Startups

With a lot of long-term employees and a high share price, could Canva's secondary sale mean a mass exodus before the IPO madness sets in? From the outside looking in, it certainly looks tempting.

While the startup and VC industry has a natural and understandable tendency to be positive, when it comes to funding allocated to women, sugar-coating the reality does more harm than good.

A flexible and fast way to raise money, Australian startups are using SAFE notes more than ever before. But their increasing use could cause financial and legal headaches, according to new analysis.

After a dismal 2023 characterised by layoffs and a sharp decline in funding, founders and VC are more optimistic for the year ahead, with 92% of startups expecting to raise fresh capital.

The news that the government is proposing an increase in sophisticated investor thresholds lit up LinkedIn in a way that Twitter scandals used to. But it increasingly looks as though the media and the ecosystem have run ahead of themselves on the yarn.

The local exchange once courted tech companies from Israel, Ireland and beyond. Now mired in a listing drought, it’s looking closer to home.

The startup sector has won a small reprieve in its battle against changes to the sophisticated investor thresholds.

Kiki's dramatic shift has made a lot of headlines, but it's also given pause to look at the art of pivoting — something fundamental to the success of many startups.

A new CEDA report suggests the federal government should arm businesses with "dynamic capabilities" with more funding to help unlock productivity growth in the economy.

A big payday is coming for the design software giant's early employees and investors — and well before its expected IPO.

The Sydney-based generative AI outfit wants to make its video and image output as precise as possible. But it faces stiff competition as it looks to take its business to the next level.

An investor memo obtained by Capital Brief shows the subletting startup's backers were made aware of its controversial decision to pivot, which has generated scorn and outrage in the ecosystem.

The Mexican food chain is poised to become one of the most hotly discussed IPOs on the ASX in years. Despite recent controversies, its largest shareholder TDM is convinced it’s onto a generational winner.

Artificial intelligence systems are designed to mimic the way humans think. So why not recruit brain cells to help?

The startup ecosystem has been doing the hard work of educating investors around the risks (and rewards) of investing in startups for years. That could be be wiped out if a proposal to increase the threshold for qualifying investment goes ahead.

Australia's so-called 'crypto king' Fred Schebesta has long been known as the face of Finder. But now his little known co-founder is steering the startup beyond a period of layoffs and regulatory troubles towards an eventual IPO.

The startup ecosystem is freaking out about the Albanese government’s plans to significantly lift the financial thresholds allowing retail investors to back startups.

Private markets operatives predict smaller high growth ASX firms and unlisted startups will increasingly lean on debt to fuel growth as equity markets remain frozen.

A maiden rocket launch for Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies could mean liftoff for a growing cohort of Australian space tech companies already punching above their weight.

The respected US VC, and early Atlassian investor, says there are advantages for businesses in not being sucked into the Silicon Valley bubble.

Are the golden years of B2B SaaS behind us, and is the dawn of deep tech upon us? And can we fund it quickly enough?

It’s not all about preserved brains, AI resurrections or living forever. Australian ‘death tech’ startups can change the way we deal with mortality – even if in more prosaic ways.

The infrastructure opportunity and the funding challenge were key topics of conversation at a recent gathering of Australia's climate tech community.