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Jun 30, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Yong Ning |Harrison Polites

Sydney-based Dash Technology Group has raised $22 million in a round led by listed venture fund Bailador Technology Investments (ASX:BTI). The Bailador deal will see the VC invest an initial $15 million now with $5m in follow-on funding in six months in January 2025. Dash is a cloud-based financial advice and investment management software platform for financial advisers and institutions to provide more affordable, personalised advice to clients.

Jun 30, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Simon Thomsen |Yong Ning |Harrison Polites |Sue Parker

The three billionaire cofounders of Canva donated $39 million to the foundation in their company’s name over 18 months, with most of that money already given away. Husband and wife Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams set up the Canva Foundation in May 2020. A month later, the privately-owned design giant Canva doubled in value to $8.7 billion following an $87 million raise.

Jun 28, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Yong Ning |Harrison Polites |Simon Thomsen |Sue Parker

When Australian startup fever took hold in the mid-2010s, state governments used taxpayer money to support high-growth technology businesses with the intent to leverage the benefits these businesses could deliver to future-proof their economies. As a result, sophisticated industry scaffolding began to emerge in support of the fearless few willing to dive in and try their hand at the elusive treasures entrepreneurship could bring.

Jun 5, 2024 | startupdaily.net | Adam Bub |Simon Thomsen |Yong Ning |Harrison Polites

From the first-time founder who created a ‘find-a-babysitter’ app to an entrepreneur whose brain training tech is used by the world’s best golfers, the ACS Labs founder community is a diverse bunch – and growing. For the past 12 years, the Australian Computer Society (ACS) has built its reputation in the startup sector with incubators and programs under the banner of ACS Labs, or quite simply, The Labs.