Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell And Bekka are accompanied by Keta Burke-Williamsthe founder and CEO of Our side, a direct-to-consumer fragrance company. Keta shared how she became interested in disrupting the colossal — and outdated — fragrance industry and what [...]
Mys Tyler, the platform designed to empower women to discover algorithmically tailored fashion for their body type, has launched a new Contributor Hub and site to connect women, designers and apparel brands worldwide. Originally launched in 2020, Mys Tyler’s algorithm has been used by over 300,000 women Unpleasant discover like-bodied [...]
Generative AI reminds me of ball bearings: the technology is relatively cheap, very flexible and a proven way to reduce friction. Investors took notice: CB Insights reports that VCs put $49 billion into AI last year, up 40% from the year before. The hype has largely focused on chatbots and [...]
The generative AI industry will be worth approximately A$22 trillion by 2030, according to the CSIRO. These systems – of which ChatGPT is currently the best known – can write essays and code, generate music and illustrations, and have whole conversations. But what happens when they are turned into illegal [...]
If you want to invest in the same way as fintech influencers, including Austin Hankwitz, WOLF Financial, Breyanna Nava And Patrick Meng Doing, To follow can help you with that. The new social investment platform allows users to subscribe to a creator’s financial feed and build an investment portfolio that [...]
Welcome to our regular column on the important things to see and do for the ANZ startup community, brought to you by the director of the Spark festivalMaxine Sherin. She chooses 3 things that are worth putting in the agenda for the coming week. If you want to know more, [...]
SoftBank Group’s investment vehicles posted a loss of nearly $6 billion in the quarter ended December as the Japanese tech investor continues to bleed through the market downturn and significantly scale back new hedging. This is the fourth straight quarter in which SoftBank Group has lost money, prompting many to [...]
US accelerator and investment program Techstars is launching this year in Sydney as part of Tech Central. Applications for the Techstars Tech Central Sydney Accelerator are now open, with a focus on early-stage and early-stage founders building companies in AI, fintech, advanced manufacturing, cloud computing, robotics, cybersecurity, quantum computing, creative [...]
The use of customer relationship management (CRM) tools has exploded in recent years, so that the market size is expected to experience compound annual growth of 12.5% and be worth $145.79 billion over the next six years. This growth is largely due to the rise of online merchants who use [...]
Startup funding was $7.4 billion in 2022 It’s a 30% drop from 2021, but less than a 35% global drop Investors closed 712 deals Female founders receive more deals, but less money Investments have grown 5x in 5 years It’s a great time to be a budding founder, a new [...]