Startups

eBay Australia announced Dempstah, which was founded by Guy Dempster and Otis Ng, has won the leading prize fund of $100,000.

Australian startups building space tech and an AI-powered recruitment platform made headlines this week, thanks to a combined $62 million in new funding. 

Former Disney Channel star and singer Bridgit Mendler has launched a startup that will build a network of satellite ground stations on the Earth that connect and send information to satellites in space.

Comparison platform Finder made 60 employees redundant on Wednesday morning. This is the fourth round of redundancies for the startup since April 2023. 

Byron Bay-based environmental solutions company Subpod will soon close its doors, after helping more than 65,000 people in 20 countries turn their food waste into soil food.

The National AI Centre is partnering with Stone & Chalk and Google Cloud to launch Australia's AI Sprint, a three-month competitive program designed to help bolster Australia's AI industry.

Sydney-based startup Hatch plans to scale its AI-powered jobs marketplace for gen Z job seekers after closing an oversubscribed $7 million seed funding round.

Gilmour Space Technologies has secured $55 million in Series D funding, setting the stage for its inaugural orbital launch later this year.

This week, three Aussie startups have raised close to $200 million in fresh funding to continue tackling some of the biggest tech challenges of our time.

The funding will go to the UNSW Founders Climate 10x Program, which aims to uncover Australia’s best up-and-coming climate tech startups.

The Queensland government has tipped a further $55 million into its venture capital funding program, partnering with big-name investors to develop local startups and keep them within the state's borders.

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