Suneel Jethani

Sep 13, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Maeve Couch |Simon Thomsen |Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani

Swimming superstar and Olympic gold medallist, Cameron McEvoy, whose scientific approach to winning has led to him being nicknamed “The Professor”, is the keynote speaker at the Startup to Scaleup (S2S) Summit for tech startups in Sydney on September 26. The 4-time Olympian, now the world’s fastest swimmer after winning gold in the 50m freestyle at the Paris 2024 Olympics, revolutionised swimming training to achieve his goal.

Sep 12, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Maeve Couch |Simon Thomsen |Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani

A decade after the term “unicorn” was first coined to describe a startup worth more than $1 billion, software scaleup Deputy joined that rarefied atmosphere in 2024. Deputy became the first unicorn tech company to emerge in two years in Australia when a A$37 million buy in from a US strategic partner in March gave the 15-year-old scaleup a $1 billion-plus valuation. That investment nearly trebling of the company’s valuation from $423 million following a $111m Series B in November 2018.

Sep 12, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Maeve Couch |Simon Thomsen |Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani

Early stage investment company Antler Australia recently backed a new cohort of startups as part of its ongoing program to build 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.

Sep 12, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani |Sue Parker

Chefs have a saying: “fat is flavour”; but our relationship with fats has been complex and confusing for some time. We’re told some are good, some less so when it comes to animal fats. And now, with the rise of plant-based meat substitutes, giving them good fats that add flavour is a challenge Anna El Tahchy, chief technology officer at Nourish Ingredients, a deep tech startup leading in the field of specialty fats and precision fermentation.

Sep 12, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Maeve Couch |Heather Ford |Suneel Jethani

Four Australian artificial intelligence-based startups will feature among 80 globally in the second AWS Global Generative AI Accelerator program. Contact Harald, Marqo, Relevance AI, and Splash Music were selected for the program and score up to US$1 million each in AWS credits, mentorship, and education to accelerate AI innovation with AWS. They’ll also get the chance to showcase their products at the week-long Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent conference in Las Vegas in December.