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Proposed super laws a ‘kick in the guts’ for tech start-ups
Teal independent MP Allegra Spender is leading a chorus of technology start-ups and investors criticising the government’s proposed superannuation changes.
- by David Swan
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‘Capital raising is dead’: Failed fintech Sargon has its finances put under microscope
Liquidators are questioning witnesses in the Federal Court about the finances of failed fintech venture Sargon, over allegations the company potentially traded while insolvent.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Funding
Start-up sector ‘a breeding ground’ for inappropriate behaviour
Investor Elaine Stead says she’s not done banging the drum about Australia’s ‘juvenile’ tech sector.
- by David Swan
Tech unicorns vanish as start-up funding plummets
Australia did not produce a billion-dollar tech “unicorn” in 2023, but investors remain bullish about the year to come.
- by David Swan
Why Mentorloop got off the venture capital ‘hamster wheel’
Lucy Lloyd and Heidi Holmes are calling for more start-up founders to ditch venture capital funding as the ‘tech wreck’ deepens.
- by David Swan
‘We’re flattered’: AI start-up welcomes Canva comparison
Leonardo’s young executives lay out their ambitions to grow into a billion-dollar business in their first Australian media interview.
- by David Swan
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Atlassian
Australian start-ups are ‘crying out for sales talent’
Tech companies need sales reps more than engineers, according to Dan Brockwell, who has launched Australia’s first tech bootcamp with a job guarantee.
- by David Swan
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Software
‘Unsexy businesses are now sexy’: Start-ups seek safety as tech downturn lingers
Australian venture capital firm Flying Fox is shifting its focus to decidedly “boring” startups, as investors react to the ongoing tech downturn.
- by David Swan
Opinion
Opinion
‘We are conquerors’: Why Silicon Valley’s latest fad is its deadliest
Just when you thought Silicon Valley couldn’t get any more detached from reality, in comes billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.
- by David Swan
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Start-ups
Canva investor cuts valuation by 10 per cent again
Australian start-ups are facing a “mortgage cliff” as companies boasting paper valuations in the hundreds of millions start to run out of cash and raise money at much lower prices.
- by Nick Bonyhady
$1.8b Australian start-up denies Instagram change makes it redundant
Linktree boss Alex Zaccaria says his social media company is much more than just a list of links and is here to stay.
- by Nick Bonyhady