Startup News
“A dating site for cars”: Adelaide startup Mogo raises $1 million for platform taking the stress out of vehicle shopping
Mogo, an Adelaide startup disrupting the car-buying process, has raised $1 million in funding and launched its test platform, as it builds u…
Thanks, Marie Kondo: How Perth startup FlashMop grew 250% ahead of its national expansion
It’s only been up and running for six months, but Perth startup FlashMop is seeing a serious uptick in business, partly thanks to the “M…
Weathering the crypto winter: Liven raises $14 million and opens sale to the public (but don’t call it an ICO)
Cryptocurrency loyalty startup Liven has raised $US10 million ($14.2 million) in a private token sale, and has now opened the sale to the pu…
Why being just a year old has helped SaaS startup Hugo land partnerships with Atlassian, Slack and Salesforce
While you’d think being the grandson of one of Australia’s richest people and most prominent business magnates might give you a leg-up i…
“The kiss of death”: Investors in collapsed startup Shoes of Prey set to lose $35 million
Investors who poured over $35 million into once-promising fashion startup Shoes of Prey are likely to be left empty-handed, with firms who i…
“A war chest of investors”: HR startup Shortlyster raises $5 million from heavy-hitting investors including Shark Tank’s Andrew Banks
HR startup Shortlyster has raised $5 million to grow its algorithm-enabled tool helping businesses put bias aside and choose the best candid…
Buy-now-pay-later startup PayRight raises $30 million for filling a gap left by Afterpay and Zip
Having doubled their revenue quarter-on-quarter last year, and raised a total of $30 million in debt and equity funding, big-ticket buy-now-…
“We learnt the hard way”: Shoes of Prey collapses into liquidation, ending months of uncertainty
Australian fashion startup and former industry trailblazer Shoes of Prey has collapsed into liquidation, ending months of uncertainty surrou…
VR brain training and a Fitbit for your bum: Meet the first graduates of Cicada’s MedLab accelerator
The first-ever cohort of medtech startups have graduated the Cicada Innovations MedLab accelerator, bringing needle-free vaccines, VR rehab …
Fintech Earnd secures $2.5 million for tech putting a stop to payday lending woes
Sydney fintech Earnd has secured $2.5 million in funding to accelerate the rollout of its platform, which encourages financial wellbeing by …
