Posts tagged "startup funding Australia"

Tidal has raised $30 million for a fund dedicated to investing in Aussie seed-stage startups, and even in the COVID-19 environment, opportunities abound.

COVID-19 is playing havoc with the economy, and a recession is looking increasingly likely. But what does that mean for startups relying on VC investment?

This is the story of ShineHub: a now thriving seven-figure business a friend and I started with nothing but $1,000 and a big vision.

Waning political focus on innovation and a lack of funding for early-stage startups have seen Australian cities slip in the Startup Genome global rankings.

oss-border payments startup InstaReM has raised $27.6 million in the first half of its Series C round — and it’s not finished yet.

What does it take to get noticed by Google? Two winners of the 2018 Google Impact Challenge share their pitching tips and tricks.

Education startup Maths Pathway has raised $2.1 million in funding, to expand the reach of its technology platform to help kids learn maths.

New legislation means equity crowdfunding is now more accessible to Australian startups. But what has actually changed, and how could it affect you?

The federal government is anxious to continue to project its commitment to innovation, but the spending contained in this year’s budget is nothing if not modest.

To many, the 2018 federal budget will be thought of as an almost election budget. It confirmed moderate personal income taxes but otherwise kept the reins tight on what could be described as a relatively pedestrian budget. The fact any election is almost certainly at least six months and possibly a year or more off has obviously encouraged continued restraint.

Australia’s fintech sector will be pleased by the federal government’s budget commitment to spend $44.6 million over four years to establish a Consumer Data Right. The CDR is a necessary building block for the progress of Open Banking, and is designed to make it easier for consumers to access their financial records.

In its changes to the R&D tax incentive, the federal government has chosen to target primarily big business rather than startups in its efforts to save $2.4 billion over the next four years.