Friday, October 16, 2026

Business

Snakes, and their ladders

It confirmed the worst suspicions of embittered Australian startup founders and small business owners. We are an afterthought. We are not in consideration for serious Government funding, but if we’re lucky, someone at the top might throw down a...

Why selling Victoria’s venture fund to fix healthcare is a false economy

The proposal deserves greater scrutiny because it treats health funding and innovation investment as competing priorities, when Victoria’s future healthcare capacity depends partly on the companies, technologies and jobs that patient capital helps create. To a voter stuck on a...

Converge 2026 to Explore How Canada Can Scale Climate Hard Tech

NorthX’s Converge 2026 is expected to bring together more than 300 founders, investors, policymakers, researchers and industry partners in Vancouver on November 25 to explore what it takes to build and scale climate hard tech companies in Canada. The gathering...

Victoria’s Shift Adds Ad Blocker Features to Browser, Giving Users More Control

Shift Browser has launched an ad-blocking tool. The Victoria-based startup, which unveiled its specialty Browser in 2025, says that the configurable Shift Blocker does not require an extension but rather is built in to the app. “Our users come to Shift...

Vresk Helps Users Directly Compare the Output of Different AI Models

Artificial intelligence technology is being actively advanced by a slew of high-tech firms, who are constantly competing to remain ahead of an ever-steepening curve. For everyday users, the pace of change can be disorienting, and differences between models can quickly...

Moment Energy’s Surrey Megafactory Named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026

B.C.’s Moment Energy is earning international recognition for giving electric vehicle batteries a second life. The company’s Megafactory 1 in Surrey has been named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026. The recognition highlights a manufacturing model that turns retired EV...

Before VCs, a university writes the first cheque

The UNSW Founders 10x Accelerator just invested $1.6 million into 16 of the highest potential startups we met this year. Each of them receives $100,000 to help increase momentum, and three women founders from this group also each received an...

Fintech census puts Canberra’s startup tax debate to the test

The 2026 Fintech Annual Census, a collaboration between RSM and FinTech Australia, recently surveyed 135 fintech businesses. Nearly half (47%) were profitable, while 66% generated more than $1 million in annual revenue. Two-third (67%) were primarily selling to other businesses...

B.C. Innovators Earn Spots on Global Cleantech 50 to Watch

Metro Vancouver companies Anodyne Chemistries and Voxelis AI are among the Canadian ventures named to Cleantech Group’s 2026 Cleantech 50 to Watch, joining fellow B.C. innovators FireSwarm Solutions and CRWN.AI. Released today, the annual list recognizes early-stage companies positioned to...

How this founder took legal tech startup Dispute Buddy from zero to $2 million ARR in just 9 months

This isn’t an instruction manual to grow to $2 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). These are the things that worked for us as a team. Take what works for you and ditch the rest. I’ll caveat these ‘Look what...
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Snakes, and their ladders

It confirmed the worst suspicions of embittered Australian startup founders and small business owners. We are an afterthought. We...
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