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Mister RYE: Organic rye drinking straws made in Australia
Organic, biodegradable drinking straws - SA greentech start-up Mister RYE launched their campaign today. Founded by French entrepr
25 October 2019 by ReadyFundGo

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Writing the script for billion dollar industries
Tech23 this week saw Lucy Cooke present her startup, Spacedraft. With film studios, Amazon, Netflix and Apple spending billions annually producing new titles and the Gaming industry continuing to grow, bringing complex visions to life accurately and without delay is a serious business. Every creative endeavour faces friction, loss and frustration when it tries to deliver with nothing but a paper script and sticky notes, whether it be film, game or VR/AR production. Spacedraft solves for these issues, connecting the vision to production and producers, sharing updates and edits with the entire team. Quite literally, watch this space. https://spacedraft.com.au/
25 October 2019 by Tim Lovitt

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DNA as a living USB.
Could your next USB actually need watering and sunlight and yet last for a millennium? Yes, if Twist Bioscience have anything to do with it. Although not technically a start-up at six years in and listed, one of their developments is worth a look, as the sector is seeing the same reduction in costs that saw computing power boom As Twist put it, “If there was an opportunity where you could put a copy of your DNA in a hard drive that would last for 1000 years for $50, that would really be the ultimate backup for your data.” https://twistbioscience.com/products/storage
11 October 2019 by Tim Lovitt

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Helping Entrepreneurs Assess Their Engagement With Social Issues
This assessment helps an entrepreneur or business person to pick a social issue they care about and then learn how well they are addressing the issue in eight areas of their life. It offers mentoring sessions after the assessment is complete in order to help the person create a plan. Then the revenue from the assessment helps fund children globally learning about the same social issue. The product is at https://scriptsplash.org/social-issue-assessment/
3 October 2019 by Jon Hirst

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Removing plastic from the home, one bottle at a time
Zero Co help households decrease their use of single use plastics. For every item bought, Zero will wash and refill the empties, significantly decreasing the amount of plastics a household sends to landfill as a result. Well worth watching as they commence a Kickstarter round to support initial production. www.zeroco.com.au
1 October 2019 by Tim Lovitt

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How One Teen Disrupted A $255 Billion Industry
Guard Grabber Technologies Inc. is a mobile applications company with patent-pending technology that connects security professionals with people in need of security services on a web-based platform and through two free mobile apps. Available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Security professionals download the Guard Grabber Jobs mobile app and people in need of security download the Guard Grabber mobile app. Security professionals working on the Guard Grabber platform have the opportunity to list their own hourly rate and keep all the money they make, accept or decline any requested bookings, charge an additional fee for transportation, and turn the mobile app on or off - showing that they are available when the app is on, and unavailable when the app is off.
26 September 2019 by david-2