic equipment manufacturers. Seer will join Cadwell Industries’ portfolio as part of the investment deal, which also includes Singapore-based TrialCap.

  • 1 week ago | smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating

    For years, the startup and SME funding landscape followed a familiar playbook: take on debt, seek venture capital, or bootstrap your way forward. Lately, however, Australian founders have been rethinking their approach to raising capital. To find out how attitudes are changing, SmartCompany and Tractor Ventures surveyed nearly 400 SME owner/operators and startup founders.

  • 2 weeks ago | smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating |David Adams

    It was a massive week for Australian energy companies, with three innovative businesses securing serious capital. Read on to learn about forward-thinking solar energy capture and storage, through to AI-powered grid integration and the repurposing of EV batteries. Elsewhere, a startup trying to improve telehealth across Australia booked funding from investors, including Woolworths’ digital health arm.

  • 2 weeks ago | smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating |David Adams

    The Australian former master franchisee for multinational discount retailer Miniso will face a winding up hearing in the Supreme Court of New South Wales on Thursday, less than 12 months after the business was placed in voluntary administration for the second time. According to a notice published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), a total of 19 related corporate entities are subject to a winding up application.

  • 4 weeks ago | smartcompany.com.au | Eloise Keating |Tegan Jones

    Clamping down on unnecessary meetings, open source AI and growing food for long space journeys. These are just some of the areas that ANZ startups that raised a collective $20.89 million this week are tackling. This week also saw Carma close a $30 million convertible note. Carma won SmartCompany’s Smart50 innovator award in 2024 for its transformation of the used-car ecosystem.

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Eloise Keating
Eloise Keating @ellykeating
9 Dec 24

From Jan 1, wage theft will be a federal crime in Aus, with hefty penalties for companies and individuals. But a code covering small business has not yet available. The code also needs to be declared for the new laws to come into effect. @SmartCompany https://t.co/jWv7GPSuha

Eloise Keating
Eloise Keating @ellykeating
4 Dec 24

For the first time, Spotify has explicitly advertised its use of AI for its Wrapped feature. https://t.co/z4yfFrw76W @SmartCompany #ai #wrapped

Eloise Keating
Eloise Keating @ellykeating
27 Nov 24

Greens say teen social media ban could "stifle" careers of young entrepreneurs via @smartcompany https://t.co/2a2QZtq0MX #auspol