Startups
MyDeal joins the e-commerce IPO bandwagon
Gandel family-backed online marketplace MyDeal is the latest company looking to make the most of the pandemic-induced boom in online retail sales.
- by Cara Waters
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Foreign investment
Foreign investment shake-up could be fatal to startups
Technology companies are worried the proposed changes to Australia's foreign investment rules could jeopardise their access to funding.
- by Cara Waters
Coronavirus pandemic
Need for speed: rapid testing startups eye Australian opportunity
While the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine rapid diagnostics startups are starting to soak up plenty of attention from investors.
- by Emma Koehn
Opinion
Would you ever give staff 100 per cent autonomy?
Should bosses let staff go ahead with new ideas even if they think they're destined to fail?
- by James Adonis
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Coronavirus pandemic
Airtasker uses COVID boost to launch into New Zealand and Singapore
Australia's largest gig economy outfit is extending its global footprint as the pandemic forces more people to look for a way to supplement their income.
- by Cara Waters
Daniel Petre
'The industry is a bit too full of itself': Daniel Petre fears VC, startup hubris
Technology industry veteran Daniel Petre has issued a warning about hubris to the nation's burgeoning venture capital sector.
- by Cara Waters
Opinion
Opinion
The white ceiling: racism at work
I’m ashamed to admit I’ve only just become aware of “colour-blind racism”.
- by James Adonis
Retail
Adore defends sky-high valuation as it prepares to list
Adore Beauty's founder Kate Morris says there's no reason the online beauty retailer can't replicate the success of e-commerce juggernauts Kogan and Temple & Webster.
- by Cara Waters
Brian Hartzer
Former Westpac boss Hartzer backs climate startup
Former Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer and former GetUp! director and activist Simon Sheikh have emerged as an unlikely pair of investors in Sydney-based Pathzero.
- by Cara Waters
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Coronavirus pandemic
NRMA backs Elenium to move beyond airports
Young rich lister Aaron Hornlimann's airport check-in systems startup has secured the motoring services group as the lead investor in its latest funding round.
- by Cara Waters
Coronavirus pandemic
Design startup 99designs scooped up by Vistaprint
Pioneering Melbourne startup 99designs' plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange have been put to rest after its sale to printing giant Vistaprint.
- by Cara Waters