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Curtin University has selected 13 startups in its annual Accelerate program, kicking off in 2026. Now entering its 13th year, Curtin Accelerate is a free program for founders to develop…
Melbourne-born fintech Airwallex has seen its valuation increase by 30% in just six months following a second raise for 2025 – US$330 million (A$527m) in a Series G. The round…
OpenAI insists it is not running ads inside ChatGPT. However, after multiple paying users reported seeing what looked like promotions for Target and Peloton, the company has been forced to…
What Australia can learn from US startup life – and our Tall Poppy problem
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The federal government has appointed data scientist Dr Ian Oppermann as a commissioner of the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC). Dr Oppermann, the keynote speaker at this year’s Startup…
Ahead of the TechStars Sydney ‘Demo the Future’ evening, tonight, December 8, Startup Daily is profiling the 12 startups and their founders in the 2025 cohort. Our next profile is MuseAI…
Threats relating to technology, disinformation, economic security and foreign interference are overshadowing traditional security concerns in Australians’ minds, according to data released by the Australian National University National Security College….
Perth fintech Bless Payments raised $3.75 million in Seed funding in mid-2025. The round, completed in July, was backed by billionaire Khalil (Charlie) Shahin and London’s Forte Securities, and was…
Australia’s startup landscape is undergoing its most dramatic shift in a decade, with data from the annual Startup Muster report revealing that founders are investing in artificial intelligence rather than…
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Startup 360 podcast
Every Friday, Startup 360 hosts Simon Thomsen and Majella Campbell, dissect the news of the week in ANZ startups, before they’re joined by a guest to explore what makes them tick.
Think of it as your startup guide to staying human.
Cheque-in: 6 startups kicked off December raising $24.2 million this week
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NSW gives the nod to a $3 billion CDC data centre in Western Sydney
On Tuesday, the Albanese Labor government released the long-awaited National AI Plan, “a whole-of-government framework that ensures technology works for people, not the other way around”. With this plan, the…
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The Victorian government will wind down startup support agency LaunchVic and rework technology investment fund Breakthrough Victoria as part of broader public sector reforms set to save the state $4…
Hachiko, an optimisation software startup for industrial battery energy storage systems (BESS), has raised $2.5m in a Seed round. The round was led by Archangel Ventures, with support from Twynam,…
Timing is so critical when you’re building and growing a company, but the calendar isn’t the only thing you’re racing. Cash flow – what’s coming in, what’s going out and…
Startup 360: What Australia can learn from US startup life – and our Tall Poppy problem
When Jim Cooper, CEO of Blue-X, a California-based innovation services company for startups, moved to the US three decades ago, he had some trepidations. Now he loves it, but the…
Startup 360: Blackbird’s investment ups and downs, key sales lessons for founders and AI slop
Back in 2016, around the time LaunchVic was kicking off in Melbourne, Dave McManus left the city for Silicon Valley, determined to become a startup founder. Now he’s back in…
Startup 360: Kiki’s NYC red card, CSIRO cuts, finding your next startup in your current one
Alex Miller was having rapid success with his subscription management platform Hudled when he spotted a nugget of insight in that startup and launched a second, Rechargly. Like a Marvel…
