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• Startups eye Southeast Asia for growth

  Southeast Asia provides great opportunities to Australian tech startups seeking to expand, according to SingTel, startups and investors at the Echelon Ignite conference in Sydney.

• Startup tips: How to win investors

  So you’ve got an idea for a startup and have a plan to develop it. Now comes the tricky part: finding the money to make the business a reality.

• Australian startup snapshot: NexPay

  Sydney startup NexPay uses an online business model to provide savings to foreign students attending Australian universities.
  

• Australian startup snapshot: Airtasker

  After turning one year old, Sydney's Airtasker is considering expanding its online marketplace for contract jobs overseas, according to co-founders Tim Fung and Jonathan Lui. However, Fung and Lui wants to keep its HQ and said it’s critical Australia promotes an ecosystem that keeps startups Down Under.

• Startups to be 'huge' part of Australia economy: Google

  Australia’s startup scene could add $109 billion to the economy and 540,000 new jobs over the next 20 years, if fostered properly, according to a report released today by Google.

• Google's #startupAUS to formalise 'within weeks'

  Google seeks to raise the voice of Australian startups by forming #startupAUS, a formal industry group to advocate on behalf of the burgeoning community.

• Australian startup snapshot: Roamz / Local Measure

  Sydney-based Roamz switched focus from consumer to business after discovering that its location-based platform for monitoring social media appealed to retailers around the world.

• Australian startup snapshot: Tap-To

  Tap-To is a Brisbane developer of B2B mobile middleware that helps businesses deliver forms and other documents to employees in the field. The startup is finding success abroad and considering a move overseas to the US.

• Taxi booking startup wins investors amid fire from cab industry

  Australian startup Ingogo raised $1.5 million in a new investment round to fund its cab booking mobile app, despite public attacks from the taxi industry.

• Australian startup scene expanding but needs investment: General Assembly

  Australia’s startup community is growing but education, continued government support and increased capital investment are critical to supporting the community, according to General Assembly director, Riley Batchelor.

• Innovyz Start announces new funding round

  The Innovyz Start accelerator program, sponsored by ANZ and Innovyz, has announced that applications are open for its next 13-week program.

• Australian startup snapshot: Tapestry

  Tapestry is a Sydney-based developer of an app that aims to connect seniors to social media. Built for tablets, the app makes it simple for seniors to receive updates and photos from Facebook and similar services.

• Australian startup snapshot: Mathspace

  Mathspace, a Sydney-based startup, seeks to replace school textbooks with its interactive, web-based e-learning service.

• Australian startup snapshot: CryptoPhoto

  CryptoPhoto, a startup from Noosa, Queensland, has made a two-factor authentication service using photos displayed on a smartphone or paper card.

• Australian startup snapshot: OneConfig

  OneConfig website is a Sydney startup that is building a cloud-based network management platform for Juniper devices targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).