Finance and markets
Techstars Sydney’s record-breaking women founder representation has sparked debate over gender equality — and exposed a clash between Australia’s top accelerators.
The highest-profile blockchains and cryptocurrencies are designed to avoid regulation. Redbelly, which has just gone live, is a regulatory compliant blockchain targeting real-world assets.
History suggests that the real returns of index investing could approach zero over the next decade, Orbis investment specialist Eric Marais says.
Transparently, an AI fraud detection tool trialled by ASIC, says it has identified accounting red flags across dozens of ASX companies.
Having stepped back from the fundraising process, knowing mixed-gender teams face less investor success, Tsalanidis is resolved to be front and centre next time.
Second-time founder Nathan Merzvinskis has raised one of the year's largest pre-seed rounds to build an AI-powered data enrichment platform.
As debanking has become a major topic in US crypto circles, prominent investor Mark Carnegie told Capital Brief he too has had accounts closed by major Australian banks.