Startups

Australia’s ecosystem of successful blockchain companies continues to grow. Here's 10 Australian blockchain companies you need to know about.

Megan Flamer has been appointed to lead Xcelerate, a new accelerator program created in partnership between Coca-Cola Amatil and BlueChilli….

Australian solar energy retailing startup DC Power Co has completed the world’s most popular equity crowdfunding offer, attracting 17,500 investors who together contributed to a $2.5 million raise.

Coviu, a startup developing advanced video telehealth platforms for healthcare professionals, has raised $1 million in funding from venture capital firm Main Sequence Ventures.

Investors and business people usually value companies based on the balance of assets and debts at the end of a financial year. But research shows they should be valuing their employees’ ability to innovate while using their existing physical assets.

An analysis of job search and immigration data by Australian jobs website Indeed has revealed Australian startups were significantly affected by the much-protested 457 visa changes implemented by the federal government

Sydney's startup ecosystem has been highly commended in 2018's Startup Genome report, which labelled the city as the fourth best for local connectedness, and as an ecosystem to watch for developing fintech and adtech companies.

By Claudio Bozzi, Deakin University

The US Federal Communications Commission last month granted Elon Musk’s SpaceX permission to launch…

Gender equality recruitment startup WORK180 has secured $1 million in funding, in a seed funding round led by Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar’s private investment firm, Skip Capital.

Agtech startup BlockGrain is preparing to launch a $25 million initial coin offering at the end of this month.

Unlockd, one of the more promising startups coming out of the Australian scene has launched court action against Google, after the search engine giant threatened to pull the company's app from its Android app store and cut advertising revenue through its AdMob service.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has flagged Australia’s R&D tax incentive scheme may receive a rework in the upcoming federal budget, after declaring the scheme had been “taken for a ride” by some opportunistic companies.