Daily Archives: January 8, 2019

LiDAR systems manufacturer raises $45 million

Sydney autonomous vehicle technology business, Baraja, has secured $45 million in Series A venture capital to fund development of its LiDAR navigation systems for driverless vehicles. Raised from Sequoia China, Blackbird Ventures, and Main Sequence Ventures, this adds to seed funding raised in 2016 which also included Blackbird among its investors. Baraja launched its Spectrum-Scan…

Faulty product? What are consumer rights?

@AuManufacturing’s recent feature on shoddy imports has cast light on Australian Consumer Law. Here we explain consumer rights when faced with minor and major faults. By Helen Hull New data just released reveals people are increasingly contacting the ACCC about issues with faulty products and services. In 2018, the ACCC received nearly 34,000 contacts about…