Adamantem pips IPH to the post with takeover deal for QANTM Intellectual Property

Adamantem pips IPH to the post with takeover deal for QANTM Intellectual Property

When asked to choose between holding shares in competitor and suitor IPH (ASX: IPH) and the major cash component in a takeover offer from Adamantem Capital, the board of QA...

ATO crackdown on tax debts leads to 50pc spike in insolvencies above pre-COVID levels

ATO crackdown on tax debts leads to 50pc spike in insolvencies above pre-COVID levels

Tax debt has emerged as one of the biggest drivers of corporat...

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...

"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...

Advertisement
Dubber sacks suspended CEO McGovern as probe continues into missing $26.6m

Dubber sacks suspended CEO McGovern as probe continues into missing $26.6m

Almost six weeks after revealing $26.6 million in missing corporate...

Reforms to speed up "national interest" mergers but with greater scrutiny on risks to consumers

Reforms to speed up "national interest" mergers but with greater scrutiny on risks to consumers

Australia's competition and consumer watchdog will have greater...

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...

Guzman y Gomez valuation lifts to $1.72b after securing $134.5m in latest liquidity round

Guzman y Gomez valuation lifts to $1.72b after securing $134.5m in latest liquidity round

Mexican quick-service restaurant chain Guzman y Gomez (GYG) has sec...

Mayfair 101 managing director James Mawhinney arrested over alleged dishonest conduct

Mayfair 101 managing director James Mawhinney arrested over alleged dishonest conduct

Within a month of calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the corp...

Loyalty programs may limit competition, and they could be pushing prices up for everyone

Loyalty programs may limit competition, and they could be pushing prices up for everyone

Loyalty programs enable firms to offer significantly lower prices t...

Scape partners with APG and Ivanhoe Cambridge for $1b student accommodation joint venture

Scape partners with APG and Ivanhoe Cambridge for $1b student accommodation joint venture

Scape Australia has formed a new partnership with Dutch pension inv...

Fleet Space Technologies satellite launch a ‘boost for net-zero goals through mining’

Fleet Space Technologies satellite launch a ‘boost for net-zero goals through mining’

Adelaide-based space exploration company Fleet Space Technologies h...

Startup funding raises fall to six-year low in Q1 amid spike in funds per deal, investor sentiment

Startup funding raises fall to six-year low in Q1 amid spike in funds per deal, investor sentiment

Australian startup funding reached a six-year low in terms of the n...

Finexia taps investors for $50m securitisation facility as childcare fund grows assets
Partner Content
Non-bank lender Finexia Financial Group (ASX: FNX) has raised $25 million from the firs...
Finexia

Entrepreneurship

"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 fitness franchise STRONG Pilates has officially announced a launch in the US market where it plans to...

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...

Scaling into the US: Learnings for Aussie and Kiwi startups

Scaling into the US: Learnings for Aussie and Kiwi startups

How does an Aussie or Kiwi startup make a breakthrough in the US? I...

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

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...

Shareholder consortium buys out Black Hops Brewing as creditors remain in the dark

Shareholder consortium buys out Black Hops Brewing as creditors remain in the dark

Gold Coast-based craft beermaker Black Hops Brewing looks set to st...

Redback Technologies ‘here to stay’ as new owner pulls renewables group from administration

Redback Technologies ‘here to stay’ as new owner pulls renewables group from administration

Brisbane-based renewable energy group Redback Technologies is &quot...

Advertisement

 

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

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...

‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem

‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem

Around the world, more and more companies are publishing sustainabi...

Top 100 young entrepreneurs



 

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL RAISING & FINANCE

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...

Openn Negotiation calls administrators a week after $1.3m bid for prop-tech Proffer Group

Openn Negotiation calls administrators a week after $1.3m bid for prop-tech Proffer Group

A week after announcing plans to acquire prop-tech Proffer Group fo...

Court dismisses longstanding CBA class actions over continuous disclosure

Court dismisses longstanding CBA class actions over continuous disclosure

After more than six years of legal proceedings alleging Australia...

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-base...

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...

Advertisement

Property

Openn Negotiation calls administrators a week after $1.3m bid for prop-tech Proffer Group

Openn Negotiation calls administrators a week after $1.3m bid for prop-tech Proffer Group

A week after announcing plans to acquire prop-tech Proffer Group fo...

"Exceptional result" for realestate.com.au owner REA Group as buy listings surge

"Exceptional result" for realestate.com.au owner REA Group as buy listings surge

Realestate.com.au operator REA Group (ASX: REA) has reported a 24 p...

John Holland Group leads nation in construction project starts by value

John Holland Group leads nation in construction project starts by value

Melbourne-headquartered, Chinese-owned John Holland has taken the n...

AsheMorgan gains ministerial approval for $700m BTR project at Melbourne’s Docklands

AsheMorgan gains ministerial approval for $700m BTR project at Melbourne’s Docklands

Sydney-based private equity real estate group AsheMorgan has secure...

Health

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 ...

Zea Relief gets a healthy boost to its retail footprint through Woolworths distribution deal

Zea Relief gets a healthy boost to its retail footprint through Woolworths distribution deal

Zea Relief, a Tasmanian wellness scale-up that has developed a rang...

Technology

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...

More fintech capital raises unannounced than announced in 2023

More fintech capital raises unannounced than announced in 2023

Data compiled by Techboard from Australian Securities and Investmen...

Legal

"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...

“The system is broken”: Victims of Latitude data breach left unanswered by OAIC

“The system is broken”: Victims of Latitude data breach left unanswered by OAIC

More than a year since announcing it would launch a class-action la...

Court dismisses longstanding CBA class actions over continuous disclosure

Court dismisses longstanding CBA class actions over continuous disclosure

After more than six years of legal proceedings alleging Australia...

Advertisement

Partner Content

Finexia targets booming childcare sector with $55m Childcare Centre Incubation Fund
Partner Content
Diversified financial services group Finexia Financial is targeting the burgeoning chil...
Finexia
Top tips for successful digital transformation
Partner Content
Digital transformation, when done well, can transform your organisation's operation...
OnBoard, by Passageways
Experiencing back pain after the holidays? Here’s how to pick the best recliners for relief
Partner Content
Getting back into the office routine after the holidays can be a drag, especially for t...
La-Z-Boy
How to conduct an effective board assessment: a step-by-step guide
Partner Content
Your directors should conduct a board assessment annually. Let's examine what a boa...
OnBoard, by Passageways