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Australian Stories

Founders stories

NCS makes majority investment in Eighty20, scales presence in Australia

NCS will acquire a majority stake in Australian cloud transformation specialist Eighty20 Solutions to expand its market presence in Australia.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Jan 2022

Cybersecurity

SAS and Zencos to crack down on financial crime in Australia

SAS and Zencos extend their partnership to Australia, offering an AML cloud solution for the financial sector.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 6th Dec 2021

Human Capital Management

Culture Amp officially valued at $1.5bn after latest funding round

Culture Amp, an Australian tech company focused on employee engagement, has reached a valuation of over $1.5bn following a $100m funding round.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Aug 2021

Global Stories

Founders stories

Film

Autodesk buys Auckland-based media production firm Moxion

Autodesk acquires Moxion, a digital dailies firm, to expand its focus on media production and offer more integrations and features.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Jan 2022

Supply Chain

Aussie's Veyor raises $4 million in equity, plans to double workforce

Australian firm Veyor raises over $4m in equity capital, attracting interest from construction industry heavyweights.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Jan 2022

Software-as-a-Service

6 significant changes to online fraud we saw in 2021

SEON Fraud Prevention co-founders discuss the top trends that changed fraud in 2021, including the rise of Ransomware as a Service and easier online fraud.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 4 min read • Tue, 4th Jan 2022

Fintech

DiviPay raises $20 million, looks to expand into international markets

Sydney-based start-up DiviPay has raised $20m in Series A funding to expand its operations and product offering in international markets.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Dec 2021

Crypto

Gaming company Polemos to enable the monetisation of NFT gaming assets from blockchain games.

Gaming company Polemos aims to create the first GameFi platform allowing users to monetise NFT gaming assets from blockchain games.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Dec 2021

Document Management

No-code digital customer journey platform EasySend has launched in Australia and New Zealand

No-code digital customer journey platform EasySend has launched in Australia and New Zealand, with plans to target the wider JAPAC market.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Nov 2021

Gaming

Hands-on Review: The Google Nest Cam (2nd gen) and Nest Doorbell

Since 2014, Google has been churning out Nest products left, right and centre. We take a look at the Nest Doorbell and the 2nd generation indoor wired Nest Cam.

By Sara Barker • 6 min read • Mon, 1st Nov 2021

Multi-cloud

Styra and Kong partner to secure modern cloud-native applications

Styra and Kong have partnered to secure cloud-native applications with dynamic, policy-enabled traffic control for microservices.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Oct 2021

DevOps

Interview: Blacklock Security pioneers pentesting as a service in Asia Pacific

We spoke to Blacklock's Nilesh Kapoor about Blacklock, a startup that is making waves in the penetration testing as a service space.

By Sara Barker • 6 min read • Mon, 13th Sep 2021

Marketing Technologies

Search engine marketing firm Botify eyes APAC expansion after $55m funding round

While the US market accounts for 60% of the company's revenue, the company says it is established and growing its operations in Asia Pacific.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 8th Sep 2021

Gaming

Game Review: Psychonauts 2 (Xbox One/Xbox Series X/PC)

Psychonauts 2 delivers old-school platforming with a polished aesthetic and unique art style. It's a highly enjoyable game.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Tue, 31st Aug 2021

Google

Google welcomes new cohort into Women Founders Academy

Google announces second cohort of Women Founders Academy 2021, bringing together 10 founders from Asia Pacific to expand their skills and business leadership.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 27th Aug 2021

Cybersecurity

Australia's largest cybersecurity firm Tesserent expands to NZ - Hamish Soper appointed senior partner

Australia's largest listed cybersecurity company, Tesserent, expands to New Zealand, creating a new entity and appointing new senior leadership in the region.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Aug 2021