It could soon be valued at $2 billion and is already managing $75 billion worth of salaries. But Employment Hero's ambitions are even bigger than that.
Startups
Prominent investor Adir Shiffman is taking portfolio company Sleeping Duck to court in a case that will be closely watched by the startup community.
Cheryl Mack shares what makes an investment exciting to her and how she fell into angel investing.
The rise of artificial intelligence can conjure an alarmist spectre of the robot apocalypse, but Harrison.ai is one example of how the technology can save lives.
Canva is not yet a public company, but with the success of so many VC funds riding on it, it almost operates under the pressure of one.
The latest quarterly figures from Cut Through Venture provide a glimmer of hope for founders, but show VCs still have the upper hand over startups in funding rounds.
Everyone is excited about Australia's Samsara Eco, which has developed tech to dissolve plastics in under an hour. Even VCs who aren't invested in it.
Justin Angsuwat may have the hardest HR job in startups. He's responsible for the culture at the company that helps other companies with it.
The Albanese government's new Employment White Paper covers some critical ground. But there’s one area it doesn’t really dig into — startups.
Four years on from the Black Summer, first-responders are once again on red alert. And a crop of Australian startups are racing to help them.
Rachael Neumann invested in an LA women's soccer team created by her best friend, Natalie Portman. Now she's looking at doing something similar in Australia.
Sydney's startup hub will continue, but it's slim pickings for other good news for the startup ecosystem in the NSW budget.
Maxine Minter was bemoaning the lack of pre-seed capital when she had another revelation. Australia had never had a solo female fund manager. She decided to fix both.
An Australian agtech company has just raised $6 million for the AI technology it's been developing to improve the quality of red meat.
Great products are the foundation of all startup success stories. But building them is easier said than done.
The Australian startup sector is becoming the latest victim of belt tightening by state governments, raising questions about the long term support for the industry.
For startups, cash is king of course — but it's also important where they get it from.
Benjamin Humphrey, a founder of product research startup Dovetail, is not just a first time CEO, but also a first time people manager.
Some of Australia's brightest startups are building out significant presences in Southeast Asia, lending weight to the government's push to expand ties in the region.
All signs are pointing to heightened activity in the once dormant secondary market for shares in Australian startups. And investors think it's a good thing.
Startup founders are often paid modest salaries, or no salary at all. Brighte CEO Katherine McConnell says that’s holding many women back.
The latest numbers don't look great, but according to KPMG M&A partner Daniel Teper there's still life in fintech yet.
While going public is the end goal of many startups, Judo's CEO Joseph Healy says it fundamentally changes a company and regrets going down that path.
Do the Big Four consulting firms bring anything to the startup table? It depends on who you ask.
When is something that looks like equity and acts like equity not actually equity? When it’s a “joint engagement relationship” between PwC and a startup client.
2023 is on track to be the second best on record for Australian startup funding, but is currently well behind the record set in 2021.
Powered by new tech-enabled platforms, syndicates are now playing a pivotal role in unlocking capital in the startup investment market.
