Aussie startup raises $25 million to help e-commerce buyers beat the bots for their next ‘hype’ purchase
EQL has raised $25 million in pre-series funding to grow its platform that protects the integrity of instant ‘hype’ e-commerce sales for cult brands and their obsessive fans.
“Every year you get a different job”: Tim Fung’s advice to startups after 10 years at Airtasker
Airtasker founder and chief executive Tim Fung says being a startup founder based in Australia over the past 10 years has been one of the best jobs in the world.
Record $866 million funding made the first quarter of 2022 the richest in Australian startup history
This year is shaping up to be a bumper one for Australian startups, as fundraising in the first quarter broke records for the most capital raised.
The hunt for the next Canva continues as Blackbird Ventures reveals new, billion-dollar startup funding plan
Homegrown venture capital powerhouse Blackbird Ventures has unveiled plans to raise at least $1 billion in the coming months.
Australian-founded startup Fast will cease operations, just a year after raising $131 million
Fast has announced it will cease operations, ending a one-touch payment system which once hoped to challenge Amazon for global e-commerce supremacy.
Linktree founders back creative startups with new venture fund
The founders of Aussie tech unicorn Linktree want to grow the field of local creative startups through a new fund that will funnel $10 million in investments by the end of 2022.
SafetyCulture grows its workforce safety products with $6 million acquisition of SHEQSY
Queensland unicorn SafetyCulture has acquired SHEQSY, a cloud-based lone worker safety app for $6 million, bolstering its place as market leader in frontline technology for workers.
This equity crowdfunding company wants gen Z to invest in Australia’s next unicorns
The Network Loop is an early stage equity crowdfunding platform seeking to connect young gen Z and millennial investors to founders that have traditionally found it difficult to access VC capital.
Uber and DiDi stick to fuel surcharges, even as excise is slashed
Uber and DiDi are not planning to remove or reduce temporary fuel surcharges, even after the federal budget cut costs by 22 cents per litre.
Sobah’s non-alcoholic beer aims to change Aussie drinking culture and showcase Indigenous flavours
Sobah is the natural extension of creator Clinton Schultz’s personal journey that is helping turn nationwide drinking habits on their head.
‘Fix crappy rules, then get out of our way’: Startups disagree on government’s place in growth
As the tech and startup communities weighed in on the government’s budget commitments for the sector, an array of diverse voices served to spotlight differences in opinion.
Morrison’s tech and skills funding offers broad commitments — but it won’t help the current skills shortage
Australia's tech leaders were looking for detail on the R&D Tax Incentive and targeted support to close the tech talent gap. None of this materialised, but there were glimmers of hope.
