Startups

Australian fashion startup and former industry trailblazer Shoes of Prey has collapsed into liquidation, ending months of uncertainty.

Six startups have graduated Cicada's MedLab accelerator, bringing needle-free vaccines, VR brain rehab, and a “Fitbit for your bum” closer to market.

Sydney fintech Earnd has secured $2.5 million to accelerate the rollout of its platform, which gives employees access to their pay as they earn it.

A group of Telsa investors have taken Elon Musk to court, again, this time attempting to curtail his use of social media platform Twitter.

Headphones startup Nura is launching a subscription model, allowing users to pay for month-to-month, and to receive upgraded tech every two years.

Aussie startup Shifra has won the health category of a Techfugees competition, for its app giving refugee women better access to sexual health services.

Australia’s first all-woman-founded mobile-games developer, Lumi Interactive, has secured 500,000 pre-registrations for its inaugural game, Critter Clash.

Salesforce Ventures has launched a $50 million fund to invest in Australia, to capitalise on the “healthy, vibrant ecosystem” here.

Ping has been awarded a $170,000 Australian Government Accelerating Commercialisation grant last week to help trial, upscale, connect and launch its device.

The liquidator for collapsed app-development business Appster is rallying creditors to pursue legal action, alleging its founders traded while insolvent.

Australian sugar-free soft-drink company Nexba is in the final stages of completing a $6 million capital raise, which will be used as working capital.

Edtech startup TalkiPlay has secured $750,000 in seed funding to scale its evidence-based technology helping children learn to talk.