SpaceX listing fires up Pengana Private Equity Trust with estimated 18pc valuation boost

SpaceX listing fires up Pengana Private Equity Trust with estimated 18pc valuation boost

Sydney-based Pengana Investment Management has revealed that SpaceX's blockbuster Nasdaq debut has triggered an estimated 18 per cent uplift in the net asset value of t...

Gilmour Space appoints former NASA deputy administrator Pamela Melroy to board

Gilmour Space appoints former NASA deputy administrator Pamela Melroy to board

Gold Coast-headquartered aerospace company Gilmour Space Technologi...

Virgin expands popular Pets in Cabin network to Adelaide as nearly 1,500 animals take flight

Virgin expands popular Pets in Cabin network to Adelaide as nearly 1,500 animals take flight

Virgin Australia has expanded its Pets in Cabin network with the fi...

Equity Trustees abandons superannuation management in fallout from First Guardian collapse

Equity Trustees abandons superannuation management in fallout from First Guardian collapse

EQT Holdings (ASX: EQT) has announced its Equity Trustees subsidiar...

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HealthCo strikes WA Government-backed deal for Healthscope's Mount Private Hospital in Perth

HealthCo strikes WA Government-backed deal for Healthscope's Mount Private Hospital in Perth

HealthCo Healthcare & Wellness REIT (ASX: HCW) has secured a ne...

Fintech sector sheds close to 10,000 jobs in 2026 as AI and profitability push reshape workforces

Fintech sector sheds close to 10,000 jobs in 2026 as AI and profitability push reshape workforces

The global fintech sector has recorded at least 9,706 job cuts in 2...

Birchal slashes own valuation 87pc to $5 million as equity crowdfunding market contracts

Birchal slashes own valuation 87pc to $5 million as equity crowdfunding market contracts

Equity crowdfunding platform Birchal has slashed the value of its b...

La Vie Hotels partners with Marriott to bring Le Méridien brand to Queensland's Lindeman Island

La Vie Hotels partners with Marriott to bring Le Méridien brand to Queensland's Lindeman Island

International hotel operator La Vie Hotels & Resorts has p...

Gurner Group clocks $500m in Docklands sales as Melbourne's inner-city market hits decade high

Gurner Group clocks $500m in Docklands sales as Melbourne's inner-city market hits decade high

Melbourne-based developer Gurner Group has sold more than 580 apart...

Nufarm profit jumps 28pc but dry Australia drags as Europe and Americas surge ahead

Nufarm profit jumps 28pc but dry Australia drags as Europe and Americas surge ahead

Crop sciences group Nufarm (ASX: NUF) has posted a 28 per cent rise...

Westpac hit with $26 million penalty for ignoring hardship pleas from struggling customers

Westpac hit with $26 million penalty for ignoring hardship pleas from struggling customers

Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) has been ordered to pay a $2...

Australians buck global startup trend as the least interested in being their own boss, survey finds

Australians buck global startup trend as the least interested in being their own boss, survey finds

Nearly three-quarters of people worldwide would prefer to be their ...

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

Perth-based advanced manufacturing start-up Hyperion Systems has un...

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From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

Inspired by a medical diagnosis and driven by innovative marketing, Melbourne husband-and-wife team Kasey and Michael Giarratana have bootstrapped beauty brand Xali Organic...

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

Queensland-based biotech startup Gutgutgoose has been accepted into...

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Sydney-based startup accelerator and investor Scalare Partners...

Sprout Organic's Selasi Berdie secures $8m buyout from NGS to take his infant formula company public

Sprout Organic's Selasi Berdie secures $8m buyout from NGS to take his infant formula company public

Gold Coast-based plant-based infant formula company Sprout Organic ...

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Credit Corp abandons $385m Humm Group takeover bid, bringing seven-month battle to a close

Credit Corp abandons $385m Humm Group takeover bid, bringing seven-month battle to a close

Debt collections  group Credit Corp (ASX: CCP) has walked away...

Scaffolding group Acrow raises $70m to fund twin deals in industrial and construction services

Scaffolding group Acrow raises $70m to fund twin deals in industrial and construction services

Sydney-based scaffolding and formwork group Acrow Limited (ASX: ACF...

Symal Group strikes $51m deal for defence contractor Shamrock Civil in biggest acquisition yet

Symal Group strikes $51m deal for defence contractor Shamrock Civil in biggest acquisition yet

Melbourne-based infrastructure group Symal Group (ASX: SYL) is acqu...

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Retail

Accent Group shares shoot past $391m zero-premium takeover bid from UK retail giant Frasers Group

Accent Group shares shoot past $391m zero-premium takeover bid from UK retail giant Frasers Group

Shares in Australian footwear and apparel retailer Accent Grou...

Barbeques Galore closure caps brutal cull of iconic Australian retail brands that stood for decades

Barbeques Galore closure caps brutal cull of iconic Australian retail brands that stood for decades

The move to liquidate Barbeques Galore announced this week marks th...

