Stake secures $40 million in funding, just months after recovering from GameStop disruption Aussie share trading startup Stake has secured $40 million, just months after the Wall Street GameStop saga that led to service disruption.
Aussie startup Gathered Here raises $1.1 million for ‘end-of-life tech’ An Aussie startup disrupting the end-of-life sector has raised $1.1 million as it scales its online, automated will-writing service.
Inaction on paid parental leave slows economic progress for women, research finds Continuing imbalance in paid parental leave is only exacerbating economic inequity between men and women, according to new research.
Aussie startup The Dream Collective secures partnership with AWS for a new course helping women break into tech The Dream Collective has partnered up with Amazon Web Services to launch a new program, SheDares, and “demystify” careers in tech for women.
The startup funding round: Athena’s record-breaking raise, $1.5 million for biotech, and Turnbull backs forensics startup Josh Frydenberg wasn’t the only one throwing millions of dollars around this week. Here's some of the funding news you might have missed.
Budget 2021: What’s in it for women entrepreneurs? Not much After last year’s budget was deemed “woefully inadequate” for women entrepreneurs, this year’s was a tad more supportive… but not by much.
“Paper bag test”: Aussie AI business Appen under fire for racism in recruitment process Appen has been called out for a racist question for prospective employees, asking Black or African American applicants the tone of their complexion.
In a bumper budget for small business and startups, here are eight policies that were missing Between the digital economy plan, tax relief for SMEs and measures to boost employment, there were a few things missing from budget 2021.
Budget 2021: What works for startups, and what doesn’t? Labor’s Ed Husic and tech leaders react Labor's Ed Husic has joined startup leaders in welcoming some aspects of last night's budget, but saying it could have gone harder on tech.
Federal budget unpacks details of the government’s $124 million AI spend A national AI centre run by CSIRO, and four AI and Digital Capability Centres will encourage SMEs to adopt artificial intelligence technology.
Budget 2021: $206.4 million ‘patent box’ scheme to encourage medtech and biotech investment The federal government has pledged $206.4 million for a so-called ‘patent box’ tax incentive scheme, designed to encourage investment in medical and biotech innovation.
Budget 2021: No change to the RDTI, but some bright spots for startups This budget isn’t jam-packed with measures specifically giving startups a leg-up, but investment in the periphery is a positive step forward.
