Melbourne software startup Roller straps in for global growth with $78.5 million raise
Melbourne software startup Roller has raised $78.5 million (US$50 million), in a round led by global investor Insight Partners.
How Aussie tech consultancy startup Transpire came to be acquired by a Brazilian unicorn for $23.4 million
Transpire is the technology partner of some of Australia’s biggest businesses, including Vodafone and Virgin Australia.
Melbourne startup July named as official luggage suppliers for 2022 Australian Commonwealth Games team
The partnership will see July supply luggage to Australian athletes competing in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Melbourne-based Atiyah has fallen through the cracks of the COVID support system — here’s what founder Ben Armstrong wants to change
"To achieve startup success, outstanding support is needed, with many businesses (as well as our own) sadly falling through the COVID-19 support system," writes Ben Armstrong.
University of Melbourne partners with startup hub to create new space connecting academia with entrepreneurialism
YBF Ventures has partnered up with the University of Melbourne to create a new space intended to boost both innovation and the economy.
“A mass extinction event”: Startup Genome report highlights COVID-19 threat, as Aussie cities slide in the rankings
This year's Startup Genome report puts Sydney above Melbourne yet again. But COVID-19 means startups all over the world have much more to worry about.
This Melbourne VR startup is helping aged-care residents jump out of planes in a COVID-19 world
Melbourne-based SilVR Adventures has seen growing demand for its communal virtual reality sessions for seniors in aged-care facilities during COVID-19.
Sydney vs Melbourne: Which startup ecosystem is really winning, and why do we care?
It’s a 120-year-old question that has plagued businesses and backpackers alike. And, as someone with a working visa, it's one I am intimately familiar with.
How Melbourne’s coffee culture is fuelling startup growth (with more than caffeine)
More and more startups are basing themselves out of Melbourne, but it’s not primarily because of the infrastructure or facilities. It’s for the coffee.
Victorian startups need more founders to “take the plunge” as local startups struggle for angel investment
Victoria’s startup ecosystem is growing. But, while diversity stats are moving in the right direction, early-stage startups aren't catching many breaks.
“One of the strongest blockchain communities in Australia”: NEM Foundation opens blockchain hub in Melbourne
NEM Foundation is opening a new blockchain hub in Melbourne, to help startups and SMEs understand how the technology could help their business.
“We’re better than all of them”: How Melbourne headphones startup nura is planning to be as big as Bose
Above a busy street in Melbourne’s north is the headquarters of nura, a startup that, if all goes to plan, will be as big as Bose in just a few years.
