This Week in Startups Australia
Author mpescePosted on Jevon Le Roux‘s startup Keeyu uses ‘agentic’ AI to revolutionise how online businesses work with their customers. The outcome of deep domain knowledge, Le Roux wants Keeyu to be a platform for the whole business – well beyond the sales channel. Can he get there? And what does it take to succeed an AI-centred startup?
Author mpescePosted on EOFY means startups need to do their sums – and file for their research and development tax credits, instant asset writeoffs, and much more. TWISTA speaks with Swanson Reed‘s Damian Smyth and Alex Chisholm about how clever startups can document their way into big tax refunds – no profits required!
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Author mpescePosted on Matt Allen found a gap in the startup funding model. Now he’s driving Tractor Ventures through it, providing unsecured loans to startups with accelerating revenues. Are loans a better deal than selling shares? This episode is a must for every startup raising capital.
EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING – Matt gets a bit sweary (in a good way)
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Author mpescePosted on On our first VR special, the tech seemed poised to become the Next Big Thing. What happens to startups – like InspaceXR and EqualReality – when an enabling technology fails to reach scale?
InspaceXR provides a plug-in one-click pathway between architectural programs like AutoCAD and immersive visualisation using virtual reality…
EqualReality creates environments that help expose and educate people the unconscious biases and behaviours within the workplace…
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In the year since our last VR special, cyberspace has exploded – and virtual reality has become a real business. We speak two the founder-CEOs of two of Australia’s most successful VR startups, starting in conversation with Zero Latency‘s Tim Ruse, then closing in a chat with Start VR‘s Kain Tietzel.
Virtual reality is a real business – with real customers and real revenues. We go exploring the new _business_ landscape of virtual reality in this special episode.
