Facebook’s news ban may be over, but opportunities for startups remain
Facebook has agreed to reinstate sharing of news posts in Australia. But news startups are already seeing their subscriber numbers grow.
Ordermentum raises $5 million as hospitality businesses embrace tech post-COVID-19
Ordermentum has scored $5 million in funding, for its tech solution to tidy up the relationships between hospitality suppliers and venues.
Esports influencer startup secures $425,000 as COVID-19 throws sector “into the mainstream”
Esports startup GGWP has raised $450,000, after the COVID-19 pandemic supercharged the already burgeoning gaming influencer industry.
Butn bags $12.5 million in pre-IPO funding for tech offering advance payments to SMEs
Payments fintech Butn has raised $12.5 million in pre-IPO funding, for its tech tapping into the pay-on-demand trend in the B2B space.
Australia vs Facebook: The battle over advertising revenue, consumer data and the ‘attention economy’
Facebook has blocked the sharing of news content in Australia, and last month, Google threatened to exit the market. So what’s prompting these nuclear options?
Online marketplace Spend With Us celebrates supporting 800 regional Australian businesses in its first year
After one year of bumper success the online marketplace Spend With Us reflects on how it helped 800 rural Australian businesses.
US reselling marketplace Poshmark launches in Australia
Fast-growing secondhand marketplace Poshmark has launched in Australia, one month after listing on the NASDAQ.
Small business ombudsman Kate Carnell backs calls for affordable childcare
A disproportionate number of women business owners find affordable access to childcare in Australia a barrier to growing their businesses.
Judo Bank reveals backers behind massive $284 million funding round, amid neobank competition concerns
SME-focused neobank Judo Bank has settled a massive $284 million capital raise, announced late last year, and valuing it at $1.6 billion.
Victoria’s scale-up AI accelerator could be a catalyst to industry growth, says Andrew Lai
Accelerator Boab AI has officially launched, with $1.5 million invested into the first cohort, marking the start of an Aussie AI boom.
You’re doomed if your survival strategy is government rescue: How to make it to 2022
The businesses that survive in traumatised sectors will be the ones that are good at the mostly-boring classic business skills.
Google partners with Dress For Success to upskill more than 100,000 Black women
Google's new initiative aims to overturn the bleak economic reality facing hundreds of thousands of Black women in the US.
