Renewable energy retailer Amber raises $29m as it targets global utilities with smart tech

Renewable energy retailer Amber raises $29m as it targets global utilities with smart tech

After doubling the number of customers in the past six months to 30...

Food waste diversion platform Yume raises $2m in seed round to drive growth

Food waste diversion platform Yume raises $2m in seed round to drive growth

Food redistribution platform Yume, founded in 2016 to reduce waste ...

Alt. Leather raises $1.1m in seed round to drive plant-based leather alternative

Alt. Leather raises $1.1m in seed round to drive plant-based leather alternative

Alt. Leather, a startup established in 2022 by Tina Funder, th...

Crowd-sourced funding steady at $71m as food & beverage, female-founded startups rise

Crowd-sourced funding steady at $71m as food & beverage, female-founded startups rise

Despite a 58 per cent decline in venture capital funding in Austral...

Skincare group Ultra Violette raises $15m from US fund to scale in North America

Skincare group Ultra Violette raises $15m from US fund to scale in North America

Ultra Violette, an Australian brand at the forefront of premium SPF...

Aravax raises $66m for peanut allergy cure as Victoria leads the way

Aravax raises $66m for peanut allergy cure as Victoria leads the way

Victoria has become the epicentre of finding a cure for peanut alle...

Prospa snaps up Zip SME loan business for $15.6m

Prospa snaps up Zip SME loan business for $15.6m

Buy-now pay-later (BNPL) company Zip Co (ASX: ZIP) continues to win...

Prota Therapeutics raises $31.6m to advance a cure for peanut allergy

Prota Therapeutics raises $31.6m to advance a cure for peanut allergy

Melbourne-based Prota Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that is...

Female-founded sun protection brand Solbari secures $10m from Australian Business Growth Fund

Female-founded sun protection brand Solbari secures $10m from Australian Business Growth Fund

A Melbourne-based company looking to combat the risk of skin cancer...

Vinyl Group backed by tech billionaire in $10m deal to acquire The Brag Media

Vinyl Group backed by tech billionaire in $10m deal to acquire The Brag Media

Vinyl Group (ASX: VNL), the ASX-listed music company formerly known...

What will 2024 hold for VC and startups?

What will 2024 hold for VC and startups?

In early-stage investment, staying ahead of trends and building tru...

Council payments software startup Payble raises $3.5m

Council payments software startup Payble raises $3.5m

A Sydney-headquartered startup that makes payment solutions easier ...

Birchal raises $1.2m in first 24 hours of its own crowdfunding campaign

Birchal raises $1.2m in first 24 hours of its own crowdfunding campaign

Melbourne-headquartered crowdfunding platform Birchal has made its ...

DealsDirect founder backs $1m raise for digital wholesale platform Andisor

DealsDirect founder backs $1m raise for digital wholesale platform Andisor

A Melbourne-founded digital startup offering a 'fresh take on c...

Neobank Volt enters solvent liquidation as wind down continues

Neobank Volt enters solvent liquidation as wind down continues

Numerous entities affiliated with failed neobank Volt have entered ...

Scalp care brand STRAAND locks in $4m to fuel global ambitions

Scalp care brand STRAAND locks in $4m to fuel global ambitions

A Melbourne-based hair care brand that focuses on using prebiotics ...

Perpetual knocks back $3 billion deal proposed by Soul Patts

Perpetual knocks back $3 billion deal proposed by Soul Patts

The board of financial services group Perpetual (ASX: PPT) has turn...

Qualitas raising $50m to capitalise on fast-growing private credit portfolio

Qualitas raising $50m to capitalise on fast-growing private credit portfolio

Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund (ASX: QRI) is raising $50 million ...

The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero

The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero

The national accounts released by the Australian Bureau of Statisti...

ARN Media forced to divest $16m in shares of takeover target Southern Cross Media

ARN Media forced to divest $16m in shares of takeover target Southern Cross Media

An M&A tussle involving some of the biggest powerbrokers in Aus...

Defence and first responder AI support tech startup Arkeus raises $4.45m

Defence and first responder AI support tech startup Arkeus raises $4.45m

A Melbourne-headquartered artificial intelligence (AI) tool that gi...

Bubs raising $28m to feed a fast-growing US consumer market

Bubs raising $28m to feed a fast-growing US consumer market

Bubs Australia (ASX: BUB) is raising $28 million to help drive ambi...

Australian banks to roll out new payee system to tackle ‘global scam epidemic’

Australian banks to roll out new payee system to tackle ‘global scam epidemic’

In a bid to protect Australians from the ‘global scam epidemi...

VGI Partners founder Robert Luciano resigns from Regal after sabbatical

VGI Partners founder Robert Luciano resigns from Regal after sabbatical

Investment veteran Robert Luciano has today tendered his immed...

Jack Dorsey's Block invests $3 million in First Australians Capital fund

Jack Dorsey's Block invests $3 million in First Australians Capital fund

Square and Afterpay owner Block Inc (NYSE: SQ) has announced a...

Phantm raises $2m in seed funding to wean businesses off their plastics obsession

Phantm raises $2m in seed funding to wean businesses off their plastics obsession

Phantm, a Melbourne-based circular-economy platform that is making ...

Slattery backs $2m capital raise to drive growth for Rent.com.au payment app

Slattery backs $2m capital raise to drive growth for Rent.com.au payment app

Property rental platform Rent.com.au, which is backed by Brisbane t...

Five innovative startups selected for Climate 10x cohort sharing in $580k injection

Five innovative startups selected for Climate 10x cohort sharing in $580k injection

From decarbonising diesel engines to improving manufacturing proces...

Airwallex to acquire Latin American counterpart MexPago

Airwallex to acquire Latin American counterpart MexPago

Melbourne-founded, Singapore-based fintech Airwallex continues to l...

Energy software startup Orkestra starts crescendo as Tidal Ventures conducts $2m seed round

Energy software startup Orkestra starts crescendo as Tidal Ventures conducts $2m seed round

A Melbourne-based software startup that makes it easier to assess t...