Today
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- Venture capital
Early stage tech start-ups get new $50m fund
Investible has raised the first $35 million tranche of capital from its second VC fund, after its 36 portfolio companies from fund one went on to create 600 jobs.
- Yolanda Redrup
Yesterday
Meet the lawyers driving Australia’s tech deals boom
It started with Atlassian in 2010, and now lawyers such as Peter Dunne, Jill McKnight and Joel Cox are well-known in the scene, driving big contracts.
- Yolanda Redrup
This Month
Melbourne tech firm snapped up for $1.7b
MessageMedia, which provides SMS marketing, has been bought by Sweden’s Sinch in yet another huge money deal for an Australian tech company.
- Paul Smith
- Exclusive
- BOSS
Tech unicorn Envato cools IPO talk after restructure
Rich Listers Collis and Cyan Ta’eed will appoint external independent directors after bringing on a new CEO, as they set the company up to thrive without them.
- Sally Patten
- Exclusive
- Legal industry
Former Clayton Utz lawyers take ‘NewLaw’ start-up to the UK
Sprintlaw is launching in the UK, after spending the past five years beefing up its team of remote, on-demand lawyers to compete with traditional firms.
- Natasha Gillezeau
Tribe to ‘turbocharge’ marketing by solving content creation issues
TV personality Jules Lund’s online influencer platform helps brands get access to high-quality content quickly and for a fair price - a trifecta that used to be impossible for marketers.
- Miranda Ward
The innovators behind a start-up reinventing cattle feed are farmers
ProAgni is using scientific findings about how kangaroos metabolise their food to create greener, better feed options for cattle and sheep.
- Natasha Gillezeau
Agtech rustles up new answers to an old problem
The problem with farm theft is that it is too easy to commit. New technology aims to raise the cost of risking it for would-be thieves.
- Michael Bleby
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- Mergers & acquisitions
Melbourne start-up lands one of Australia’s biggest tech deals
A Cloud Guru, which provides online cloud computing training programs and was founded by two brothers, has been acquired by US company Pluralsight.
- Paul Smith
Australian social marketing start-up Stackla snapped up by rival
Less than two years after it was stonewalled by a sudden Facebook ban, Stackla has been acquired by Finnish company Nosto.
- Natasha Gillezeau
‘Second COVID’: Drought in Taiwan triggers Aussie chip crisis
A global shortage in semiconductor chips is causing so much uncertainty that it is being likened to a second COVID-19 by Australian device makers, which are grappling with surging prices and crippling delays.
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- Yolanda Redrup
May
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Tenacious Ventures closes $35m agritech fund
It’s taken more than two years, but Sarah Nolet and Matthew Pryor have scored the support of Grok Ventures and the CEFC for their agritech fund.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Exclusive
- Funding
Insurance tech start-up rebrands for US push after funding round
Melbourne-based Expense Check has raised $4m and changed its name to Kanopi, as it tries to expand its products and launch into the lucrative US market.
- Natasha Gillezeau
How a career break and coffee turned into a $3.4b business
The Melbourne cafe that Lucy Liu used to hang out at has produced three Young Rich listers and a company now worth billions.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Opinion
- Venture capital
How is an 18-month-old company with 34 employees worth $US2b?
Last week, Pipe Technologies raised $US250 million and awarded itself the title of fastest start-up to reach $US2 billion, so what is the ‘Nasdaq of revenue’?
- Adir Shiffman
- Exclusive
- Fintech
Beforepay founder hands over CEO reins to former Westpac exec
The fintech buy now, pay later start-up has been growing fast, but has hired former Westpac chief strategy officer Jamie Twiss to lead its push towards an IPO.
- Natasha Gillezeau
Fast-growing Danish-American software company targets Australia
Templafy is backed by big US VC funding and plans to double its Australian team in a push for corporate clients over the next 18 months.
- Natasha Gillezeau
- Exclusive
- Skills shortage
Tech salaries surge as companies battle rigid visa laws
Seek data reveals that salaries for tech jobs that are tough to recruit for both locally and offshore are surging, while others are declining.
- Yolanda Redrup
- Opinion
- Venture capital
Maggie Beer spent half the company value to get on e-commerce train
Acquiring Hampers and Gifts Australia lets Maggie Beer Holdings double down on e-commerce while broadening its product base. So why was the price a mere 4.4 times earnings?
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- Adir Shiffman
How Luke Anear went from Townsville lad to tech entrepreneur
On his way to developing his $2 billion SafetyCulture app, Luke Anear has packed in enough action for at least two lifetimes.
- Michael Bailey
