Canva Announces Plans to Acquire Generative AI Platform Leonardo.AI

Canva, a world leader in visual communication with more than 190 million monthly active users, today announced plans to acquire Leonardo.AI. As one of Australia’s fastest-growing startups, and a leading generative AI content and research company, Leonardo.AI is empowering millions of people to bring their ideas to life through production-quality images and videos. The acquisition […]
APAC Banking Sector Performance in 2022-2023: Navigating Economic Headwinds

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) banking sector faced a dynamic landscape in 2022-2023, marked by economic headwinds and varying performance across emerging markets (EMs) and developed markets (DMs). Let’s delve into the key trends and outlook for APAC banks during this period. 1. Steady Outlook Despite Challenges Despite challenges stemming from weakening global demand, high inflation, and […]
ARIA Cybersecurity Partners With Logi-Tech For Protection Of Australia’s Vital Infrastructure

ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions, a CSPi business has launched its AZT PROTECT™ solution in Australia via a partnership with Logi-Tech, a leading local managed security service provider (MSSP). Industry sources added that by inducting the AZT PROTECT into its portfolio, Logi-Tech can offer an innovative service for securing critical applications in operational technology (OT) environments such as manufacturing, mining, […]
Sicona Battery Technologies raises AUD22 Million in funding from leading industries

Sicona Battery Technologies (“Sicona”) today announced it has raised AU$22 million in Series A funding which will be used to further the company’s development plans both in Australia and the United States. The $22 million investment was led by India’s Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd, leading Australian venture capital investor Artesian, and Electrification & Decarbonization AIE LP, a fund managed by Waratah Capital. Riverstone Ventures, […]
Australia’s new Islamic bank secures Series A Funds from Hejaz Group

Australia’s first-ever Islamic bank has successfully completed its recent capital-raising round with a strategic investment from Hejaz Group, Australia’s leading Islamic financial services group. The bank recently launched a $10m Series A capital raising round to allow the bank to continue building its products and systems, with a launch planned across Australia in 2024. Islamic […]
Attentive opens branch in the APAC region and furthers global expansion

Attentive, the conversational commerce platform, yesterday announced it is continuing its global expansion with an office opening in Australia—the first establishment in the APAC region and second regional office outside of the US. More than 87% of consumers in Australia said they would like to receive texts from brands or are already subscribed to a […]
For reality digital twins, Ventia chooses Asseti

Ventia, one of the largest essential services providers in Australia and New Zealand, has selected Asseti as its enterprise-wide partner for reality digital twins and spatial data. Designed for managers of data-rich assets, the partnership will drive contextual insights for the assets that Ventia maintains on behalf of its clients. Ventia sought a solution that […]
Australia’s leading EQ expert recently launched new leadership programme

With leadership skills and talent retention being hot business topics to stimulate and maintain growth, especially globally, Ush Dhanak of EQ Academy has created a new ‘Corporate EQ Programme’ for launch in the Gulf and worldwide. Following success of earlier programmes with corporate clients in Australia, both in the public and private sectors, Ush wanted […]
The Govt. and private sectors works together for food security

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia “Bahri” has announced today, that its tanker “SARA”, which weighs 60 thousand tons of barley, has arrived at the Jeddah Islamic Port, coming from the Australian port of Bunbury. After the Agricultural Development Fund funded the supply contract concluded between Mansour Al-Mosaid Company and the Saudi Agricultural and […]
Birdeye announces acquisition of Cube

Birdeye, One of the leading all-in-one digital customer experience platform, announced the acquisition of Cube Online (Cube), One of the Australia’s leading customer experience platform. More than 3,000 businesses trust Cube in Asia-Pacific and Europe. Cube helps businesses connect with consumers through its digital customer experience platform, enabling local brands and businesses to go digital to be […]