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Dec 9, 2024 | 
ia.acs.org.au | Paul Wallbank
R&D incentive uncertainty, migration changes, and the cost of living crisis are slamming the Australian startup community, according to the 2024 Startup Muster report.
Launched yesterday, this year’s report found Australians are starting ventures at an increasingly older age with more looking at overseas markets and investors.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | David Burt |Cec Busby |Simon Thomsen |Paul Wallbank
Sydney venture capital firm Airtree Ventures is hoping to fill a fifth fund with $650 million to kick off 2025, gathering commitments from three US investors as it hits its first closure. The Sydney VC will split the capital in two, with Core Fund V investing in early-stage startups at Seed stage while Opportunity Fund V will look to support the Airtree’s portfolio companies seeking more cash, as well as backing more mature startups as they move into scaleup mode.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | David Burt |Cec Busby |Simon Thomsen |Paul Wallbank
The scholarships are the brainchild of three graduates of Harvard College and senior technology industry executives: Antler Australia founding partner, Bede Moore; Unseen cofounder and CEO Joanna Marsh; and Lauren Williams, a director of global growth and technology companies. The trio came together to raise the scholarships as a way to help other leaders in the technology industry build relationships outside of the local ecosystem.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | David Burt |Simon Thomsen |Paul Wallbank |Harrison Polites
The Federal Government’s proposed ban on social media is both dangerous to free speech and risks dooming a generation of Australia’s children to digital illiteracy. It feels good to ban something; it sounds decisive. “Kids addicted to social media? No problem, it’s banned!”Yes, there is a problem with how some children consume internet media. Many parents see their children experience the consequences of addiction, or see the harm created by constant online harassment.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Cec Busby |David Burt |Simon Thomsen |Paul Wallbank
More than one in three Australian women will face physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. It’s an appalling statistic that shows just how urgent it is to break this cycle. Today marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women so it’s the best time to learn how you can take action, support survivors, and help drive real change.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Paul Wallbank |Harrison Polites |Daniel Angus
Melbourne climate tech startup Kapture is making concrete a lot more environmentally friendly, developing a way to sequester carbon in it. The new process effectively captures and stores carbon dioxide emissions from combustion sources, permanently embedding them in concrete, reducing emissions while enhancing material performance.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Paul Wallbank |Harrison Polites |Daniel Angus
US genetic engineering and biosciences startup Colossal has donated US$1.5 million (A$2.3m) to the University of Melbourne to support Australian avian conservation genomics. The funding has come from the Colossal Foundation. Colossal was founded software entrepreneur Ben Lamm and geneticist George Church in 2021 and went on to raise more than US$225m in venture funding. The biotech startup was the first to apply CRISPR technology (DNA modification) for the goal of species de-extinction.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Paul Wallbank |Harrison Polites |Daniel Angus
Not-for-profit research and development company Hort Innovation is teaming up with venture capital firm Artesian for a new $60 million VC fund to back early-stage startups tackling challenges for fruit, vegetable and nut farmers. Hort will chip in around $24 million to the Hort Innovation Venture Fund, leveraged by co-investments sourced by Artesian, for a total investment of more than $60 million. The cheque size will range from around $250,000 to $3 million.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Paul Wallbank |Harrison Polites |Daniel Angus |Simon Thomsen
The 2024 Pearcey Awards saw industry pioneers recognised and the 75th anniversary of the first Australian computer celebrated at a gala dinner in Brisbane on Tuesday night. Professor Svetha Venkatesh received the 2024 Pearcey Medal for her work in pattern recognition, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and was inducted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
ia.acs.org.au | Paul Wallbank
The 2024 Pearcey Awards saw industry pioneers recognised and the 75th anniversary of the first Australian computer celebrated at a gala dinner in Brisbane on Tuesday night.
Professor Svetha Venkatesh received the 2024 Pearcey Medal for her work in pattern recognition, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and was inducted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame.
