Stories – Startup Victoria

Humans of Purpose Podcast - Featuring Duct Tape

This week Startup Victoria CEO Judy Anderson and Duct Tape Lead Researcher Dr Julian Waters-Lynch spoke to Mike Davis of Humans of Purpose on all things Duct Tape! Listen below and learn more about Duct Tape and Humans of Purpose: Duct Tape is a collaboration between Startup Victoria and Victoria University. The first issue...

startupvic 16 Jan '20

Startupbootcamp Australia Announces 10 Startups Selected for Third Smart Energy Accelerator

Accelerators

After three and a half months of scouting, 27 events around the globe, and reviewing 1,007 applications, world-leading accelerator Startupbootcamp Australia (SBC) has chosen 10 startups to join their 2020 Smart Energy Accelerator Program. This year, the accelerator has chosen startups that address key themes in smart energy, such as grid...

claudia.defabio 12 Dec '19

Recap: Insights on Growing a Global Business from Eddie Sheehy, Co-founder Nuix

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At Startup Victoria’s November Growth Club Education Event, special guest Eddie Sheehy spoke to founders about how they can maintain control of their companies as they scale. Startup Victoria’s Growth Club allows scaleup founders the opportunity to meet and hear stories from successful founders. After a short Q&A, the recording...

Jared Jones 06 Dec '19

Calling all workplace health & wellness startups!

Investment

CALLING ALL WORKPLACE HEALTH & WELLNESS STARTUPS! Here's an opportunity to showcase your workplace health and wellness startup at Workplace Wellness Festival, 22-23 June 2020, ICC Sydney. There is rapidly growing corporate interest in technology applications for health and wellness and this is Australia's peak event. There are 30...

Tony.steel@terrapinn.com 05 Dec '19

Recap: Looking backwards and forwards at Startup Victoria's AGM.

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Hi everyone, Startup Vic here! On November 26th, we held our Annual General Meeting for 2019's financial year. Our AGM is a time when members of our community can gather together, reflect on the challenges in the Victorian startup ecosystem (and the great progress being made), and look forward to how we can work together in 2020 to further...

startupvic 28 Nov '19

Airwallex is now offering a new benefit for the Startup Victoria community.

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Life as a startup founder can be hard. You have dreams of going global with your awesome idea but can never find enough time in the day to get everything done. You’re running on shoe-string budgets where every dollar counts. And to top it off, the institutions, such as banks that you rely on to enable your growth are often slow,...

startupvic 28 Nov '19

Is Crowdfunding Back in Fashion? Why Startups Should Consider Using Kickstarter to Get Funding!

Fundraising Stories

Let’s face it, product development has changed a lot in recent times. About 12 years ago, it was easy to develop and launch a product. You would dream up a product idea, come up with innovative ideas on how to develop the product, and then you’d launch it on to the market. If people liked the product, they would buy it. It was...

brett_raine 28 Nov '19

Recap: How do startups get funds?

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Hey everyone! This past Wednesday, Startup Victoria partnered with Standard Ledger to host “4 Ways to Fund Your Startup” at Stone & Chalk. This was an awesome event where 4 panellists came on stage to chat and answer questions about various types of funding available to startups. Standard Ledger is a Melbourne-based company that...

Jared Jones 17 Nov '19

Network event on Sustainable energy initiatives

Networking

Three exciting speakers talking about Cleantech innovation, to launch Capricorn Power's equity crowdfunding on Birchal. Are you interested in learning more about innovation in the clean tech space? Light refreshments provided as part of a fascinating journey into clean tech innovation, provided by these three speakers: James Seymour. James...

Capricorn Power 14 Nov '19

Your Dream Home in a Breeze

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Over the last 4 years, I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to live and work in 4 different cities. In each city, I moved between countless apartments and neighbourhoods. I thoroughly enjoyed each move, but dreaded the hassles of dealing with furniture each time. From wasted weekends buying, moving, and setting up furniture, to...

startupvic 12 Nov '19