Startups

This week is a little more modest than our last funding roundup. But we still have six cracking Aussie startups getting the cash they absolutely deserve.

A search for a new hobby to keep them going during Melbourne’s pandemic-induced lockdowns set two friends on a path that today sees them leading a flourishing business.

Melbourne-based Great Wrap is challenging the global supply chain by launching a world-first compostable alternative to plastic pallet wrap.

The layoffs might seem to be running counter to these values, but they’re happening against an established track record. Smaller tech companies don’t have the luxury of a track record.

The Beautiful Bunch, which was founded by Jane Marx in 2020, is a social enterprise that creates work for women who have recently migrated to Australia and helps them on the path to fulfilling their dreams. 

Born in 2017 out of a partnership with Australia’s national science and research agency CSIRO, DAS is a fintech company that is focused on agriculture, operating at the intersection of digital transformation, nature-based peril and global food security.

Carrie Kwan had a toddler to her name and was seven months pregnant with her second son when, in 2016, she co-founded Mums & Co — a support network program for women in business with 'mumbitions'.

The startup scene was shaken by the collapse of SVB over the weekend, with panicked Australian companies joining the hordes trying to extract money. Here's what it looked like from the inside.

For too long I've been one of a handful of token males at International Women's Day events, where the narrative has been about gender equity and the question has been asked: "Why don't we have more men in the room?"

The VCs are a little hungrier compared to last week, with five Australian startups landing $114.5 million in capital this week.

Twelve Victorian startups, aspiring agtech founders and researchers who are taking on some of the biggest issues facing agriculture today have been accepted into the latest round of AgTech Seeds.

Victorian startups are more innovative, more mature and more diverse compared to 2020 according to the 2022 Startup Ecosystem Mapping Report -- the fourth report of its kind developed by LaunchVic.