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Jan 20, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Warwick Donaldson |Leonard Bernardone |Jian Xu |Maeve Couch
In April 2024, I started my eighth business, CapXcentric, a pre-seed to Series A capital raising coaching business. And I made a deliberate decision: I’m not scaling it. I know, it sounds ironic. CapXcentric exists to guide founders through the capital raise process, often for high-growth, hyper-scale startups. But despite working in a space that’s all about going big, I’ve chosen to build a business that focuses on quality over quantity.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Leonard Bernardone |Jian Xu |Maeve Couch |Tom Valcanis
Clean tech founder and investor Monique Conheady has added another directorial arrow to her corporate quiver, joining the board of Wollongong hydrogen electrolyser startup Hysata. Conheady was cofounder of the pioneering carshare startup Flexicar, acquired by Hertz Australia, and now chairs companies Energy Safe Victoria and JET Charge, as well as being a Breakthrough Victoria director.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Leonard Bernardone |Jian Xu |Maeve Couch |Tom Valcanis
Canberra has a new think tank for tech policy founded by three women to offer advice on the way forward in a digital world. The Tech Policy Design Institute (TPDi) bills itself as Australia’s first non-partisan, independent think tank focused on best practice technology policy.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Leonard Bernardone |Jian Xu |Maeve Couch |Tom Valcanis
The Australian Open (AO) has rolled out facial recognition technology for all visitors under a new addition to its conditions of entry. By purchasing a ticket or entering Melbourne Park for this year’s competition, which runs January 6-26, visitors acknowledge security cameras “that may incorporate facial recognition technology” are used to “enhance security and patron safety” in and around tournament grounds.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Jian Xu |Maeve Couch |Tom Valcanis |Simon Thomsen
There is a slim chance this dramatic development might not happen if the US Supreme Court accepts a last minute legal argument from TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, that the ban is unconstitutional – or if ByteDance divests its US operations. But the 170 million users of TikTok in the US aren’t taking any chances. Many self-described “TikTok refugees” have begun to flee to alternative social media sites, mocking the alleged security concerns on TikTok in the process.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Maeve Couch |Tom Valcanis |Simon Thomsen |Suze English
Early stage investment company Antler in Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing residency that builds great local tech companies. Startup Daily is sharing the details of each venture in the “Antler Investor Memos” series, which is designed to give you a quick, sharp understanding of the startups and people involved, with many seeking follow up capital following Antler’s initial pre-seed investment.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Daniel Angus |Simon Thomsen |Tom Williams |Maeve Couch
The federal government has introduced into parliament for its social media ban for people under 16 years. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said:This is about protecting young people, not punishing or isolating them, and letting parents know we’re in their corner when it comes to supporting their children’s health and wellbeing. Up until now details of how the ban would actually work have been scarce. Thursday’s bill provides a more complete picture.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Tom Williams |Maeve Couch |Leonora Risse
Tesla chair and Blackbird partner Robyn Denholm, has one-upped Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes, part owner of US NBA team the Utah Jazz, by buying an entire basketball league, the WNBL. The deal between the Wollemi Capital Group Syndicate (WCGS) and Larry Kestelman’s National Basketball League (NBL) consortium to acquire a majority stake in the Women’s National Basketball League was signed last week. From April next year, Denholm’s family office, Wollemi, will own 49% and the NBL, 29%.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Tom Williams |Maeve Couch |Leonora Risse
The dream is over for drone delivery startup Swoop Aero, with creditors voting on Tuesday to place the venture capital-backed business in liquidation. Swoop raised more than $26 million in VC funding, with CSIRO-backed Main Sequence, impact fund Giant Leap, US investor In-Q-Tel, the defence tech investment arm of the CIA, Artesian, Folklore Ventures and Right Click Capital among its investors.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Tom Williams |Maeve Couch |Leonora Risse
Innovation means different things to different people, but the most important thing when it comes to product development is to have a clear vision, according to Canva’s Head of Design, Andrew Green. “‘We think pretty deeply about our roadmap, and for all the founders out there, I think that one interesting aspect of [Canva cofounder and CEO] Mel’s vision is that she had a lot of it really well-thought out very, very early and was very committed to it.
