Data consultancy firm V2 Digital to double team size with $30m raise

Data consultancy firm V2 Digital to double team size with $30m raise

Only a year since launching operations, fast-growing Melbourne-based digital and data consultancy firm V2 Digital has bagged $30 million from Columbia Capital. Founded by ...

MediSecure data breach: why is health data so lucrative for hackers?

MediSecure data breach: why is health data so lucrative for hackers?

The latest large-scale ransomware attack on a health technology pro...

Victoria passes legislation to phase out stamp duty on commercial and industrial properties

Victoria passes legislation to phase out stamp duty on commercial and industrial properties

Victoria’s transition from a stamp duty to a property tax reg...

The Star confirms US casino group Hard Rock has shown interest in striking a deal

The Star confirms US casino group Hard Rock has shown interest in striking a deal

The Star Entertainment Group (ASX: SGR) has confirmed speculation t...

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MA Marina Fund grows its portfolio with $33m deal for East Coast Marina in Manly, QLD

MA Marina Fund grows its portfolio with $33m deal for East Coast Marina in Manly, QLD

Alternative asset manager MA Financial (ASX: MAF) has lifted its ex...

UK catering giant SSP Group expands Australian presence with Airport Retail Enterprises acquisition

UK catering giant SSP Group expands Australian presence with Airport Retail Enterprises acquisition

UK contract foodservice giant SSP Group plc is taking a bigger shar...

Next-gen vector search platform Marqo raises $19.4m

Next-gen vector search platform Marqo raises $19.4m

Melbourne-based (but not much longer) vector search company Marqo, ...

US$15m Series A top-up for quantum computing tech scale-up Diraq

US$15m Series A top-up for quantum computing tech scale-up Diraq

Sydney-based quantum computing technology company Diraq has success...

Sydney-founded ethical hacking platform Bugcrowd raises $156m

Sydney-founded ethical hacking platform Bugcrowd raises $156m

A Sydney-founded cybersecurity company that has unlocked "an a...

Holman Industries founder ends 58 years at the helm after selling to RWC for $160m

Holman Industries founder ends 58 years at the helm after selling to RWC for $160m

Wally Edwards, the founder and managing director of Perth-based plu...

Temple & Webster defies consumer downturn to post record $254m in sales

Temple & Webster defies consumer downturn to post record $254m in sales

Online furniture and homewares retailer Temple & Webster (ASX: ...

Dealmaker data solutions group Ansarada to be acquired by rival Datasite for $263m

Dealmaker data solutions group Ansarada to be acquired by rival Datasite for $263m

A Sydney-based virtual data room solutions company that helps globa...

Prime Financial acquires Brisbane alternative asset manager Altor Capital

Prime Financial acquires Brisbane alternative asset manager Altor Capital

Financial advisory and asset management firm Prime Financial Group ...

Simonds Group swings back into profit despite a fall in house builds

Simonds Group swings back into profit despite a fall in house builds

Homebuilder Simonds Group (ASX: SIO) has swung back into the black ...

Audinate shares hit all-time high as Dante software sales soar

Audinate shares hit all-time high as Dante software sales soar

The market capitalisation of audiovisual technology company Audinat...

Ecofibre to sell hemp seed and food business to Elixinol for $3m

Ecofibre to sell hemp seed and food business to Elixinol for $3m

Medicinal cannabis and hemp company Ecofibre (ASX: EOF) is selling ...

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Entrepreneurship

Aussie-founded Cover Genius raises $119m in Series E round amid rapid growth for insurtech

Aussie-founded Cover Genius raises $119m in Series E round amid rapid growth for insurtech

Cover Genius, a US-based insurtech founded by former Australian travel industry entrepreneurs Angus McDonald and Chris Bayley, has raised $US80 million ($119.2 million) in ...

"Monumental step": STRONG Pilates to open second global HQ in California

"Monumental step": STRONG Pilates to open second global HQ in California

Born in Melbourne and now with 55 studios worldwide, fast-growing f...

Australian horse gut health pioneer Poseidon enters US market

Australian horse gut health pioneer Poseidon enters US market

From its origins as a husband and wife applying their pharmaceutica...

Making data make sense: Canberra startup Aristotle Metadata stealthily bags major global contracts

Making data make sense: Canberra startup Aristotle Metadata stealthily bags major global contracts

After more than six years in 'stealth mode' as its founders...

Ventures & Visionaries

Tamara Haddow, the "accidental" entrepreneur who founded event staffing leader Black Diamond Agency

Tamara Haddow, the "accidental" entrepreneur who founded event staffing leader Black Diamond Agency

From what began in 2010 as a modelling agency "undercutting ev...

