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An Australian startup’s plan to light up India’s poorest communities with solar power has outshone its competitors for the chance to compete at a global pitching competition next year.
Pollinate Energy (http://ift.tt/1JJ4Mtq), which sells sustainable solar lights to India’s urban areas, won Chivas Regal’s The Venture (http://ift.tt/1Nk17TF) competition last week and
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The inaugural cohort in the River City Labs and muru-D accelerator program have come “a hell of a long way”, especially behind the scenes, Outbound co-founder Ryan Hanly says.
The 14-week program kicked off in September, offering the five teams $20,000 in funding in exchange for 3% equity, along with co-working
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Some of the tech scene’s biggest names have joined forces – and wallets – in a bid to unlock the secrets of artificial intelligence.
With $US1 billion in funding from business figureheads like Tesla’s Elon Musk, and headed by former Stripe chief technical officer Greg Brockman, OpenAI wants to advance artificial
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Australia’s biggest startup success story now has the world’s attention.
Atlassian’s IPO last week was the biggest ever IPO for a local tech company (growth/atlassians-huge-listing-is-just-the-beginning/2015121116129.html) and one of the best for the year worldwide, with shares surging by more than 30% to value the workplace collaboration software at nearly $8 billion.
The
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When building a startup in Australia, thinking about international development should be a natural process.
With a population not yet reaching 25 million people, Australia offers a relatively small domestic market but south-east Asia is a close neighbour and the Silicon Valley is only a 10-hour flight away.
Thanks to the internet,
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A new social enterprise incubator in Melbourne will address a “desperate need” for financial support for socially conscious entrepreneurs, founder and impact investor Geoff Gourley says.
Gourley first conceived the idea for One10 nearly seven years ago but it was “before it’s time”.
After launching a $100 million Impact Investment Fund in
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Homegrown startup Atlassian’s massive public listing in the US will act as a “beacon” for local entrepreneurs looking to follow in its footsteps.
The workplace collaboration software company’s shares surged by more than 30% on its first day of trading on the NASDAQ, raising over $605 million and giving Atlassian a
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Introductions that go badly are a great way to burn the friendships I have with hard-working, brilliant people who don’t get any closer to building a billion dollar company by meeting you for a coffee. So if I don’t already know you well, even if you’re awesome, I’m not interested
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A $605 million IPO is “just the beginning” of Atlassian’s journey and there’s still a long way to go until it reaches its full potential, co-founder Scott Farquhar says.
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