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Stories naming Simon Thomsen. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Newcastle founder Storm Menzies' accessible makeup tools startup ByStorm Beauty won the federally backed Kickstarter Challenge, receiving equity-free prize money, with four runner-up startups also awarded smaller prizes at a Canberra grand final.
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Birchal lifts its charges and shrinks its team under a new chief executive; the piece also recalls past raises on the platform and the collapses of Zero Co and Equitise.
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Cleaning products maker Zero Co, backed by Square Peg and crowdfunded via Birchal, is closing down solvent and will hand leftover funds to shareholders after failing to find a workable path forward.
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Startup Daily's SUDS podcast episode features Adviser Ratings chief Angus Woods discussing crypto collapses, social media fraud and tech job cuts, plus conversations with founders from EarlyWork, Sidekicker and Gheorg.
Startup Daily promotes its Money Milestones panel with SAP Concur, featuring founders of Zero Co, Unhedged and Her Black Book discussing revenue building and fundraising, recalling several earlier raises.
Preview of the Startup Daily TV podcast covering a bid against AGL's demerger, reproductive-rights tech policy, VC conversations, a fintech fund raise, and interviews with Skedulo, Good & Fugly and One Key Access founders.
Birchal opens an equity crowdfunding campaign on its own marketplace, an industry first, chasing $3 million with Up cofounder Dom Pym committed, while marking $100 million raised and unveiling secondary trading plans.
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Profile of Sydney news-aggregation app Ukufu, which has passed 50,000 Android installs. Founder Kevin Garber discusses its AI-curated newsfeeds, planned premium and B2B versions, and its earlier seed backing from local angel investors.
Startup Daily's weekly SUDS podcast wrap: UK laws threatening jail for tech executives, interviews with founders of SpaceDraft, Flowingly and Book An Artist, Sun Cable's solar export ambitions, and NFT tax guidance.