Fitfam Findr becomes Fitafy, raises $430K
// It might have started as a light-hearted joke but the idea of harnessing your community to help solve a problem shows what is possible in a small amount of time...
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!Kontakte kicking goals in South East Asia
// The COVID crisis has been a period of growth for Perth and Kuala Lumpur based startup !Kontakte.....
Two WA startups chosen for Aussie Tech Comp
// The Australian Technologies Competition has announced 42 semi-finalists, including two WA startups, who will proceed to the next round in a bid to become a finalist...
How a chance meeting set two Perth friends on the startup path
// Two friends noticed how poor relationships were impacting people's lives, including their own businesses. They built an app to help fix it .....
GO1 provides 70,000 online courses free for WA
// We talk with the co-founder of workplace training company GO1, Vu Tran .....
Australian Technologies Competition now open
FREE TO ENTER: The Australian Technologies Competition is now open til 20th May and has added a few new categories for 2019.....
Startups, technology and human rights
In her first article for Startup News, Natalie Marinho of Freo-based startup Voyant AR writes how emerging technology impacts human rightsand how those rights might be best protected.....
Startups get ready to pitch for a whopping $1M
StartCon, the largest startup and growth conference in Australia, has teamed up with Australian venture capitalist firm Right Click Capital to launch a $1 million pitching contest across Asia-Pacific.....
Changing as the workforce does
Alastair Haldane and his team have developed OnContractor, which claims to be the world’s first contractor marketplace for engineering and resources .....
Toast My Curry proves Indian takeway is anything but naastie
Local social entrepreneur has sold over 15,000 Indian meals to date (and made 15,000 donations to Mumbai street kids)…..
