Transparently, an AI fraud detection tool trialled by ASIC, says it has identified accounting red flags across dozens of ASX companies.
Best of the year
A selection of Capital Brief's best stories in 2023.
Employment Hero has dismissed four employees for inappropriate behaviour at its ‘Global Gatherings’, where over 1,000 remote staff meet to align strategy and bond.
After raising a Series B in 2022, the drone startup suffered from product delays, fractured leadership and tension between its CEO and the board.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Capital Brief, the Reserve Bank deputy governor reflects on lessons from crisis, reform and his rocky start in Australia.
As she marks her first year as chair of the Productivity Commission, Wood is taking a more cautious approach to engaging in the growing productivity debate.
One of Australia's most prestigious universities, which counts former foreign minister Julie Bishop and former CBA director Genevieve Bell among its senior leaders, is suddenly facing a financial cliff.
Might the solution to productivity woes lay not with the government but with business leaders themselves?
Australian venture capital firms such as Investible have grown far more open to M&A among their portfolio companies as they look to boost a key measure of returns.
Uber bought Australian startup Car Next Door in 2022 to launch its Carshare business. But two years later it abandoned the strategy in favour of a partnership with Turo.
A new report claims up to 50% of funding deals in the fintech sector, worth $684 million, were not announced or publicly reported on last year. And a few different factors are behind it.
Westpac was once the most enthusiastic of the big four banks on VC. Now it is taking a more nuanced approach to the fintech sector.
In-Q-Tel invests in tech for intelligence and defence. In five years in Australia, it has backed nearly 20 local startups.
The closely watched fund manager’s knack for backing future ASX 200 and 300 contenders drives its performance — even at the risk of a few blowups.
The New York Times' longtime national security correspondent, David E. Sanger, says he wouldn't have been able to break some of his biggest scoops in Australia.
Founded in December 2022, Leonardo.Ai has over 19 million users and its very own foundation AI model.
Four big banks, four models of corporate venture capital. CBA's is the most tightly controlled — but in return, it promises a more efficient pathway to scale.
Up is on track to hit 1 million customers in October, just in time for its sixth birthday.
The Greens are eyeing Labor seats in Melbourne in their bid to expand their representation in parliament. Capital Brief joined their campaign on the weekend.
The firm's co-founder and chair details the strategies and philosophies that helped Gilbert + Tobin become one of Australia's top players — and explains why it would be difficult to do the same today.
A number of startups are emerging to cater to the longevity hype. Nick Bell might be Australia's number one advocate — and he admits it is a tough business.
A new class of investment fund is emerging in Australia - looking for smaller targets than private equity firms, and holding them indefinitely.
Sydney’s Vow and Melbourne’s Magic Valley are aiming to corner different ends of the waning cultivated meat market. One is aiming high, the other's going low.
Over the past year there has been a plethora of headlines about 'big six' and other elite law firms integrating AI into their operations. But is it more than just a marketing stunt?
Startups are turning to artificial intelligence to help them raise capital. Sydney crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd is releasing new tools to help them do it.
Private debt, often funded by family offices, is rapidly growing and crucial in supporting property development in a tough market. Even big banks are supportive.
Known as much for its phenomenal success as its sudden demise, Rob Luciano's VGI Partners is officially no more. But the hedge fund's legacy lives on with a wave of alumni now gaining increased attention in the market.
The family office of Canva co-founder Cam Adams and his wife Lisa Miller has adopted a new form of VC they hope will provide a blueprint for addressing the climate and nature crisis.
KWM, one of Australia's biggest law firms, is leaning heavily into AI and legal tech, with the firm's junior lawyers playing a key role in helping their more senior colleagues learn the ropes.
In 2019, UNSW professor Gigi Foster was named Young Economist of the Year. Today, the Yale-educated academic says few of her peers will even speak to her.
While it's well-established that Block’s record acquisition of Afterpay came at the top of the market, one part of the story remains untold: how close the deal may have come to falling apart.
Afterpay, one of Australia’s most recognisable startups, made history when it sold for $39 billion. Two years later and amid major upheaval at parent Block, insiders say its future is in doubt.
Grok has announced it will only focus on climate-related investments that support decarbonisation of the planet and achieving net zero.
NAB's new CEO runs its business bank. His biggest rival is at Commonwealth Bank. So what is CBA thinking? And why doesn't that include lending to startups?
Newly-launched Omnia Chambers is part of a fresh generation of barristers working to make the New South Wales Bar more reflective of the society it serves by lowering the cost of entry.
Besa Deda made history as Australia's first female chief economist at a bank. She now wants to have an impact on the housing debate.
