The startup funding round: $1.25 million for craft beer, Vloggi’s $3.3 million valuation, and a payday for Startmate
There's been no shortage of cash flying around the startupland this week. Here are some of the funding stories you might have missed.
How Adelaide startup Good Thnx facilitated $1 million in charity donations, and built a Slack integration for speedy sales
Good Thnx just took part in Startmate’s 10th anniversary demo day. But, already, this business is racking up wins and hitting milestones.
Startmate’s climate-focused accelerator track gets $300,000 boost
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s Innovation Fund is pledging $50,000 apiece to Startmate’s next six climate cohorts.
“Move the needle and change the world”: Meet Startmate’s new eclectic and international cohort
Startmate has unveiled the latest businesses taking part in its Melbourne cohort, and its first ever New Zealand group.
Successful startups will emerge from this recession by focusing on real needs, says Startmate chief Michael Batko
Now is the time for founders to prioritise solving a real pain point for customers. To address needs over wants. To spot real opportunities.
Edtech Chatterize banks $1 million to roll out its AI-enabled language chatbot in China
Language-learning edtech Chatterize has raised NZD$1 million in seed funding, as it gets ready to ramp up its rollout in China.
Aussie AI startup bags $700,000 to take pioneering sewer-repair tech global
Two university friends behind sewer-repair startup VAPAR will use seed funding to take their automation tech overseas, starting with New Zealand and the UK.
The deeply personal experience that led Sydney entrepreneur Nicole Liu to founding online subscription startup Kin Fertility
Sydney entrepreneur Nicole Liu has left her job at consulting firm McKinsey & Company to start up her own fertility empowerment startup and online contraceptive pill delivery service, Kin.
Retail, refs and femtech: Meet the latest Startmate accelerator cohort
From femtech to eSports to tech for better umpiring, Melbourne’s Startmate has announced the latest 10 participants in its startup accelerator program.
Failures and exploitation: Why it’s time to regulate Australia’s startup accelerators
It's time the government got involved to standardized performance measures for startup accelerators to protect startups and their founders.
Melbourne startup Black.ai secures $1.2 million raise to bring robots into 21st century, and to stop you stealing tomatoes
Black.ai has raised $1.2 million in seed funding to develop its AI solution for Australian supermarkets — but the startup has even bigger ambitions.
Melbourne Startmate participant Bring Me Home has been live for just two weeks, but founder Jane Kou already has nationwide plans
Having embarked on her Startmate accelerator journey in July, founder of Bring Me Home Jane Kou now has an app up and running, and big plans for the future.