‘Cheeky, sharp and charming’: Lula is the voice of a new rum rebellion

‘Cheeky, sharp and charming’: Lula is the voice of a new rum rebellion

Lula ‘speaks with a wink’ using dialogue that is &lsquo...

Outposter unlocks a global workforce to ethically tackle our skills shortage

Outposter unlocks a global workforce to ethically tackle our skills shortage

Brisbane-based entrepreneur Ben Pullen first delved into outsourcin...

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

"The client was on a lunchbreak, and before they finished the ...

Mergers and Acquisitions

Goat's milk group Nuchev buys Adelaide health products supplier bWellness for $7m

Goat's milk group Nuchev buys Adelaide health products supplier bWellness for $7m

Founder-chaired goat milk products company Nuchev (ASX: NUC) is und...

ACCC throws a spanner in the works for Louis Dreyfus in its bid for Namoi Cotton

ACCC throws a spanner in the works for Louis Dreyfus in its bid for Namoi Cotton

The takeover plans of Singapore’s Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)...

Southern Cross Media board not keen to sacrifice LiSTNR podcast holdings for complex ARN takeover

Southern Cross Media board not keen to sacrifice LiSTNR podcast holdings for complex ARN takeover

Sacrificing full ownership of Australia's largest and fastest-g...

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Retail

Out with the bathwater: Baby Bunting shares plunge amid sales slump

Out with the bathwater: Baby Bunting shares plunge amid sales slump

Reports of consumers trading down and a stalled recovery have spook...

Australian retail industry's peak bodies seal merger agreement for the ‘greater good’

Australian retail industry's peak bodies seal merger agreement for the ‘greater good’

After several years toying with the idea, Australia’s peak re...

Major supermarket fruit and veg supplier Southern Cross Produce calls in administrators

Major supermarket fruit and veg supplier Southern Cross Produce calls in administrators

High debt levels and insufficient working capital have pushed one o...

Weaker consumer spending takes its toll on Bapcor as shares slump 29pc

Weaker consumer spending takes its toll on Bapcor as shares slump 29pc

A tough retail market looks set to impact second-half earnings for ...

 

Opinion

MediSecure data breach: why is health data so lucrative for hackers?

MediSecure data breach: why is health data so lucrative for hackers?

The latest large-scale ransomware attack on a health technology pro...

Chalmers is bitten by the giveaway bug in a budget that contains good news for almost everyone

Chalmers is bitten by the giveaway bug in a budget that contains good news for almost everyone

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been bitten by the giveaway bug. This bu...

Australia just made a $940m bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane

Australia just made a $940m bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer in Brisbane

The Australian government has announced a pledge of approximately A...

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Capital Raising & Finance

GO.FARM to invest $600m in new agriculture fund

GO.FARM to invest $600m in new agriculture fund

One of Australia's leading producers of several crops with 88,0...

'54-year-old startup' Tracks plunges into new sets with Surf Shacks, 24/7 TV channel

'54-year-old startup' Tracks plunges into new sets with Surf Shacks, 24/7 TV channel

After the dumping waves of the pandemic nearly knocked out iconic A...

RecycleSmart raises $1.15m to address Australia’s waste management problem

RecycleSmart raises $1.15m to address Australia’s waste management problem

A Sydney-based environmental service company that recycles overlook...

Tinder co-founder backs viral Aussie job swiping app Getahead

Tinder co-founder backs viral Aussie job swiping app Getahead

"There's no one I can't reach out to," says Getah...

Property

Centuria fund banks tidy returns as second of three inner-Sydney office buildings sold for $103m

Centuria fund banks tidy returns as second of three inner-Sydney office buildings sold for $103m

Property fund manager Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) has cashed ...

Victoria passes legislation to phase out stamp duty on commercial and industrial properties

Victoria passes legislation to phase out stamp duty on commercial and industrial properties

Victoria’s transition from a stamp duty to a property tax reg...

NRMA acquires Yamba's Blue Dolphin Holiday Resort for $40m

NRMA acquires Yamba's Blue Dolphin Holiday Resort for $40m

NRMA Parks & Resorts has snapped up a bustling holiday park in ...

Lendlease enters joint venture with Warburg Pincus in Asia

Lendlease enters joint venture with Warburg Pincus in Asia

Australian development giant Lendlease (ASX: LLC) has announced tod...

