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Nearly two years of hard work overcoming regulatory hurdles and implementing a long-term strategic plan led to peer-to-peer lending startup MoneyPlace (http://ift.tt/1W6sFzw) securing a $60 million deal with a big bank.
In an “Australian-first” deal, the Queensland-based Auswide Bank will be injecting $60 million into the fintech over five years in
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Workplace collaboration software company Slack has launched an $US80 million ($111 million) fund to support its third-party integrated apps as its competition with Aussie startup hero Atlassian heats up.
The large fund is backed by Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures among others.
It comes with the launch of the Slack
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Two tech giants have teamed up to allow users to make plans through Facebook Messenger and then book a ride to get there without having to leave the app.
Facebook has launched its transportation mode on Messenger and Uber is the first partner.
The way it works is very simple – users
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A Sydney entrepreneur hoping to disrupt the fashion industry will try her luck on a new Chinese reality television program next year in a bid to win millions of dollars in funding.
Jessica Wilson (http://ift.tt/1moQgPs), the founder of shopping app Stashd, will fly to China at the start of the
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Crowdfunding has been hailed by some as the “democratisation of finance”. To many, it is viewed as a key alternative source of finance where we can all get involved in backing new companies through either donations or the purchase of equity. Unfortunately, it hasn’t quite worked out like that.
There are
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Roboticist Sabine Hauert (http://ift.tt/1qaoWP6), from the Britain’s University of Bristol, wrote in Nature (http://ift.tt/1ObcKPk) earlier this year:
My colleagues and I spend dinner parties explaining that we are not evil […]
People are worried, she said.
They hear a mostly one-sided discussion that leaves them worried that robots will take their jobs, fearful
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Virtual reality technology is set for a “big boom”, opening up huge opportunities for Australian startups going into next year, Virtual Reality Ventures managing director Stefan Pernar says.
With investment flowing and the hardware finally on the brink of being shipped, it’s set to be one of the biggest tech trends
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Shelli Trung was still a baby when her family came to Australia as refugees.
They settled in Sydney, but faced many of the hardships that other refugees encounter in their new home country language barriers, a lack of employment and local knowledge.
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December is often a month of extremes in startups.
You are either incredibly busy or incredibly quiet; burning with enthusiasm or burning out. Even the extremes can change week-to-week.
So how do you find inspiration, reignite your passion and keep your motivation up as you head into another year?
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Australia will be the second country in the world to get Android Pay with Google announcing it has secured the backing of six major local banks and a handful of local startups.
In marked contrast to Apple Pay which is yet to get any of the big banks on board (growth/innovation/apple-pay-now-live-in-australia-but-dont-bank-on-it/2015111815964.html),
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