Why the acquisition of all-women founded Verve Super is a story worth telling
Co-founder Christina Hobbs shared news of the acquisition on LinkedIn, five years after launching the first superannuation fund to be led by women and tailored for women.
ATO commissioner says “softer approach” to small business debt collection is officially over
The Australian Taxation Office is "unapologetic" about collecting unpaid debts from the small business sector, commissioner Chris Jordan says, giving one final warning to enterprises deliberately holding on to overdue payments.
Blackbird explains its recent male-founder dominated investment announcements
Despite gender diversity pledge, Blackbird Venture's last 11 public investments have been into all-male founding teams. What's going on?
B2B marketplace for excess food produce wins $30,000 Kickstarter Challenge
Melbourne-based digital B2B marketplace Platform Zero, which allows supermarkets to sell surplus or rejected produce, diverting tonnes of daily food waste from landfills, has won $30,000 in equity-free funding as the winner of the 2023 Kickstarter Challenge.
Mr Yum’s brand name dropped in new-look merger with me&u
You can split a main, but you can't split a name. Just ask restaurant ordering startup Mr Yum, which has officially dropped its branding after a blockbuster merger with former rival me&u.
How “accidental entrepreneur” Edwina Sharrock founded, and sold, Birth Beat
After nearly seven years of success, Birth Beat is entering a new, exciting chapter as the business has been acquired by leading medical technology company, Device Technologies.
Birchal seeks $3 million from investors to expand its equity crowdfunding platform
Venture capitalists and smaller investors who want to live more sustainably or have a clear conscience about how goods are made often turn to the licensed equity crowdfunder Birchal.
Australian B2B BNPL provider BizPay collapses into administration
Bizpay, the Australian fintech offering buy now, pay later services for business-to-business invoices, has fallen into voluntary administration.
Millennials and gen Z driving growth in the number of Aussie small business owners
The number of millennial and gen Z small business owners is on the rise according to research released by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Three in four Aussie employers have a gender pay gap of more than 5%
Australia's gender pay gap has had its biggest single-year drop in almost a decade, but women are still earning much less than their male colleagues.
Is that a 4 or a 9? Digitising paper records is not as easy as it seems
For businesses wanting to take advantage of machine learning, human habits can be the weak link.
Barbers “in shock” after RBA governor says haircuts contributing to inflation
Fresh commentary from Reserve Bank of Australia governor Michelle Bullock has one barbershop founder "in shock", after she suggested lower spending at hairdressers and salons could help the fight against inflation.
