Posts tagged "startup growth"

Startups need to hire experienced developers and product experts, and invest in traditional roles if they want to scale, but it’s easier said than done.

Network management startup Encapto has raised $3 million in funding, and founder Darryl Clarke is eyeing off global expansion and an initial public offering.

Supply chain finance startup Greensill has landed the title of the latest Aussie unicorn, with the startup valued at $2.22 billion.

Having completed 1.5 million rides in Australia, ride-sharing giant Ola has launched in Adelaide, and now has its sights set on Darwin and Hobart.

Regtech startup Checkbox has closed its first ever funding round, securing $1.77 million from angel investors, after two years of bootstrapping.

Marketplace startup UrbanYou just turned down $2 million in funding in favour of acquisition, but the decision wasn't easy, says co-founder Noga Edelstein

Martin Hosking is stepping down as chief executive of Redbubble, but he says good startup founders serve their business, not themselves.

Drone analytics startup Propeller Aero has raised $10 million in Series A funding, and is looking for new ways to revolutionise the construction industry in Australia and the US.

He’s gone from selling custom T-shirts from the garage to partnering with a Wesfarmers subsidiary, with a stop-off at Network 10’s Shark Tank along the way, but ONTHEGO founder Mick Spencer says “nothing’s really changed”.

SafetyCulture has raised $60 million in its Series C funding round, and co-founder Luke Anear says the company that started with two people in a garage is now thinking much, much bigger.

Claire Hughes Johnson spent more than a decade working for Google, and now she's part of the leadership team of Irish payments startup Stripe. She shares her best advice for Australian startup founders.

Patrick Llewellyn, chief executive of 99designs, explains how making the difficult choice to kill a spinoff brand that wasn’t working led …