Australia’s new performance-based, debt funding facility invests $600,000 in Xceptional
Sydney-based employment startup Xceptional has secured $600,000 through a brand new loan vehicle designed to help founders focus on social impact.
Airbnb management startup Hometime banks $6.7 million as it strives to assert Aussie market dominance
Sydney property management startup Hometime has bagged $6.7 million as it capitalises on the global short-term letting trend.
The ‘little and subtle things’ keeping women out of startups — and what to do about them
Many 'little and subtle things' work together to keep women out of startups, according to Jacqui Barrett, a partner at Hall & Wilcox’s Frank Lab startup accelerator.
Delivery startup Zoom2U raises $4.2 million, after riding the e-commerce boom to $1 million in monthly revenues
Zoom2U has raised $4.2 million, as it prepares to venture into a new sector, and a new geography, after riding the wave of e-commerce in Australia.
How HealthMatch snagged $6 million, including from Seek co-founder Paul Bassat, to match critically ill patients with clinical trials
HealthMatch has raised $6 million for its tech bringing efficiency into clinical trials, and potentially helping bring more treatments to market.
Why traditional finance metrics don’t cut it for startups (and what you should track instead)
Traditional finance measures, like balance sheets and profit and loss statements, are too slow for startups. Here's what your startup should track instead.
WeWork at our own pace: It’s time for venture capital to slow down
The world of venture capital has taken a bit of a beating recently, thanks to the highest-profile misstep when WeWork has unable to get its IPO away.
:Different scores $3.5 million: How fresh investment and a bit of mentorship will help these founders “see the forest for the trees”
Property startup :Different has secured $3.5 million, but for Mina Radhakrishnan it’s the people, not the dollars, that can help the startup level-up.
Kiwi startup Hnry raises $2 million for tech taking headache out of tax admin for gig-economy workers
Kiwi fintech Hnry has raised $2 million for its platform taking the burden out of finance management for contractors, sole traders and gig-economy workers.
Aussie startup FloodMapp raises $1.3 million for tech reducing “catastrophic” impact of flooding
FloodMapp has raised $1.3 million to take its flood-prediction tech to the rest of Australia, and into hurricane-prone areas of the US.
“Huge disruption”: Car Next Door secures $6.2 million from Hyundai to prep for transport of tomorrow
Aussie car-sharing platform Car Next Door has bagged $6.2 million in funding from Hyundai, as it prepares for a major shift in the transport industry.
A $1 trillion opportunity: AmazingCo bags $5 million to capitalise on experience-based spending trend
Melbourne startup AmazingCo has raised $5.1 million in Series A funding to ramp up what could be a $1 trillion global opportunity.