Super Retail Group sets its sights on 110 new stores as Rebel brand targets regional markets

Super Retail Group sets its sights on 110 new stores as Rebel brand targets regional markets

Super Retail Group (ASX: SUL) has unveiled a five-year strategy to ...

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

Inspired by a medical diagnosis and driven by innovative marketing,...

Opinion

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

In July last year, Deloitte Australia handed the federal government...

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

If you're planning to borrow in the current market, there's...

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

A Meta safety researcher recently watched her own AI agent delete h...

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CAPITAL RAISING & FINANCE

SavvyWise valuation hits $27.5m as accountants back AI tax platform’s $1.56m crowdfunding raise

SavvyWise valuation hits $27.5m as accountants back AI tax platform’s $1.56m crowdfunding raise

Perth-based AI tax research platform SavvyWise has closed a $1.56 m...

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Racura Oncology (ASX: RAC) has...

Scaleup Mediafund launches $25m fourth fund as media-for-equity model gains momentum

Scaleup Mediafund launches $25m fourth fund as media-for-equity model gains momentum

Scaleup Mediafund has launched its fourth media-for-equity fund wit...

Spenda launches $8.5m entitlement offer at steep discount to retire debt and recapitalise

Spenda launches $8.5m entitlement offer at steep discount to retire debt and recapitalise

Perth-based fintech Spenda Limited (ASX: SPX) has launched an accel...

Leadership

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

The Federal Court has disqualified former Star Entertainment Group ...

ASX taps Euronext veteran Anthony Attia as new CEO after global search

ASX taps Euronext veteran Anthony Attia as new CEO after global search

Australian share market operator ASX Limited (ASX: ASX) has appoint...

InDebted founder Josh Foreman steps back from CEO role to lead AI and product strategy

InDebted founder Josh Foreman steps back from CEO role to lead AI and product strategy

AI-powered debt collection fintech InDebted has kicked off an exter...

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Property

Brookfield offloads construction giant Multiplex to Japan's Obayashi for $924m after years of losses

Brookfield offloads construction giant Multiplex to Japan's Obayashi for $924m after years of losses

Canadian investment group Brookfield has agreed to sell Australian-...

Former QRL boss Ben Ikin tapped to lead Queensland proptech firm SearchX

Former QRL boss Ben Ikin tapped to lead Queensland proptech firm SearchX

Brisbane-based property technology company SearchX has appointed fo...

Homecorp sells 75pc of $210m Florence Residences in a single weekend as Gold Coast demand runs hot

Homecorp sells 75pc of $210m Florence Residences in a single weekend as Gold Coast demand runs hot

Gold Coast-based developer Homecorp has sold 75 per cent of its $21...

Charter Hall snaps up Sonic Healthcare's Brisbane pathology hub in $445m sale-and-leaseback deal

Charter Hall snaps up Sonic Healthcare's Brisbane pathology hub in $445m sale-and-leaseback deal

Fund manager Charter Hall Group (ASX: CHC) has acquired Sonic Healt...

Health

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Racura Oncology (ASX: RAC) has...

Biotech Memphasys secures supply deal with Monash IVF for Felix sperm selection system

Biotech Memphasys secures supply deal with Monash IVF for Felix sperm selection system

Sydney-based reproductive biotech Memphasys (ASX: MEM) has secured ...

Takeover target Monash IVF slashes full-year profit guidance as cycle volumes decline

Takeover target Monash IVF slashes full-year profit guidance as cycle volumes decline

Almost two months after rejecting a $350 million takeover bid ...

Biome Australia strikes deal to bring probiotics manufacturing onshore at SPA’s Gold Coast facility

Biome Australia strikes deal to bring probiotics manufacturing onshore at SPA’s Gold Coast facility

Melbourne-based probiotics company Biome Australia (ASX: BIO) has s...

Technology

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

Melbourne-based wearable sensing and robotics company DorsaVi Limit...

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

Perth-based advanced manufacturing start-up Hyperion Systems has un...

Additive Manufacturing centre greenlights first five research projects unlocking $11m in investment

Additive Manufacturing centre greenlights first five research projects unlocking $11m in investment

The Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC), est...

Arkeus closes $25m Series A to scale manufacturing of AI-powered defence sensing technology

Arkeus closes $25m Series A to scale manufacturing of AI-powered defence sensing technology

Melbourne-based technology company Arkeus has closed a $25 mil...

Legal

SkyCity strikes $21m deal with South Australia to settle Adelaide Casino regulatory failings

SkyCity strikes $21m deal with South Australia to settle Adelaide Casino regulatory failings

Auckland-headquartered casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group ...

ASIC seeks $35m penalty after HSBC admits to systemic scam-protection failures

ASIC seeks $35m penalty after HSBC admits to systemic scam-protection failures

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is seek...

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

The Federal Court has disqualified former Star Entertainment Group ...

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