Startups

The Tech Council of Australia wants to see more investment in skilled migration and mid-career tech transitions.

Twitter has confirmed the rollout of an 'official' label to distinguish real brands, government agencies and media, much like verification.

Perth company Nuheara is one step closer to democratising hearing aids. It just received FDA approval to sell its over-the-counter (OTC) HP Hearing PRO device in the US. But Australians will miss out.

Turo is the world's largest car-sharing marketplace, where car owners list their personal vehicles on the site while drivers can rent them out for a series of days or weeks.

Food tech startup Vow recently cut the ribbon on its “Factory 1”, giving its founders the chance to pause and acknowledge what cultured meat could mean for Australia.

French software company Algolia will build a hybrid API that combines its own keyword search with Search.io’s vector-based semantic search.

Transpire is the technology partner of some of Australia’s biggest businesses, including Vodafone and Virgin Australia.

The round was led by Blackbird, with participation from existing investors Shearwater Capital and angels including Eucalyptus founder Tim Doyle and Propellor Aero founder Rory San Miguel.

With agriculture critical to Australia’s economy, representing 12% of goods and services exports in 2020-21, there is an urgent need to fix its workforce crisis.

His brother built Afterpay, and now Simon Molnar is on the scene with a tech startup bringing e-commerce data to brick-and-mortar retailers.