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A partnership between Aussie accelerator Startmate and Victoria’s startup agency LaunchVic will see at least 320 Victorian students get the skills they need to launch their own startups.

The program aims to support female founders at every stage of their business and innovation journey, as well as encourage participation in key industries and technologies.

In the 12 months to 30 June 2023, a total of 85 successful CSF offers were completed, compared to just 57 ASX IPOs in the same period.

The South Australian government has launched its $14 million Small Business Strategy 2023-2030 with $4 million allocated specifically for a Women in Business program.

Naked Life set a new record for the largest food and beverage equity crowdfunding raise in Australia when it reached $3 million on equity crowdfunding platform Birchal.

Future Women's Jobs Academy describes itself as a program that launched “with a promise to help women connect, learn and lead”.

The turn of the new financial year did not only launch a new raft of tax measures, but a smattering of small business grants designed to empower the nation's entrepreneurs.

Mash recently announced a $2 million pre-series A funding round, the first outside investment since the business started five years ago. 

Orbitkey received its first big breakthrough Kickstarter, allowing the Melbourne-based brand to “reach a global audience right from the start”, says co-founder Rex Kuo.

Small business lender Judo Bank says its new forays into automation and artificial intelligence will provide customers with insights they could not gain on their own, as the scale-up challenges "industrialised" SME loans offered by the Big Four.

The latest Cut Through Ventures report has some good news regarding funding for women-led businesses in Q1. But we invite you to look beyond a couple of big raises.

Founded by the federal government, the ABGF has now deployed more than $100 million in capital after investing in the pipe and fitting foundry.