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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...

Investors take $1.6 billion bite out of Domino’s shares as profit recovery lags

Investors take $1.6 billion bite out of Domino’s shares as profit recovery lags

Shareholders have taken a massive bite off the value of Domino&rsqu...

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...

Bunnings landlords BWT Trust and Newmark Property set for $2.5b merger

Bunnings landlords BWT Trust and Newmark Property set for $2.5b merger

Two of Australia’s biggest Bunnings landlords are set to merg...

Cosmetic chain Body Catalyst ‘slimmed down’ and pulled from the brink

Cosmetic chain Body Catalyst ‘slimmed down’ and pulled from the brink

Embattled non-surgical cosmetic chain Body Catalyst has been pulled...

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...

Aspen ups the ante to $166m in its second bid in a year for Eureka Group

Aspen ups the ante to $166m in its second bid in a year for Eureka Group

Aspen Group (ASX: APZ) is preparing for a second tilt at Eureka Gro...

Untitled Group ups the tempo on 'non-negotiable' festivals as sales records broken

Untitled Group ups the tempo on 'non-negotiable' festivals as sales records broken

Following the cancellation of major festivals industry-wide su...

STRONG Pilates ramps up global strategy with 50 studios planned for Japan

STRONG Pilates ramps up global strategy with 50 studios planned for Japan

Melbourne-born fitness chain STRONG Pilates has ramped up its move ...

CBA teams up with Supply Nation to offer new Indigenous business service

CBA teams up with Supply Nation to offer new Indigenous business service

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) has announced a colla...

Australian dramedy While the Men Are Away to be showcased at Berlinale

Australian dramedy While the Men Are Away to be showcased at Berlinale

An Australian dramedy that views the experience of World War II thr...

Canva unveils plans for Sydney office tower HQ as staff numbers surge past 4,000

Canva unveils plans for Sydney office tower HQ as staff numbers surge past 4,000

After capping off a year of ‘exponential’ growth in 202...

What is credential stuffing and how can I protect myself?

What is credential stuffing and how can I protect myself?

Cyber-skulduggery is becoming the bane of modern life. Australia&rs...

Peak retail body calls for urgent resolution of DP World dispute

Peak retail body calls for urgent resolution of DP World dispute

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has reiterated calls for...

EML Payments stems cash bleed by liquidating Irish subsidiary PCSIL

EML Payments stems cash bleed by liquidating Irish subsidiary PCSIL

Global card payments provider EML Payments (ASX: EML) has decided t...

Quiksilver at the start of the wave for Uluu plastic alternative made of seaweed

Quiksilver at the start of the wave for Uluu plastic alternative made of seaweed

Perth-based startup Uluu has got its foot in the door with one of t...

Push for gender diversity at ASX's top companies gaining traction, says 40:40 Vision

Push for gender diversity at ASX's top companies gaining traction, says 40:40 Vision

The ground-breaking 40:40 Vision initiative, launched in 2020 by in...

DP World dispute exacerbates Australia's "abysmal" port productivity as shortages loom

DP World dispute exacerbates Australia's "abysmal" port productivity as shortages loom

"It feels like you only get a little bit of a breather where t...

Super Retail heads for record first half profit as group sales top $2b

Super Retail heads for record first half profit as group sales top $2b

A bumper Black Friday and Christmas sales period has helped push Su...

Natural skincare brand Sukin sold to PNB Consolidated for $70m

Natural skincare brand Sukin sold to PNB Consolidated for $70m

The receivers of collapsed cosmetics group BWX have completed the s...

Construction set for a slowdown in 2024 despite November lift in approvals

Construction set for a slowdown in 2024 despite November lift in approvals

The construction industry looks set for a slowdown in 2024 despite ...

Financial disputes top 100,000 for the first time as scams on the rise

Financial disputes top 100,000 for the first time as scams on the rise

Five years since the banking royal commission was completed, the nu...

Acusensus wins $5m contract to debut its mobile phone detection technology in South Australia

Acusensus wins $5m contract to debut its mobile phone detection technology in South Australia

Mobile phone detection technology company Acusensus (ASX: ACE) has ...

Centuria Capital builds on glasshouse assets with $21.5m Adelaide Plains acquisition

Centuria Capital builds on glasshouse assets with $21.5m Adelaide Plains acquisition

Property fund manager Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) has cemente...

Trouble brewing: craft beer market under pressure as consumers tighten belts

Trouble brewing: craft beer market under pressure as consumers tighten belts

It may be business as usual for Sydney craft beer company Wayward B...

Discount airfares on offer to lure tourists back to tropical North Queensland

Discount airfares on offer to lure tourists back to tropical North Queensland

The tourism recovery effort in Far North Queensland in the wake of ...

Suncorp reveals $680m natural hazard allowance will cover its 19,000 storm claims

Suncorp reveals $680m natural hazard allowance will cover its 19,000 storm claims

Suncorp Group (ASX: SUN) has revealed its $680 million natural haza...

OpenLearning acquires three higher-education marketplaces from Prosple

OpenLearning acquires three higher-education marketplaces from Prosple

Sydney-based OpenLearning (ASX: OLL) is acquiring three online high...

Food for thought: Our 2023 entrepreneurship picks for your holiday reading

Food for thought: Our 2023 entrepreneurship picks for your holiday reading

Amidst an end-of-year surge in merger and acquisition activity, and...

Transport giant ComfortDelGro lobs $182m takeover bid for taxi operator A2B, shares soar by 25pc

Transport giant ComfortDelGro lobs $182m takeover bid for taxi operator A2B, shares soar by 25pc

The board behind leading taxi operator A2B Australia (ASX: A2B), wh...