Posts tagged "VC"

New businesses are fraught with challenges, and raising capital can be one of the most tricky aspects of all. But, for female founders, that journey can be even more treacherous.

Reinventure Group has announced its third $50 million fintech investment fund and co-founder and managing director Simon Cant says its important for big banks to invest in the very startups that are disrupting their industry.

The only thing an investor knows for sure when they invest is that things are going to go wrong. Of the hundreds of decisions you make every day as a startup founder, you’ll get a bunch wrong (we all do). Some of those will have no discernible negative impact, some may be catastrophic. Or it may be circumstances outside of your control that cause a crisis or three along the way.

There was almost $1 billion worth of funding events for Australian startups in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new report that shows a continued upward trend for startup capital across the country.

Well-known Australian venture capitalist Elaine Stead has stepped down as a board member at Blue Sky Alternative Investments after a month of troubles for the investment firm following an extraordinary attack from US-based short-selling hedge fund Glaucus.

If it's felt like a whirlwind start to 2018 in terms of VC funding activity in Australia's startup ecosystem, that's because it has been.

A recent Swedish study has shown venture capital funding is not going to female founders because of biases in the way venture capitalists view criteria such as risk and potential to scale when applied to female entrepreneurs.

For Matt Jones, the key things that led to his startup Honee’s capital raising success were persistence, perseverance, and boots on the gr…

Some of Australia’s most prominent venture capital associations have banded together to show their support for female founders through a s…

By Stephen Graw, James Cook University

New crowdsourced funding legislation for startups is meant to provide incentives for investors �…

With a number of investments in prominent Aussie startups such as Spaceship, Sendle, Expert360, and Mentorloop, Australian venture capital f…

Graphic design startup Canva has joined the ranks of Atlassian, becoming Australia’s next tech unicorn after closing a $US40 million ($50….