Checkbox: the AI business solution that won't steal your job

If you're a follower of Elon Musk on Twitter you might be starting to develop a certain paranoia: artificial intelligence is coming for my job, my government, and even my planet. Once the realm of science fiction, artificial intelligence and automation is in fact very real, and very advanced in 2019. Though Musk's paranoid lat...

InStyle Solar goes national with Costco partnership

One of Queensland's largest solar retailers and installers is about to broaden its horizons following an Australian-first solar deal. Big-box US retailer Costco has signed a deal with InStyle Solar that will see InStyle's products available to purchase via a kiosk in-store. While the initial plan is to have the kiosks installe...

Jordan Grives' Fone Dynamics scooped up by Uniti Wireless

Emerging telco player Uniti Wireless (ASX: UWL) has picked up Brisbane-based tech startup Fone Dynamics. Founded by serial entrepreneur and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2016) Jordan Grives, Fone Dynamics is a specialist communications platform-as-a-service ('CPaaS') company. The group focuses on modern inbound voice and bus...

Tritium launches electric vehicle R&D centre in Brisbane

There's no denying it. Car manufacturers around the world are gearing up for an electric vehicles (EV) future, and without an automotive industry of our own, Australia will need to take heed sooner or later.  Queensland based Tritium knows this for a fact, and the company is growing at a remarkable rate< so fast that it's ...

Provenir's mobile abattoir set to revolutionise ag-tech and animal welfare

To change an industry as rooted in its ways as the animal agriculture industry is going to take something seriously disruptive. One such emerging disruptor in the animal agriculture world Provenir is seeking to change the way farms and abattoirs operate as we know them. Co-founded by CEO Chris Balazs (pictured right), Provenir is a ga...

Inside cult women's shoe brand FRANKiE4 Footwear's massive 14 months

Over the last 14 months FRANKiE4 Footwear has been overwhelmed. But co-founder Caroline McCulloch (pictured) swears it's been the good kind of overwhelming. The last time we spoke to FRANKiE4 Footwear was in 2012 back then McCulloch and her husband Alan were selling five types of shoes. But over the last 14 months the company has ...

Fitness influencers launch a FitazFK activewear range

Georgio Batsinilas and Aaron McAllister are well known for their insanely popular fitness guides and gyms, so their latest venture is a sure-fire hit. The winners of the 2018 Influencer award at the Brisbane Young Entrepreneur Awards and founders of FitazFK have released a range of Instagrammable women's activewear. Playing to the...

Space tourism has potential Australia cannot ignore, experts say

Heading to the moon for your summer holiday might sound far-fetched, but Australian researchers and entrepreneurs want to make it happen. Our space industry here in Australia has a bright future. The Federal Government's newly created Space Agency is due to launch in Adelaide any moment now, and entrepreneurs from around the country a...

Little Tokyo Two placed into voluntary liquidation

Serial entrepreneur Jock Fairweather's (pictured) incubator and co-working space Little Tokyo Two (LT2) has been placed into voluntary liquidation. The four-year-old project has apparently suffered from new competition in the space, leading Fairweather to announce the liquidation of the business. In a letter to supporters Fairweat...

MOSH is the new men's health startup backed by the founders of Tinder

Getting men to seek help for their health can often be difficult, but a Sydney startup is hoping to buck the trend. Backed by the founders of Tinder MOSH is an end-to-end digital healthcare hub for men that is putting the power of telemedicine in the pockets of Aussie men nationwide. Founded by two best mates, David Narunsky and Gabe ...

Tammy Hembrow and Michael Huxley team up for iconic collab

It was only a matter of time before these two Gold Coast entrepreneurs partnered up. Tammy Hembrow, one of Australia's most followed Instagram influencers and the mind behind Saski Collection, and Michael Huxley, founder of renowned makeup institute Huxley School of Makeup, are putting their talents together. Saski and Huxley...

Crossing the "Valley of Death" of technology transfer

Only a small portion of patents are actually exploited for commercial gain. If more of them could be put to use in Australia there would be great potential for a lift in the country's economy.  It's a rainy day in Oxford, traditional weather, and an Aussie knocks on my door. Samuel Conway has just landed in the UK after a lon...

Snackwize secures investment from TechnologyOne founder

The founder of one of Brisbane's most renowned tech companies TechnologyOne has injected $0.5 million into a fast-moving startup. Snackwize, a healthy snack subscription service for Australian businesses, has received funding from tech leader and TechnologyOne founder Adrian DiMarco to scale the business and fuel growth into home deli...

Tech startup Doshii scores Deliveroo deal

Leading food company Deliveroo has announced a partnership with Melbourne-based Hospitality and Retail API Platform Doshii to streamline processing orders for restaurant partners, which will make the process of getting Australia's favourite restaurant foods delivered to customers' doors more seamless. Restaurants who partner with ...

Mark Wahlberg invests in Aussie fitness chain

Hollywood has come knocking for F45 founder and CEO Rob Deutsch with the news that silver screen hunk Mark Wahlberg has invested in the hit Australian fitness chain. According to the Sydney Morning Herald , Wahlberg's investment in F45 now values the company at $634 million. This high-profile investment is yet another jewel i...

GO1 bags over $30 million in raise led by Microsoft

Tech startup success GO1 has raised more than $30 million in a series B funding round led by M12, Microsoft's venture fund. The $30+ million capital raise was primarily led by M12 alongside existing investors SEEK and Y Combinator, as well as new investors Larsen Ventures. As part of its investment M12 will get a seat on the board...

Lift off for Adelaide with new space mission control centre

The Federal Government will build a $6 million mission control centre to monitor orbiting spacecraft alongside the Australian Space Agency in Adelaide. The Government has announced $12 million in funding to boost the space industry in South Australia, split 50-50 between the mission control centre and a space discovery centre for STEM (sc...

Techpreneurs team up to make automation accessible

Automation and artificial intelligence can sound intimidating, but two of Australia's top young entrepreneurs want to make the technology accessible for every size business. Blackbook.ai and BITS Technology Group have partnered to offer automation as a service, a collaborative product launching next week at Automate 2019 in Brisbane a...

How this tenacious entrepreneur beat brain trauma to become a tech success story

Christy Laurence knows better than most what it takes to be a resilient businesswoman. The seasoned advertising executive left a cushy corporate gig with Insurance Australia Group to chase the entrepreneurial dream just over three years ago. Laurence then founded Plann, an Instagram planning, scheduling and analytics tool which is des...

The woman who denied retirement to create a multi million-dollar empire

When Deb Farnworth-Wood first moved to Australia with her husband, the pair were a couple of UK expats who were ready to chase the sunburnt and sandy dream of a Gold Coast retirement. After only a couple of weeks in the country however, the seasoned entrepreneur decided to forgo R&R and instead dive headfirst into a new career journey...