The former angel syndicate is raising a $100m fund to back female founders, who receive just 4% of Australia's venture funding.
Technology and startups
It's shaping up as a chaotic week in the nation's capital as the Albanese government juggles multiple reforms that provide insight into its priorities ahead of the election.
Ministers were set to discuss measures this week, including the government's response to Meta and the future of the news media bargaining code, sources said.
Generative AI is becoming entrenched in financial services, but it remains far from transformational and banks are yet to see it drive revenue.
It's not the first time Elon Musk has attacked the Albanese government over social media regulation. But now he has the backing of the world's most powerful man.
Politicians should consider the problems Australia will face in the next few decades rather than just the next few years, said Craig Scroggie.
Lawyers expected Uber's initial win in its important payroll tax case dispute in New South Wales to face appeal and kickstart a longer legal dispute. Now, it has.
The cap table and equity software provider has opened an office in Sydney and views Australia and its startup scene as a key growth market.
The Reserve Bank governor has provided a rare insight into the central bank's philosophy on regulating Australia's rapidly evolving payments industry.
It raised $26 million from Main Sequence, Folklore and other big name investors and in 2022 rejected a $100 million buyout. Now Swoop Aero is being stripped for parts.
Our coverage of the $2 billion HR software company started with an off-colour joke. A deluge of current and former staff then came forth with far more significant concerns.
When Linktree raised its first capital round in 2020, founder Alex Zaccaria suddenly found himself surrounded by experts — a shift he found overwhelming.
The design software giant's new CFO Kelly Steckelberg has experience in executing the IPO of a large profitable company.
To stick the landing, the tech giant will have to help develop many nascent technologies — from nuclear fusion to timber data centres.
The $2 billion HR software unicorn is scaling back in Southeast Asia, cutting jobs and suspending several initiatives. Insiders say it adds to pattern of abrupt U-turns on strategy.
In a significant changing of the guard at one of Australia's most successful tech companies, SafetyCulture has appointed Kelly Vohs as its new CEO.
At the region's biggest fintech festival in Singapore, quantum computing and tokenisation were hot topics. But the chatter about last year's star, AI, was notably subdued.
Lopes says the sports tech company plans to capitalise on its momentum, with his successful turnaround driving the stock to eight-year highs.
With just two parliamentary sitting weeks remaining this year, Labor is facing calls for action on the news media bargaining code and clarity on the government’s media reform agenda.
