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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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Jan 15, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Tom Valcanis |Simon Thomsen |Suze English |Frances Goh
Sad, anxious or lacking in motivation? Chances are you have just returned to work after a summer break. January is the month when people are most likely to quit their jobs after having had time off. And even though most people experience the return to work blues, the good news is there are ways to get through them. But first we have to understand why we experience them at all.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Tom Valcanis |Simon Thomsen |Suze English |Frances Goh
Now we’re at the end of another calendar year, it’s often time to look back at our successes, failures, and things that absolutely irritated the hell out of us. Tom Valcanis shares the jargon and corporate speak that’s pushed his buttons over the last 12 months. Business – especially the university-corporate sausage factory pipeline – loves to sound smarter than they actually are, by using esoteric jargon. Repeated over and over, it grates the ears like nails over chalkboard.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Tom Valcanis |Simon Thomsen |Suze English |Frances Goh
A mining tech startup spun out of Monash University has raised $27.5 million in a Series A. The round for ElectraLith was led by CSIRO-backed deep tech VC Main Sequence, with existing investors Rio Tinto, IP Group and Monash Uni also participating along with Chevron Technology Ventures, Hostplus, Fathom Fund Vista Energy, Marathon Petroleum, CIA-backed US VC In-Q-Tel and the Victorian government fund Breakthrough Victoria chipping in $2 million.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Tom Valcanis |Suze English |Frances Goh
A medtech startup developing the world’s first arthroscopic (joints) surgical robot has raised $5 million in a Series A to crack the US market. Convergence Medical was backed by US investor Avicella Capital, at a valuation above $30 million. The funds will support plans to commercialise the robot, expand into the US to grab a slice of the $6.1 billion global arthroscopic sector.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
insidesmallbusiness.com.au | Tom Valcanis
Imagine a smartphone. It’s touted to be the latest and greatest. It has AI features. A virtual assistant you can converse with in real-time. A camera that can recognise objects and optimise settings accordingly. It can even communicate with other similar products to streamline and coordinate your daily tasks. You’d think this phone came out in 2024, right? Nope. The phone I’m describing is the LG G7 ThinQ, which made its debut in 2018. The LG G7 and G8 did not meet manufacturer expectations.
