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2 months ago | 
startupdaily.net | Zena Assaad |Simon Thomsen |Terri Martin
Last week, Google quietly abandoned a long-standing commitment to not use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in weapons or surveillance.
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2 months ago | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Terri Martin
Atlassian will join the likes of Red Bull and biotech company BWT as team sponsor in Formula 1 in a long-term deal with British team Williams Racing. Atlassian Williams Racing will debut in Australia in mid-March with the first race of the 24 round 2025 season. Under the partnership, Atlassian is title partner, technology partner and collaboration software partner in the biggest partnership deal in the 48-year history of Williams.
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2 months ago | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Terri Martin
Sydney healthtech startup Harrison.ai has raised AU$179 million (US$112m) in a Series C as it looks to expand in the USThe round was co-led by Aware Super, ECP and existing supporter Horizons Ventures, the VC firm of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing. The federal government’s $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund announced its $32 millions stake a fortnight ago.
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2 months ago | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Terri Martin
A B2B product management startup cofounded by Canva and Atlassian alumni, and developed in the Y Combinator accelerator program, has raised $3.5 million in Seed funding. The round for Sydney startup Index was led by Blackbird and Bain Capital Ventures. Mary Meeker’s California VC Bond also chipped in along with Y Combinator, Linktree cofounder Alex Zaccaria, Superpower founder Max Marchion and Raycast’s Thomas Paul Mann. The raise values the startup at $30 million.
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2 months ago | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Terri Martin
ASX-listed WiseTech Global’s billionaire founder Richard White has been subject to more two confidential complaints , from an employee and supplier, the company conceded on Monday following media reports of more allegations of inappropriate conduct. “These are being considered in the ongoing Board Review,” the logistics software company said in a statement to the market.
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2 months ago | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Terri Martin |David Braue
US businessman Dana White has a net worth of around A$800 million. As CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) his salary tops A$30 million annually. His good friend, Donald Trump, rocked up to UFC 309 in New York last November with Elon Musk in tow. Last month White joined the board of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, perhaps to give the Facebook founder the masculine energy he so desperately craves.
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2 months ago | 
startupdaily.net | Terri Martin |Simon Thomsen |David Braue |Harrison Polites
Imagine presenting in a pitch meeting and your audience is stifling yawns, checking their devices as you talk, and finally they walk out of the meeting with deafening silence. It is in these meetings that the power of storytelling has often been overlooked. I speak from experience having been in the audience of these presentations. For a pitch to be successful, strong facts, stats and figures are often deemed the most important things to include.
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2 months ago | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Terri Martin |David Braue |Harrison Polites
An Antler startup launched less than 12 months ago for people of post online listings selling second-hand products on multiple marketplaces with a single click has raised $800,000 in a pre-Seed round. Shopfront, founded by Nathan Spiteri and Drew Flaherty in April last year, was initially supported with $225,000 from Antler during its accelerator program.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Mick Liubinskas |Frances Goh |Terri Martin
WiseTech founder Richard White has stepped down as CEO of WiseTech Global, resigned from its board and also as a director of industry lobby group the TechCouncil of Australia. The billionaire fell on his sword late on Thursday afternoon following a fortnight of media reports about his private life, including legal action, settled on Monday, against a woman who alleged she’d been his lover, over $92,000 worth of furniture.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Mick Liubinskas |Frances Goh |Terri Martin
Construction technology startup BuildPass has raised $7.5 million in a Seed round as it makes a move on the US market. The round was led by Sydney VC Carthona Capital , supported by Leigh Jasper’s Saniel Ventures, GitHub founder Tom Preston-Werner’s eponymous fund, Recursive Ventures, Horizon VC and Massive Tech Ventures. The new funds are earmarked for AI product development to boost productivity across construction site operations, safety and quality assurance for building professionals.
