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Fertility pioneer Genea has secured $30 million in an oversubscribed capital raising

Australian fertility pioneer, Genea has raised $30m from sophisticated investors including its first institutional investor, in an oversubscribed round

Who said the stock markets should be for millionaires alone? This app will invest...

Fintech start-up FirstStep wants to democratise investing and open it up to the masses, aiming to let anyone start investing by doing so in small way.

5 things running my university canteen taught me about successfully running a business

During his time at Monash University, serial entrepreneur David Loh beat the big catering companies to scoop the tender to operate the canteen. He shares the business lessons he picked up from this experience.

This bird’s eye view of the evolution of Australia’s fastest-growing suburb over the years...

Crace, located in the north of Canberra, is one of Australia’s fastest-growing suburbs. Geospatial mapping and visual analytics company, nearmap has exclusive photos of the evolution of Crace — since its bushland times.

Goldman Sachs CEO invests in Australian cleaning app WHIZZ as it secures a $2...

A group of five high net worth Australian investors, which includes the CEOs of Goldman Sachs and Godfreys, have invested $2 million in WHIZZ cleaning app’s Series B financing round.

Hate chores? This app lets you have your laundry and dry cleaning picked up...

Tired of doing chores? Dryz, a Melbourne-based tech start-up, has launched an app that offers an on-demand, door-to-door laundry and dry cleaning service.

KFit raises US$3.25 million in Sequoia-led round to make going to the gym much...

Fitness platform KFit has raised US$3.25 million in its latest funding round. It is in 13 markets across Asia Pacific and is aiming to be in every major city in the region within the next 18 months.

Investorist raises $2.5 million to spread its wings all over Asia Pacific and the...

Australian online B2B off-the-plan property marketplace, Investorist has raised $2.5 million to increase its presence in Australia, Asia and the UK and launch into the US.

This gutsy start-up has set out on a big mission to make allied healthcare...

WellOne, Australia's first discounted healthcare membership recently launched in Melbourne, aiming to make allied healthcare affordable for everyone in Australia.

This guy used to run his uni canteen and went on to start 7...

Melbourne based entrepreneur David Loh used to run the uni canteen back at Monash University and has since gone on to start six successful food ventures.

Scratch your detox plans, this start-up is making it cheaper to have alcohol delivered...

QuickBottle, a Sydney-based alcohol delivery service, has set out to make it much easier to get alcohol delivered to your door without the markup one would expect for such a service.

pantree.co is here to disrupt the hospitality industry and is making the most of...

At Startup Weekend Melbourne in 2013, Leigh Sherman pitched his idea for a disruptive tech business that would bring a digital product solution to...

A new impact investment fund is raising $100 million for socially and environmentally conscious...

The future is looking very bright for Australian entrepreneurs that are doing good for society or the environment with a recently announced $100 million...

When things don’t turn out as hoped… Small business lessons from Stan Cash, the...

For over 35 years, the Caval family have been part of the bulky white and brown goods electrical industry, an industry that was cluttered...

ingogo closes $12 million Series C funding round making it the second largest equity...

Australian taxi app and integrated mobile payment provider ingogo recently successfully closed a $12 million Series C funding round, ahead of its plans to...

Wanna outsource your meals? A new start-up is out to help us eat healthy,...

Chef Good, a new start-up aiming to revolutionise both individual health and the school food system via healthy meal delivery, recently launched after raising...

These two Melbourne start-ups have teamed up to deliver your groceries within the hour

On-demand delivery service Swift has announced a new partnership with online grocer Grocery Butler. The two Melbourne based start-ups have teamed up in an effort...

This guy is filling up Melbourne’s empty fitness classes with his innovative new website

With the launch of his new FILLMYCLASS website, 33-year-old fitness entrepreneur Daniel Waide is making it easier for people in Melbourne, where he was...

See how a small Melbourne start-up managed to win at Europe’s biggest financial tech...

Aussie Bitcoin start-up CoinJar recently participated in Europe’s biggest, and arguably best, financial technology conference, Finovate. At 20 years of age, co-founder Ryan Zhou (pictured...

Culture Amp secures $6.3 million in Series A funding from three different VCs in...

People Analytics company Culture Amp, which counts many of the big boys in new tech such as Airbnb, Uber, Pandora, Adobe, Pinterest, Warby Parker,...
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The Gaddie Pitch in three simple sentences with Antony Gaddie and...

The personal elevator pitch is an essential tool in the entrepreneur’s utility belt. Your pitch is also essential for success on the web, for placement on landing pages, in emails and blogs. The medium might change but rarely will the structure of an effective pitch. Antony Gaddie is the creator of “the Gaddie Pitch,” an internationally-renowned set of tactics designed to help business owners deliver an effective elevator pitch, time and time again.

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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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