No merchant likes a bad customer review and okendoa customer marketing platform, today announced $26 million in Series A funding to continue developing its customer review tools for ecommerce brands. Base10 Partners led the funding round and was joined by Craft Ventures and existing investor Index Ventures. It gives the [...]
Ticket sales for FinTech Australia’s annual conference, Intersekt 2022, have opened and the event will repeat last year’s sold-out status. FinTech Australia GM Rehan D’Almeida said this year’s Intersekt promises to be the largest yet, with several international speakers including the founder and CEO of the UK’s leading financial fintech [...]
Kindly His’ Home Semen Test Kit Hormonal health care can be intimidating because it touches the most intimate parts of our lives. Friendly health wants to make it accessible to more people, with a combination of home diagnostic tests (including sperm tests and tests for polycystic ovary syndrome), telehealth consultations [...]
Sometimes a great idea all comes down to design. There are many smartphones on the market, but many people are attracted to the iPhone and pay a premium because of its great design. And so it is for sustainable office furniture startup Reces. The Sydney-based company launched its new ergonomic [...]
ChowNow, a startup building online ordering systems for restaurants, today announced internal layoffs, australiabusinessblog.com has learned. According to several sources who spoke to this reporter on condition of anonymity, about 100 people were affected in various teams, including onboarding, operations and sales. ChowNow did not immediately respond to a request [...]
Complaints by the fintech sector that some major banks are slow to adopt the program when it comes to open banking proved true when the competition watchdog slammed a $133,200 fine on the Bank of Queensland. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has fined BoQ and a Notice of [...]
Wave, an African fintech offering mobile money services in Senegal and the Ivory Coast, laid off about 15% of its workforce last month. australiabusinessblog.com first got a whiff of the layoff news on LinkedIn, where Jessica Chervin, a former Andela executive who joined Wave in March as an expansion leader, [...]
South Australian agtech startup GoMicro hopes to tackle the $1 trillion problem with an app-based device that costs just $1 to manufacture and attach to a smartphone. GoMicro CEO and Founder Dr. Sivam Krish developed GoMicro’s Spotcheck app and a phone-mountable magnifying glass designed to accurately assess the degree of [...]
Metal and Carbon Fiber Company markforged (best known for its Digital Forge platform) today announced that it Digital metal to further expand its range of machines capable of producing metal parts. The company was previously owned by the Swedish metal powder manufacturer Höganäs AB† The acquisition emphasizes Markforged’s commitment to [...]
Sydney adtech startup BlendAI has raised $1.5 million two years after launch to help small businesses with their online advertising. The round was led by Sydney-based venture fund, EVP, is for: dedicated to driving customer growth, continuous product improvements and hiring BlendAI’s first go-to-market focused resources. BlendAI simplifies and centralizes [...]