Australian Start-up News

LaunchVic launches $300K to establish fund for new VCs in Victoria and opens the doors for global internship opportunities.

ALIAVIA Ventures has closed a AU$13.5M fund focused exclusively on backing female-founded startups in Australia and the US. Lea sat down with co-founder Marisa Warren to get some behind-the-scenes insights.

This exclusive angel syndicate will allow members to invest in one, multiple, or all of the fundraising Techstars Tech Central Sydney Class of 2023.

Australia’s remarkable performance in the Paris Olympics has been powered not just by the athletes’ prowess but also by cutting-edge sports technology. As our Olympians clinched medals and set records, many leaned on innovative solutions from homegrown startups and established tech companies, underlining the robust state of Australia's SportsTech sector.

Will Ashford has the kind of career potentially described as ‘LinkedIn fantasy’. To VCs everywhere, he is essentially ‘6’5, man in finance’. He's cooking up something special at TrueState.

How an Australian startup is leveraging the latest in AI and AR to revolutionise the construction industry and beyond.

NextGen Ventures is Australia’s first student-led VC fund, launched by Mitchell Hughes and Jerry X’Lingson to back the next wave of campus-born startups. With $1.5M raised from top investors, they’re writing early cheques to uncover and uplift ambitious young founders nationwide.

The Airbnb for eight people is sourced through a team member's aunty. You even ensure a couch is big enough for someone to sleep on. Team activities don’t need to be flashy, just effective. Perhaps a mystery box cooking challenge and a team trip to the beach. That's what we did for our recent team off-site in Gerringong. But this time, it wasn’t just about the surf, sand, and a Master Chef mystery box. No, this offsite was defined by one remarkable piece of machinery.

Beyond the pitches, Startmate's Demo Day hosted exclusive investor gatherings, where founders and high-net-worth investors connected behind closed doors.