Startup news summary: February 2016

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By country: Australia

E ANZ Bank aiming for tech startup investments as it partners with Sydney’s Honcho

E Aus government pledges support for Asia-Pacific fintech push

E Simplot kicks off startup incubator to drive food innovation

E Australia’s largest coworking space, The Commons, to open in Melbourne

E Australian government: expert advisory group to make Aus fintech market leader in Asia

E An introduction to The Capital, Au$5m incubator for Brisbane startups

E Australian delivery startup Sendle partners with online marketplace Etsy

E PwC to team with Australasian startups for new cloud platform

E Australian blockchain startup rewards bills paid using Bitcoin

E A look at 11 Australian coworking spaces

E Optus Future Makers aims to help disadvantaged youth by funding tech ideas

E GoCatch launches GoCar to dethrone Uber in Australia

E Royal Australian Mint partnering with Quizling startup app

E ide Group: Au$25k prize for best health innovation product idea

E Melbourne’s iBackpacker aims to help backpackers find safe employment

E Australian startups: Take the next step with Austrade’s Landing Pads

E QUT Creative Enterprise announces 6 fashion entrepreneurs for accelerator

E Malaysian fintech MoneyMatch lands seed funding from Australia

E StartupAus appoints new CEO, targets RandD reform

E Australia’s IAG the latest large company to create startup funding unit

E Australian edtech Quizling launches after deals with major institutes

E Melbourne startup Cardly wants to be your Valentine

E Australia as ‘start-up nation’ can mean a raw deal for employees

E US fintech Acorns Grow launches in Australia

E A look at entrepreneurship education in Australia

E Australian Parliament opens inquiry into tertiary ed, innovation and future workforce

E Corporate Australia explores ways to nurture data-based innovation

E Digital Australia: State of the Nation 2015-16’ report

E Victoria, Australia, continues push to be startup state, with new initiatives

E Cowork/startup hubs set for Australia’s Mackay, Rockhampton and Ipswich

E January 2016 startup news summary: download or read online

E Fintech startup Spotcap lands $50m to expand in Australia

E Australia’s ACMI to open cowork space to fuse startup and art worlds

E 8 reasons to join TOP100 Startup Search, set for June in Singapore

E US investors in Melbourne for investment roundtable on Australian innovation

E Shacky ‘tiny house’ startup aims to support Australian farmers

As preface, this is admittedly a listing of not only Australian startup items, but also of tech and startup news of interest to

the Australian tech-focused community generally.

To illustrate, a US startup opening its doors in Australia is still noteworthy domestically, as it both highlights areas of

opportunity in Australia, and provides a reminder of Australia’s appeal as a market to the outside world.