“Australia is playing catch up”: Heaps Normal bags $1.3 million, as investors get ahead of the booze-free beer trend
Aussie alcohol-free beer startup Heaps Normal has bagged $1.3 million in funding from an eclectic group of Aussie angel investors.
“We wanted people to be blown away”: Hello Friend Foods raises $670,000 to fill the vegan-cheese void
Hello Friend Foods has raised $670,000, as it gears up to dominate the plant-based cheese space in Australia, and internationally.
Hipages becomes latest Aussie startup to IPO on the ASX — here’s how it got there
As of 11am this morning, Sydney-based tradie marketplace startup Hipages is live on the ASX, with a market cap of $318.5 million.
‘Airbnb for pools’ startup Swimply is expanding in Australia, following a COVID-19 4000% growth spurt
Pool-sharing startup Swimply is gearing up for expansion Down Under, following a bumper summer of 4000% growth in the US.
Startups champion Ed Husic rejoins the Labor frontbench as Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources
Labor MP and staunch supporter of the Aussie tech sector Ed Husic is back in the shadow cabinet, 18 months after he stepped down.
Queensland startup JESI secures $4.5 million for tech helping businesses keep remote workers safe
Worker management startup JESI has raised $4.5 million in funding, marking the first investment by VC firm Future Now Capital Management.
Back in 2016, Joe Biden said Australia could become the innovation hub of the southern hemisphere
Four years ago, US president-elect Joe Biden foreshadowed Australia becoming the "innovation hub of the southern hemisphere".
Like Afterpay, but for everything else: Sydney fintech Beforepay bags $4 million
Beforepay has raised $4 million for its product bringing a whole new vertical to the booming Australian buy-now-pay-later sector.
“Discriminated against because we have husbands”: How ‘savvy’ business structuring left this startup ineligible for grant support
CircleIn's Jodie Geddes and Kate Pollard were ineligible for the BFF Initiative, as 50% of their equity was attributed to their husbands.
Who’s in and who’s out? COVID-19 shakes up the AFR’s Rich List
The AFR's Rich List has seen a veritable shake-up, with a slew of tech entrepreneurs making their debut for 2020.
Whole Kids smashes $500,000 equity crowdfunding goal, securing the likes of Kate Morris and Casey Ellis as backers
Whole Kids has smashed its $500,000 equity crowdfunding goal, securing backing from a whole troop of Aussie business cheerleaders.
How SunDrive is revolutionising solar energy tech, with $8 million in the bank and backing from Mike Cannon-Brookes
SunDrive has emerged from stealth mode, securing $8 million in VC and grant funding for its next-generation renewable energy tech.
