Sydney startup Superhero secures $8 million, with backing from Afterpay and Zip founders New Aussie share-trading startup Superhero has burst into the market with a fresh $8 million in capital and some well-known backers.
“It ends with me”: How Aussie entrepreneur Khadija Gbla is putting an end to FGM African-Aussie entrepreneur Khadija Gbla chats with Seth Godin about her business, her life’s work, and how she's creating lasting change.
This CEO took a $1 million pay cut to establish a $100,000 minimum wage for his employees. Five years later, here’s what happened In 2015, CEO Dan Price took a pay cut and established a US$70,000 minimum wage. Five years later, his business has tripled in size.
Aussie-founded startup raises $4 million to help save the planet from gassy cows CH4 Global has raised $4.1 million to scale up production of its seaweed food supplement that helps gassy cows reduce their methane emissions.
Meet the founder who spent 22 days on a human-sized hamster wheel to raise $10,000 for his ethical coffee business Community Bean Coffee founder Nathan Stone pushed himself to the physical brink during COVID-19 to get backers excited about ethical coffee.
How this founder bounced back from every startup’s “worst-case scenario” by focusing on revenue, not funding After facing the major setback every startup founder dreads, ParentTV chief Sam Jockel has risen from the ashes.
“An outsized impact”: How startup Qwilr secured ex-Atlassian Ben Mackie as its new head of engineering Just months after securing its Series A funding, Aussie startup Qwilr is ramping up growth by hiring Atlassian alumni Ben Mackie.
Sydney startup Vow cooks up a storm with celeb chef Neil Perry, in a bid to take lab-grown meat mainstream Vow has partnered with revered Aussie chef Neil Perry to create a trial menu using lab-grown meats, and the alternative meat trend ramps up.
“Customers get what we’re doing”: How Ping secured its first international contracts, and made its mark on the global wind farm scene IoT wind turbine monitoring startup Ping Services has secured a string of sizable contracts in the US, as it ramps up to meet global demand.
From Google to Gretel: Startup names are moving away from the wacky, but new (and weird) trends are emerging Silly and nonsensical startup names are on the way out, and evocative language, on-the-nose descriptors and, weirdly, baby names, are in.
“People need a moment”: Who Gives a Crap gifts employees a week off for mental health and self-care Aussie toilet paper startup Who Gives a Crap is gifting all employees an extra five days paid leave to focus on mental health.
These Aussie entrepreneurs teamed up to #ShareThePlatform with BIPOC entrepreneurs, and roped in Malcolm Turnbull, Janine Allis and Guy Kawasaki to help Two Aussie entrepreneurs have joined forces to showcase BIPOC leaders — and they’ve secured global business superstars to help them out.
