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Shaking the ‘money tree’: how to secure funding for your tech startup
Even the most game-changing business idea won’t fly on a
wing and a prayer—sadly ideas aren’t currency, however visionary they happen to
be. Before...
A female startup founder is opening up about Silicon Valley ‘casting couch’ as she...
The female cofounder of an Aussie startup has revealed the hidden misogyny and sexual harassment that exists within the Silicon Valley investment...
Construction tech company Buildxact raises $8.5 million to grow faster into the under-served market...
David Murray, CEO of Buildxact, said that while other technology companies have focused on the big end of the construction industry, Buildxact has chosen to develop for a severely under-served segment of this large market.
Investible joins Alston Elliot Graphics to invest in the future of sports broadcast
Much like Canva has disrupted the traditional graphic design industry, LIGR has developed an automated, templated, and easy to use graphics software platform for live sports streams.
How to conquer six life and death business scenarios
Life is rarely predictable. So why would business be any different? Paul Ryan and Jodie O’Keeffe square up to a meteor shower of corporate Kryptonite and figure out how to dodge commercial doom. Cyber-attack, idea theft, competitor outsourcing, cash-flow crises, disruptive innovation and fraud. Take a deep breath, assess risk, consider your options…and never turn your back on a clear blue sky.
Airwallex’s latest US$100 million capital raising puts valuation at US$2.6 billion
Continuing the momentum of its hyper growth in 2020, Airwallex has announced that the company’s valuation has increased to US$2.6 billion with a capital raising of US$100 million in a further Series D extension.
Do you have an innovative health product idea? This competition has $25,000 for you
ide Group has launched a product design Challenge offering $25,000 worth of design and development support for the best health innovation product idea
Music startup GiggedIn tunes in to VentureCrowd for part of its $1 million cap raise
Online subscription platform GiggedIn is transforming how live music and entertainment is consumed by making it more affordable, easier and accessible for Australians, particularly millennials, who love the nightlife.
Here are 7 tips to keep in mind about raising capital for your second...
Success breeds success, or so they say. ‘They’ probably weren’t running a successful business while trying to capital-raise for a second one at the same time.
This Aussie regtech platform brings on board two new neobanks, boosting this financial services...
Financial systems aggregator platform, FrankieFinancial, recently announced it has signed deals with Xinja Bank and Novatti Group (ASX:NOV), as it works to...
Parking app Parkable raises NZ$4.6 million in first-round funding led by Spark
The funds will be used to increase Parkable’s dominance of New Zealand’s shared economy parking market, further develop its presence in Australia and China and explore new international markets.
ORDER announces successful $5.3m capital raising and announces new CEO
The funding provides the capital to diversify our operations into the content and lifestyle space, while continuing to attract the best operational talent to support our aggressive growth strategy
SMEVentures expands footprint into Australia with ACE Training acquisition
SMEVentures' acquisition of ACE Training marks Australia’s first ever acquisition via a search fund, a niche buyout model developed at Harvard and Stanford universities.
The Wine Collective proudly unveils Australia’s leading digital wine marketplace
With over 10,000 wines soon to be offered, Australians will gain unprecedented access to the world of wine direct from the cellars of leading Australian and international winemakers that matter.
Stone & Chalk acquires Ribit, digital matchmaker for students and businesses
We will continue to ensure that students from every institution around Australia can access the most rewarding jobs and career opportunities in the country and to ensure as much talent as possible is able to flow to the sectors with the highest growth potential.
Why not having three months working capital in the bank is bad for your...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics states that 50% of all SME operations go out of business within three years and over 40% of these failures are due to poor cash management.
Sinorbis raises $4 million Series A to connect the world to China’s booming digital...
Digital marketing technology start-up Sinorbis announced a Series A investment of $4m led by Jelix Ventures. Other investors include Executive Channel Holdings who led the previous round of early stage funding in April 2017.
GO1.com raises over $30 million in Series B round led by Microsoft’s venture fund...
GO1.com, the world’s largest onboarding, compliance and professional development platform, has raised more than $30 million in a Series B funding round led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund.
This AI-powered national security startup has secured $4 million in funding for global expansion
Fivecast, a leading open-source data analytics company has secured a $4 million investment round from Main Sequence Ventures’ CSIRO Innovation Fund and...
FlexCareers raises $1.8 million to accelerate its HR technology platform roll-out
FlexCareers, Australia and New Zealand’s leading platform for flexible jobs, return to work and future of work services has completed an oversubscribed convertible bond issue, raising $1.8 million to accelerate the roll out of its end-to-end HR technology platform.
