Startups

Limepay has raised $6 million for tech giving e-commerce retailers control over their own payments, and disrupting the old guard of buy-now-pay-later.

Verteva has secured $33 million in Series A funding, as it gears up to launch its digitised home loan solution and disrupt a “laggard” industry.

Teamgage is rolling out a COVID-19 update to its continuous digital improvement technology, and is about to take advantage of a $350,000 grant to boot.

Aussie social media startup Linktree has hit the milestone of five million users, almost doubling its customer base in a mere nine months.

Anika Legal was progressing smoothly, with about five clients per week accessing its free online legal service. Then, COVID-19 hit.

SME-focused Judo Bank has closed a humongous funding round, making it the first of the Aussie challenger banks to crack the coveted $1 billion valuation.

Digital sales document startup Qwilr has raised $10.8 million in Series A funding, as the world moves to remote working and tech to support the shift.

Shares in Afterpay have surged, after the fintech secured substantial investment from Tencent, the Chinese tech giant and parent of WeChat.

The startup sector in Australia is still overwhelmingly male-dominated, and women are receiving just a teeny-tiny proportion of overall funding.

Recruitment startup Weploy has launched a free platform to help workers who have been stepped down find new roles quickly — and to help employers find them.

Mike Cannon-Brookes has come out in support of the government’s COVIDSafe tracking app, even as the broader tech community remains divided.

A new program has launched to make your Zoom meetings more interesting, reportedly offering ‘deepfake’ filters for impersonating your favourite celebs.