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Genesis Capital lifts Pacific Smiles takeover bid to $279 million

Genesis Capital lifts Pacific Smiles takeover bid to $279 million

Pacific Smiles (ASX: PSQ) suitor Genesis Capital has brus...

Marmalade raises $16m as invoice payment startup aims to process $1b in 2024

Marmalade raises $16m as invoice payment startup aims to process $1b in 2024

Melbourne-based invoice payment platform Marmalade has raised $16 m...

Boral rejects Seven Group bid after independent expert says it falls $1 billion short

Boral rejects Seven Group bid after independent expert says it falls $1 billion short

Buildings materials giant Boral (ASX: BLD) has formally rejected a ...

Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know

Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know

A recent study published in the prestigious New England Journal of ...

Precision fermentation scale-up Cauldron now at "industrially relevant scale" amid $9.5m raise

Precision fermentation scale-up Cauldron now at "industrially relevant scale" amid $9.5m raise

A game-changing technology from Orange, NSW that promises to lift f...

Record year for EnergyLab alumni as climate tech startups raise $289m

Record year for EnergyLab alumni as climate tech startups raise $289m

Alumni of climate tech startup accelerator EnergyLab raised a recor...

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

In a move resembling the transformation of the investment world in ...

Southern Cross Media warms to increased $250m offer from ARN Media

Southern Cross Media warms to increased $250m offer from ARN Media

Southern Cross Media Group (ASX: SXL) has warmed to an improved tak...

Uber agrees to pay $272 million to Australian taxi drivers in mammoth class-action payout

Uber agrees to pay $272 million to Australian taxi drivers in mammoth class-action payout

Rideshare giant Uber has agreed to pay Australian taxi and hire car...

Superloop rubs salt in Aussie Broadband's wounds with share disposal order

Superloop rubs salt in Aussie Broadband's wounds with share disposal order

Aussie Broadband's (ASX: ABB) parried attempt to acquire rival ...

Bain Capital looks to buy Iress UK Mortgages arm for $164m

Bain Capital looks to buy Iress UK Mortgages arm for $164m

In a bid to reduce debt and continue offloading non-core assets, Me...

"Full circle moment" for Cape founder as fintech acquired by Anna.Money

"Full circle moment" for Cape founder as fintech acquired by Anna.Money

The entrepreneurial journey of Ryan Edwards-Pritchard, founder of S...

Finder Wallet has a big win against ASIC as regulator tests the waters on crypto products

Finder Wallet has a big win against ASIC as regulator tests the waters on crypto products

Finder Wallet, a subsidiary of comparison website Finder.com, has s...

Myer names former Qantas Loyalty boss Olivia Wirth as CEO to replace King

Myer names former Qantas Loyalty boss Olivia Wirth as CEO to replace King

Myer Holdings (ASX: MYR) has announced a new position of executive ...

US suitor withdraws fleeting $153m takover offer for Appen

US suitor withdraws fleeting $153m takover offer for Appen

Downsizing artificial intelligence (AI) annotator Appen (ASX: APX),...

Australian B-Corp registrations double in two years as more companies meet high ESG benchmarks

Australian B-Corp registrations double in two years as more companies meet high ESG benchmarks

Achieving B Corp certification is no easy feat for a business, with...

Deepening the impact: The vital role of early-stage entrepreneurship in NSW

Deepening the impact: The vital role of early-stage entrepreneurship in NSW

The NSW Innovation Blueprint is aimed at enhancing the innovation e...

Stan gears up for coast-to-coast productions in Queensland and WA

Stan gears up for coast-to-coast productions in Queensland and WA

Nine Entertainment Co’s video streaming service Stan is geari...

Independent newcomer Trilogy Hotels secures rights to manage four Schwartz properties

Independent newcomer Trilogy Hotels secures rights to manage four Schwartz properties

Trilogy Hotels, a newly minted independent Australian hospitality g...

Adamantem Capital emerges as a second suitor for QANTM with $254m bid

Adamantem Capital emerges as a second suitor for QANTM with $254m bid

QANTM Intellectual Property (ASX: QIP) has confirmed that it has an...

WAM Leaders ups the ante for QV Equities as investment groups agree to $2b merger

WAM Leaders ups the ante for QV Equities as investment groups agree to $2b merger

WAM Leaders (ASX: WLE), a listed investment company managed by Wils...

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

"The client was on a lunchbreak, and before they finished the ...

Oz Hair and Beauty’s 10-store rollout taps into emerging ‘bricks and clicks’ retail trend

Oz Hair and Beauty’s 10-store rollout taps into emerging ‘bricks and clicks’ retail trend

Australian retailer Oz Hair and Beauty is tapping into sustain...

Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades

Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades

The Albanese government will abolish almost 500 so-called “nu...

Rex steps up challenge to airline majors with Etihad Airways partnership agreement

Rex steps up challenge to airline majors with Etihad Airways partnership agreement

Regional Express Holdings (ASX: REX) has stepped up its campaign as...

Touch Ventures CEO Hein Vogel resigns in wake of Gannet Capital investment

Touch Ventures CEO Hein Vogel resigns in wake of Gannet Capital investment

Just weeks after Sydney-based private equity group Gannet Capital a...

US suitor Par Technology prepared to pay a big premium to secure TASK Group for $288m

US suitor Par Technology prepared to pay a big premium to secure TASK Group for $288m

US-based hospitality technology company Par Technology Corporation ...

UK agency seeks to ban Lex Greensill from running companies for 15 years

UK agency seeks to ban Lex Greensill from running companies for 15 years

Australian supply chain financing (SCF) entrepreneur Lex Greensill,...

US growth on the menu for AI-powered dietary requirement app Foodini

US growth on the menu for AI-powered dietary requirement app Foodini

Thanks in part to a booming "test market" in Australia no...

AUSTRAC launches enforcement probe into owner of online bookmaker Bet365

AUSTRAC launches enforcement probe into owner of online bookmaker Bet365

Australia's financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC has launched...