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Australian Grants for Business [How to get R&D, travel and other grants]

Finding and accessing funding often seems a complicated and difficult process. It shouldn't be! What is Business GrantGuru? It is the most comprehensive business grants database...

Alternative exits

'Going Public' means different things to different people. For the entrepreneur it's the capital injection to take the business to dizzy heights. To investors...

Medical Channel raises $25 million funding and acquires rival Community Network

Point of care digital media company, Medical Channel has raised $25 million and acquired rival digital signage firm Community Network. The combined business now offers advertisers an audience of 6.25 million viewers per month in more than 3200 health providers Australia wide.

$100,000 USD is up for grabs at the PayPal and Braintree Sydney BattleHack hackathon...

All ye talented app developers, where art thou? The time to shine hath arrived... Leading global payments providers PayPal and Braintree will be hosting a...

Will this start-up on Indiegogo be the end of the business card as we...

Environmentally conscious start-up, Cardect aims at $50,000 crowdfunding goal, partners with ChildFund to donate percentage of proceed to children’s charity
Ben Thompson, CEO and co-founder of Employment Hero

Employment Hero raises $45 million in Series D funding round to fuel both local...

“This latest round of funding will allow us to continue building powerful features to simplify employment. It also enables us to reach more of the world. I started Employment Hero to help as many SMEs as possible and this is the next step in that journey,” said Ben Thompson, CEO and co-founder of Employment Hero

A tech start-up that is helping the elderly remain living in their own homes...

Personal care and disability support start-up Better Caring has closed a $2.3m Series B to accelerate the rollout of its rapidly growing service nationally

Raising money via crowdfunding? Here are 7 reasons to give up equity instead of...

7 reasons why entrepreneurs should consider equity crowdfunding, which is like a a hybrid between venture capital and Kickstarter-style rewards crowdfunding

This tech start-up has raised AU$1 million to help you shop like a local...

Led by top US venture capital firm, 500 Startups Aussie born peer-to-peer international shopping service, ShopandBox, has raised AUD$1 million in funding

LawPath ‘the Xero of legal’ has raised $1.3 million from a bunch of interesting...

LawPath ‘the Xero of legal’ has raised $1.3 million from investors who have previously spotted hot Aussie tech start-ups Canva, Temple & Webster, Ansarada.

Australian real estate start-up OpenAgent has raised $1 million in funding from notable investors

Local real estate start-up OpenAgent has closed a $1 million funding round with prominent investors including Pete Flint, the co-founder of US online real...

Carnegie’s Den is here once again, to help more local start-ups find funding right...

Many local start-ups, especially those past the seed stage investments, have had to seek funding beyond Australia’s borders. Determined to change this, venture capitalist Mark...

Investible is looking to improve Australian investors’ early stage start-up investing skills

Investible, the leading startup generator that pairs entrepreneurial education with high quality investment capital, wants to empower more Australians to improve their investing skills and support top start-up talent.

The proposed Australian R&D tax reforms… Do they walk the talk?

Inconsistency is what most influences an organisation's decision to invest in R&D and the extent of its R&D investment. This is because a company cannot budget and minimise risk if it does now know the extent to which it is likely to be eligible for a tax concession. The proposed reforms to the R&D tax concession not only conflict with their stated purpose but offer no consistency to organisations already engaged in the complex task of commercialising innovation... whether novel or risky.

Meet Mozo, 2010 Anthill Cool Company Award Finalist [Online Business Category]

A website that compares financial services doesn't need to be fusty by nature. That's the directive for the people at Mozo, which is trying, in its own little way, to shake up the banking sector. Mozo lets people compare offers on home and personal loans, savings accounts and credit cards, offering a "top 5" list in each category and then allowing the user to find options that best match his or her requirements.

This Brisbane based online trade documentation startup closes $1.2 million seed funding round

IncoDocs, an online trade documentation tool for small and medium businesses (SME’s) has closed $1.2 million in seed funding from investors including Maersk Growth,...

And now for that big interest rate announcement…

In this podcast, Garry and Leon look at the Reserve Bank’s decision to keep interest rates on hold – for now. But the big four banks will give the RBA until next month to raise rates, or they say they will go it alone. In other news, the Department of Finance looks at $2.4 billion in cuts to pay for the pledges it made during its negotiations with the Independents, and the Housing Industry Association predicts a steep fall in housing starts as the federal stimulus measures fade.

This tech start-up has secured initial seed funding and plans to raise another $750,000...

Sydney-based tech start-up OneFitStop recently announced that it has received early stage seed funding as it puts final touches on its technology and prepares...

Australian e-commerce software start-up Bigcommerce has raised $50 million in funding

E-commerce platform Bigcommerce has raised USD $50 million in Series D funding. This round of funding adds to the $75 million raised to date,...

Sexy business payments challenge your sexist assumptions [VIDEO]

You may have seen the 'Love your work' ads on television from accounting software provider MYOB. One that springs to mind includes a hipster...
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