Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.  and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD) today announced the expansion of their research collaboration. The collaboration, originally announced in January 2011, leverages Protagonist’s proprietary disulfide-rich peptide (DRP) technology platform and is aimed at providing Ironwood with novel peptides against targets for potential development in therapeutic areas with significant unmet medical needs.

Atmail, the Australian based enterprise email and web communication company, today announced it has secured $2.0M investment from Starfish Ventures to drive product development, expand the technical team, and increase its US, Asia and European focus.

 Styletread wins Deloitte Rising Star Award

Styletread has been awarded the Deloitte Rising Star Award

DesignCrowd Launches in Singapore, India, and the Philippines

Australian crowdsourcing marketplace, DesignCrowd, has  launched its crowdsourcing service in Singapore, India and the Philippines as its first step into  Asian markets and as part of its global expansion.

Starfish Ventures leads US$2.3M investment in Australian web content acceleration startup MetaCDN

MetaCDN today announced it had completed a US$2.3M investment round led by Starfish Ventures and the University of Melbourne Endowment fund.

Starfish Ventures partners with Springboard Enterprises to support female entrepreneurs

Starfish Ventures is pleased to partner with Springboard Enterprises to support female entrepreneurs with funding and business advice.

dorsaVi's ViPerform used by AFL Western Bulldogs

AFL club Western Bulldogs are using dorsaVi to manage player injuries. 

 "Let's Create a Tech Boom" - Alec Lynch, CEO of Design Crowd

Young Australians do not want to make their fortune by drilling the ground ... Young Australians want to make their own fortunes and the best way for them to do this is through entrepreneurship and technology.

Three Starfish Ventures portfolio companies in the Tech23 finals

ScriptRock, MetaCDN and Bubble Gum Interactive listed as finalists.

 Starfish Ventures wins AVCAL Best Early Stage Award for Quickcomm Exit

Starfish Ventures was awarded the “Best Early Stage” Award at the AVCAL Annual Conference Portfolio Company Awards on Thursday for the sale of Quickcomm.

Distra acquired by ACI Worldwide

Starfish Ventures is pleased to announce the sale of Distra to ACI Worldwide.

Sneak Peek at Bubble Gum Interactive's latest Little Space Heroes project

Bubble Gum Interactive have released a sneak peek for their Little Space Heroes cartoon, due for release at MIPJunior in Cannes

Press release - Australian Startup DesignCrowd Breaks Crowdsourcing Record

Australian design crowdsourcing site DesignCrowd has set a new crowdsourcing record helping TimesSquare.com crowdsource over 5,000 logo ideas.

Press release - ScriptRock Inc announces $1.2M investment round led by Facebook investor, PayPal co-founder

Australian enterprise software provider ScriptRock today announced that Silicon Valley entrepreneur and technology investor Peter Thiel has lead the startup’s seed investment round of $1.2M.

Press release - Merkle Acquires 5th Finger,Leading Mobile Solutions Provider

Starfish Ventures mobile technology company 5th International Group, trading as 5th Finger in the US, has been acquired by Merkle.

Press release - MetaCDN Announces Appointment of Martin Ryan as CEO

MetaCDN, the cloud-based content delivery network (CDN) that harnesses high performance, low cost cloud storage networks, today announced Martin Ryan as its Chief Executive Officer.  Ryan brings a decade of online services experience to MetaCDN and will lead the Company’s strategic and operational functions.

ASX Release - L-Dex outcomes data from breast cancer lymphoedema prevention program

ImpediMed Limited (ASX: IPD) (“the Company or ImpediMed”) would like to make shareholders aware of clinical data that was presented over the weekend in New York City at the MASCC/ISOO - 2012 International Symposium on Supportive Care in Cancer.

Press release - Bubble Gum Interactive raises $2.5 million in second round funding to drive growth of Little Space Heroes, its award-winning virtual universe for kids

Bubble Gum Interactive raises $2.5 million in second round funding to drive growth of Little Space Heroes, its award-winning virtual universe for kids

Press release - Zealand Pharma and Protagonist Therapeutics Team up for Peptide Drug Discovery and Development

Zealand Pharma A/S (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: ZEAL), a Danish biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel peptide drugs, has signed a collaboration agreement with Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-owned US incorporated biotechnology company. 

Starfish Ventures provides mentor for Ignition Labs

Starfish Ventures is pleased to be part of the ATP Innovations’ clean technology accelerator, Ignition Labs. Ivor Frischknecht will provide mentorship to the accelerator companies, and has extensive clean technology and entrepreneurial experience

Press release - Starfish Ventures invests $2M in Scalify

Starfish Ventures today announced a $2,000,000 investment in Scalify, a networking technology designed for fast and efficient creation of multi-user applications, especially online games and virtual worlds.

Press release - 'Google Drawings' pioneer Anthony Glenning joins Nitro Board of Directors

Nitro, creator of intuitive solutions that enable people to work smarter with digital documents, is pleased to announce that Anthony Glenning, Investment Director of Starfish Ventures and pioneer of Google Drawings, has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors.

Mashable - Can Statistics Predict Weather Without Meteorologists? This App Thinks So

A new app called Ourcast aims to replace the weatherman with statistics and crowdsourcing.

Press release - Ourcast launches real-time mobile weather app that predicts rain, snow with unprecedented accuracy

Ourcast, Inc. today announced the launch of its flagship Ourcast mobile weather app, which predicts rain and snow over the next two hours with unprecedented accuracy.

BRW - Designs on rent-a-crowd

A crowd-sourcing graphic design busienss is identifying holes in the market.

Nitro, a creator of intuitive solutions that enable people to work smarter, today announced that it has secured $3.5 million in funding from Starfish Ventures to fuel aggressive product innovation and recruitment during 2012. This inaugural round of institutional financing will allow the Company to support a rapidly growing global user base and empower advancements for its collaborative cloud roadmap.

Aktana, the leader in actionable analytics for sales force effectiveness, today announced a new product suite in their quest to arm field sales forces with tools to increase the effectiveness of their day-to-day decisions. Aktana's new Collective Intelligence Suite for Field Sales is an iPad accessible solution equipped with a unique sales suggestion engine.