Venture capital

As women leave VC due to limited pathways, Maxine Minter of Co Ventures says there’s another route forward for those who want to stay: building their own funds.

Women who joined VC during the post-Covid boom are exiting for startup roles, citing limited advancement and exhaustion from advocating for diversity.

Once Australia's largest innovation fund, Breakthrough Victoria is facing an uncertain future with rampant speculation it may make no further investments.

The bank has pulled the plug on the venture arm it launched in 2019, and will fold its investments into a new structure amid a broader cost-cutting agenda.

In late July Tech Council of Australia chair Scott Farquhar called for weakened copyright laws. Only weeks earlier, Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht sang a different tune.

The govtech platform's CEO said he had VCs "beating down my door" but chose to raise venture debt to expand its business, as it gave it more control over its future.

Though admitting to financial irregularities in his company's books, StrongRoom AI founder argues he is not liable for fraud.

Australia’s deep tech startups clear the first hurdle from lab to prototype, but many stall at scale. Blended finance could be the solution.

Chalmers will meet Jason Kwon in Sydney as Australia vies to host major AI infrastructure following the USD300 billion startup's 'Stargate UK' investment announcement.

After a bitter winter of flat valuations, Blackbird’s soaring portfolio is a sign of optimism returning to the VC ecosystem — as long as you have a nice AI angle, of course.

After years of juggling disparate causes, the Tech Council of Australia has found in artificial intelligence a high-stakes issue to rally around.

New returns data released by the nation's top VC firm to investors suggests the dark days for the asset class might finally be over after a difficult few years.

"They've been hitting us up for years," Anear said on the sidelines of the Tech Council's annual event after an ASX executive pitched the national bourse's wares as a home for tech companies.

New court documents reveal how EVP is attempting to recover funds tied up in the collapsed startup, and how a key defendant in the VC firm's lawsuit is pushing back.

ANZ's venture capital arm 1835i is under scrutiny as part of CEO Nuno Matos' cost-cutting drive. Is it game over for the Australian corporate VC experiment?

The data enrichment startup has raised a seed round from Google's AI fund and Silicon Valley investors.

A new generation of Australian fund managers is iterating on traditional venture capital models, creating retail-accessible funds, secondary market strategies and hybrid debt-equity structures as competition from mega-funds forces innovation.

Victoria’s startup sector is surging after a decade of investment and support. Now is not the time for government to stall momentum or cut programs.

Australia’s venture sector is undercapitalised despite strong performance. Smarter super rules and investment structures can change the equation.

The university’s new investment platform, Barker Street Ventures, is designed to bridge the ‘valley of death’ between research and commercialisation.

Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council chair Scott Farquhar says Australia’s copyright laws block billions in AI investment. But his argument might not stack up.

Breakthrough Victoria is meant to fuel innovation, yet its scattergun strategy leaves taxpayers footing the bill for unclear and shifting priorities.

The VC says it is not interested in raising "mega-funds", despite support from its latest raising from blue-chip US institutions including Harvard's endowment.

AI is making software faster and cheaper to build. That’s forcing venture capital firms to rethink how they fund the startups of the future.

A 'fundamental shift' is underway with Google search giving way to gen AI chatbots. Linktree, Airwallex and SafetyCulture are among those trying to get ahead of it.

Previously unreported internal financials show the $9.5 billion fintech's annualised revenue has jumped 94% year-on-year.