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Startup report slams crowdfunding model, claims it "fails to adequately protect retail investors"
Authors of the State of Australian Startup Funding Report 2023...
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Aussie startup funding fell in half to $3.5 billion in 2023
Australian startup funding fell by a whopping 52.7 per cent last ye...
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CarbonHQ raises $600,000 in pre-seed for tech to bring carbon credits back to earth
The $3 billion voluntary carbon market may have risen at a compound...
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Geoff Wilson's WAM Leaders to make $216m takeover bid for QV Equities
Geoff Wilson's large-cap active investment vehicle WAM Leaders ...
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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...
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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...
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Prospa snaps up Zip SME loan business for $15.6m
Buy-now pay-later (BNPL) company Zip Co (ASX: ZIP) continues to win...
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Autodesk backs AI-driven water pipeline maintenance scale-up VAPAR in $5m raise
A Sydney-based scale-up that helps water utilities companies mainta...
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Forcite crowdfunding shareholders cop 87pc loss on GoPro takeover
Preferential shareholders will be able to cash in and receive retur...
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Stake co-founder Leibowitz to step aside from CEO role after assets under management surge in 2023
After increasing its assets under administration by $1 billion in t...
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Property fintech Futurerent secures $50m to roll out US business Downpayments
Sydney-headquartered startup Futurerent, which allows property inve...
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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...
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What will 2024 hold for VC and startups?
In early-stage investment, staying ahead of trends and building tru...
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Council payments software startup Payble raises $3.5m
A Sydney-headquartered startup that makes payment solutions easier ...
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Birchal raises $1.2m in first 24 hours of its own crowdfunding campaign
Melbourne-headquartered crowdfunding platform Birchal has made its ...
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Relevance AI raises $15m in Series A amid surge in clients for its low-code platform
Sydney-based tech startup Relevance AI has raised $15 million in a ...
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Neobank Volt enters solvent liquidation as wind down continues
Numerous entities affiliated with failed neobank Volt have entered ...
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AI recipe startup Clove cooks up $4.15m seed raise
Two Canva alumni have successfully raised $4.15 million for their A...
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Venture capitalists back generative AI startup Leonardo.Ai to the tune of $47m
Sydney-based generative AI startup Leonardo.Ai, a platform that has...
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Virtual reality medical training startup Vantari VR raises $7m
An Australian virtual reality medical training technology is alread...
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Perpetual knocks back $3 billion deal proposed by Soul Patts
The board of financial services group Perpetual (ASX: PPT) has turn...
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The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero
The national accounts released by the Australian Bureau of Statisti...
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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...
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Early-stage startup backer Happenco secures $12m to fund founders
Australian venture investment and advisory firm Happenco has announ...
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'AI brain for banks' Rich Data Co raises US$17.5m Series B
A Sydney-headquartered tech company styling itself as an "AI b...
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Prop-tech Soho hits $20m valuation after Singapore’s Feedback Ventures buys in
A $750,000 equity investment by Singapore prop-tech fund Feedback V...
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Australian banks to roll out new payee system to tackle ‘global scam epidemic’
In a bid to protect Australians from the ‘global scam epidemi...
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Drone-tech startup Aerologix, backed by $2m capital raise, seals Brazilian acquisition
Sydney-based drone technology startup Aerologix, backed by a $2 mil...
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Smart-drinks startup Refilled raises $1.3m in seed round to save 100 million bottles from landfill
Sydney-based smart-drinks dispenser startup Refilled has closed out...
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No-code proptech software scale-up Sitemate raises $7.5m pre-Series A
Sydney-headquartered no-code software company Sitemate has announce...
