Australia

Business News

Airbnb to Pay $10 Million Fine After Charging Australian Customers in U.S. Dollars

Airbnb admitted to falsely representing its prices to Australian customers.

News and Trends

Google Warns To Shut Its Search Engine In Australia; Gets Flak From PM

Australian government is on the brink of passing a law that would force digital platforms to pay media companies for news content

News and Trends

Sydney Digital Design Startup Qwilr Raises USD 7.5 Mn in Series A Round

Qwilr will use the fresh funds to expand its customer facing teams in the US and Europe, evolve the product to make customer communication more seamless and hire engineering and product talent in Australia.

Business News

Jeff Bezos Gets Slammed for Meager 690,000 Donation to Australian Wildfire Crisis

The Amazon CEO's donation is less than he makes in five minutes

Growth Strategies

Australia Needs to Pull Its Socks Up on Investing in R&D

Australia needs to get serious about investing in research and development if it wants to stay prosperous

Leadership

This Australian Beauty Company Wants to Detox the World with its Natural & Vegan Offering

Total Beauty Network boasts of creating healthy and ethical beauty brands

Business News

Uber Will Test Its Flying Taxis in Melbourne

Uber also considered Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paris, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Tokyo and Sydney.

News and Trends

Australian Unicorn Canva Hits $2.5 Billion Valuation After Acquiring Pexels and Pixabay

The announcement comes just a few days after the design startup joined forces with Pexels and Pixabay

Technology

When Rainbow Physics Meets Self-driving Cars

Australian startup Baraja is disrupting the autonomous vehicle industry with its innovative LiDAR technology

Growth Strategies

Why You Shouldn't Ignore The Startup Board

Today, there is a limited pool of individuals who are sitting on startup boards in Australia, and this is not helped by a lack of diversity

Finance

Why VC Funding is Slowing in Growing Aussie Startup Ecosystem

More than 700 new businesses started operating Down Under last year

News and Trends

The Journey of Four Chinese Students Who Founded Australia's Newest Tech Unicorn

Airwallex aspires to become the operating system of global banking, offering customers a truly global financial platform that serves their growing business needs

Finance

Fintech Startup InstaReM Raises Series C Funding for Asia Expansion

The latest round of funding was led by Singapore's Vertex Growth Fund and supported by new investor Atinum Investment

News and Trends

Singapore is the Safest Asian Country for Women, Study Suggests

Here are the top countries in the Asia-Pacific region where women live in equanimity

Business News

There Are Only Two Blockbusters Left in the World, and One Is Closing

The last of the movie rental's stores in Australia will close at the end of the month.