Startups

Security bots, seaweed, pear juice, antiques and campervans: this week's startup funding round-up has something for everyone.

Climate tech startup accelerator EnergyLab has released its inaugural report, which details its impact on the sector throughout 2023.

LaunchVic has unveiled a new $300,000 grant initiative aimed at fostering specialised angel investment networks into early-stage startups.

In the ongoing battle between mega super fund Hostplus and Employment Hero, it is VC fund Airtree that is the victim, argues Kane Jackson.

Employment Hero CEO Ben Thompson has escalated his public feud with superannuation fund Hostplus, claiming it called his behaviour "erratic and unlawful" in a letter sent to venture capital backer Airtree.

The founder of instant grocery delivery app Voly is back with an antique e-commerce startup, Bazaa, that has already raised $650,000 in pre-seed funding.

Cybersecurity startup Nullify has reportedly secured $5.2 million in seed funding ahead of its public launch in June.

Following the release of last week's gender pay gap report by WGEA, SeenCulture hosted an IWD event to discuss the ripple effect of investing in women. 

Amongst all of the commentary on the gender pay gap, there is a big grey elephant in the room that no one is talking about -- the gender equity gap.

Despite its importance, there is a generalised feeling of fatigue amongst women when it comes to IWD, predominantly due to the fact that corporate efforts seem disingenuous and fail to extend beyond one day.

The first week of March has seen fresh capital flowing to startups in the healthcare, agtech and clean energy sectors.

Just 12 months after launching, Kismet CEO Mark Woodland said the startup was humbled and grateful for the new $12.5 million capital from its latest funding round.