Saturday, November 14, 2026

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Unbounce Taps 2.5 Billion Conversions for New AI Page Builder

Vancouver-founded Unbounce has launched an AI-powered landing page builder that draws on insights from 2.5 billion conversions to help marketers turn campaign ideas into pages designed to generate leads and sales. The builder offers three starting points: an AI prompt,...

CSIRO spinout lands $15 million to make green hydrogen using less power

CSIRO spinout Hadean Energy has secured a $15 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to test whether waste heat from heavy industry can cut the cost of making green hydrogen. ARENA will fund half the $30...

Queensland construction tech startup ProcurePro makes Startup World Cup top 10 in San Francisco

Cofounder and head of product Tim Rogers pitched to 3,000 investors, founders and operators at the Grand Finale on Friday night. ProcurePro uses AI to understand what construction costs, has passed US$10 million in annual recurring revenue and is...

Australian Built: we have the climate tech startups, now it’s time to let them grow

The inaugural Australian Built brought more than 150 founders, investors and policymakers to Canberra. The message was clear: the industry is real, and scaling it is the hard part, Climate Salad’s Mick Liubinskas explains. In the morning, Australian-built technology went...

Atlassian stays in the black as quarterly revenue climbs 24%

The Sydney software giant’s September quarter result reverses a US$52m loss 12 months ago, although profit was down from US$139m in the June quarter. Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM) reported operating profit of US$189m for the first quarter of its 2027...

South Australian council pushes back against Firmus data centre over rates and water concerns

These are among several concerns to be placed under the spotlight when infrastructure start-up Firmus Technologies formally applies for a 1300- megawatt data centre in South Australia’s mid north. The proposal will be one of the company’s biggest in Australia,...

Vancouver’s Miru Partners with Carlex to Bring Dimmable Glass to Automakers

Vancouver-based Miru Smart Technologies is taking another step toward putting its dimmable glass into production vehicles through an agreement with automotive glass manufacturer Carlex. The companies will integrate Miru’s technology into Carlex’s manufacturing facility in Nashville, Tennessee, initially focusing on...

Bootstrapped for More Than a Decade: What One Founder Would Change About Going It Alone

I was 29 when Jason Billingsley and I won BDC’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for British Columbia. Elastic Path had grown into a $10 million company, and a $15,000 startup loan was the only outside financing we had...

Perth logistics analysis startup Indrus moves on $750,000 pre-Seed

WA VC Purpose Ventures led the round, supported by Melt Ventures and Curtin University. Cofounders Ryan Liebregts and Dre Siwela met in a robotics class while studying mechatronics engineering at Curtin. They founded Indrus in April 2025 to give...

From Special Forces to elite sport: EDGE puts startup leadership in the spotlight

The former Blackbird investor is bringing together a Special Forces veteran, a Paralympic champion and executive coaches for EDGE, a Sydney event focused on the skills founders need as their businesses grow. “VCs expect founders to scale from idea to...
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How Hegseth escaped an impeachment effort – for now

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth escaped an impeachment vote in the House, but may face another effort when Democrats take...
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