Leadership

"Irreconcilable differences": President of Ecofibre's textile business joins lawsuit, resigns

"Irreconcilable differences": President of Ecofibre's textile business joins lawsuit, resigns

Two senior executives from Ecofibre's (ASX: EOF) highest revenu...

PharmAust suffers board exodus as chairman among a spate of shock departures

PharmAust suffers board exodus as chairman among a spate of shock departures

The surprise announcement by Dr Michael Thurn to resign as CEO of P...

Shock sacking of Australian Vintage CEO puts merger plans with Accolade Wines in turmoil

Shock sacking of Australian Vintage CEO puts merger plans with Accolade Wines in turmoil

Australian Vintage (ASX: AVG) and its potential merger with Austral...

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Health

Medibank lifts customer cashbacks to a healthy $305m as claims growth eases

Medibank lifts customer cashbacks to a healthy $305m as claims growth eases

Health insurer Medibank Private (ASX: MPL) has upped its cashback p...

PharmAust suffers board exodus as chairman among a spate of shock departures

PharmAust suffers board exodus as chairman among a spate of shock departures

The surprise announcement by Dr Michael Thurn to resign as CEO of P...

Australian horse gut health pioneer Poseidon enters US market

Australian horse gut health pioneer Poseidon enters US market

From its origins as a husband and wife applying their pharmaceutica...

LuminaX Healthtech Accelerator accepts record cohort of founders for 2024

LuminaX Healthtech Accelerator accepts record cohort of founders for 2024

The Gold Coast’s LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator has accepted ...

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Tritium operations "stabilised" as EV players show interest in potential transaction

Tritium operations "stabilised" as EV players show interest in potential transaction

Receivers and managers for embattled electric vehicle (EV) fast-cha...

Ahead of the herd: Livestock management platform AgriWebb raises $11 million

Ahead of the herd: Livestock management platform AgriWebb raises $11 million

A Sydney-based agtech that tracks more than 23 million heads of liv...

Green hydrogen group Hysata backed by energy giant BP in monster $172m Series B

Green hydrogen group Hysata backed by energy giant BP in monster $172m Series B

Wollongong-based green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturer Hysata ha...

Plant-based meat popular with Aussie diners despite cost-of-living crunch

Plant-based meat popular with Aussie diners despite cost-of-living crunch

A recent report published by independent think tank on alternative ...

 

Technology

Tinder co-founder backs viral Aussie job swiping app Getahead

Tinder co-founder backs viral Aussie job swiping app Getahead

"There's no one I can't reach out to," says Getah...

Brisbane biometric ID group Grabba secures Dubai foothold with Du Telecom contract renewal

Brisbane biometric ID group Grabba secures Dubai foothold with Du Telecom contract renewal

Biometric and identity technology company Grabba, backed by tech en...

ID verification software scale-up Data Zoo raises $35m

ID verification software scale-up Data Zoo raises $35m

A Sydney-headquartered company that provides automated know your cu...

Tritium operations "stabilised" as EV players show interest in potential transaction

Tritium operations "stabilised" as EV players show interest in potential transaction

Receivers and managers for embattled electric vehicle (EV) fast-cha...

Legal

SkyCity Adelaide to pay $67m penalty over anti-money laundering compliance failures

SkyCity Adelaide to pay $67m penalty over anti-money laundering compliance failures

Adelaide's SkyCity casino has reached an agreement with the nat...

QLD Government buys time on The Star licence suspension decision

QLD Government buys time on The Star licence suspension decision

The Queensland Government has for the second time deferred a suspen...

Pizza Hut hit with $2.5m penalty for sending spam emails and texts to customers

Pizza Hut hit with $2.5m penalty for sending spam emails and texts to customers

Pizza Hut Australia’s operator Pizza Pan Group has been fined...

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Marketing

Owner of OPSM, Sunglass Hut and Oakley fined $1.5m for spamming

Owner of OPSM, Sunglass Hut and Oakley fined $1.5m for spamming

Luxottica, the eyewear retailer that owns the brands OPSM, Oak...

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

We are in an era of brand activism and conscious consumerism. More ...

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

In a move resembling the transformation of the investment world in ...

Marketing agency Underscore enlisted 500 influencers to drive marketing for Tennis Australia

Marketing agency Underscore enlisted 500 influencers to drive marketing for Tennis Australia

After the Australian Open (AO) beat attendance records this year wi...

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MBA propels founder of drone consultancy Mirragin to new heights
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"Fashion over function": Christina Stephens founder's quest to make adaptive clothing mainstream
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Confidence in conferencing grows on the Gold Coast
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Leaders who don't adapt to technological change risk being left behind
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