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The Melbourne startup wants to be the latest in a growing list of construction software success stories to hail from Australia.

Green energy startup NRN has secured $1 million in a pre-Series A bridge funding round led by Investible’s Climate Tech Fund.

Startups are turning to artificial intelligence to help them raise capital. Sydney crowdfunding platform VentureCrowd is releasing new tools to help them do it.

Has the successful IPO of a fast-food giant made the ASX more digestible for Australia's tech startups? Investors say yes, while founders are more cautious.

After a US$8 million seed round, Sydney startup Psylo is shipping its headquarters to the US. But there’s a reason why American co-founder and CEO Joshua Ismin is staying put.

A loss by Tesla chair Robyn Denholm's Wollemi Capital Group in a trademark dispute with Tim Bishop's climate tech VC firm isn't necessarily a setback for other related disputes.

The case of Adir Shiffman v Sleeping Duck offers a rare insight into the tactics of those angels who typically invest alone and in a very different way to conventional VCs.

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.

A trademark dispute between Robyn Denholm's Wollemi Capital Group and former Macquarie Capital chief Tim Bishop’s climate tech VC firm Wollemi Capital over the words "Wollemi Capital" has ended in defeat for Denholm.

Many large companies and startups rely on open-source software created by independent developers who are underpaid and undervalued, leading to serious security exploits. Thanks.dev wants to fix this.

Apparently Apple just sherlocked a whole bunch of startups with its AI announcement. Or maybe the bar for what makes an AI startup investible just got a little higher?

The global wealth of the richest is growing and an increasing part of that growth is coming from private markets — equity and particularly credit.

Australia is replete with rising climate tech startups, but they struggle to gain access to the VC funding market. Pollination wants to plug this gap.

The Aussie tech giant has invested in Figma after Adobe's failed bid to buy the company. Between Figma and Canva, design tech is flourishing — which is great news for Mike Cannon-Brookes.

After facing difficulties in raising funding, which forced it to adopt a lean operating model, the Melbourne robotics startup is on the brink of announcing a seed round.

The Australian government has banned the sale of compounded Ozempic. VC-backed Eucalyptus, which will be hit by the decision, says the government is cutting off supply to those who rely on it.

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.

The strategic investment is the group’s first external capital injection since its formation in 2003.

Plans to tax unrealised gains on earnings from superannuation accounts over $3 million are another potential hit to a startup ecosystem still reeling from proposals to lift sophisticated investor thresholds.

IP Group was the first investor to support Hysata's high-efficiency electrolyser technology, which can now be commercialised after the company completed a $172 million Series B funding round.

Annie Liao’s Build Club program for Australian AI startups kicks off this week. But she’s keen to steer clear of the traditional accelerator tropes.

What if the $1 billion PsiQuantum deal had less to do with supporting innovation and more to do with national security?

As the big four retreat from lending, GCI co-founder Gavin Solsky explains how money can be made by lending in places where banks won't go and when equity is too expensive.

At Australia's biggest startup festival there was widespread optimism that a tough period for the ecosystem is finally coming to an end.