Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 million pre-seed round a year ago with $4 million in seed funding to address what it sees as a “tril...

Transurban scraps paper toll notices in NSW's biggest unpaid tolling overhaul in more than a decade

Transurban scraps paper toll notices in NSW's biggest unpaid tolling overhaul in more than a decade

Toll road operator Transurban (ASX: TCL) and the NSW Government hav...

Aussies flock to box office in May as digital engagement lures 5.9 million to major features

Aussies flock to box office in May as digital engagement lures 5.9 million to major features

Australians’ love affair with the big screen reignited in May...

Viva Energy restarts key Geelong refinery unit but alkylation plant to stay offline through 2027

Viva Energy restarts key Geelong refinery unit but alkylation plant to stay offline through 2027

Australian fuel refiner Viva Energy (ASX: VEA) has completed t...

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Nido Education pushes through sector headwinds to snap up four childcare centres for $9.1m

Nido Education pushes through sector headwinds to snap up four childcare centres for $9.1m

Childcare operator Nido Education (ASX: NDO) has completed the $9.1...

IFM Global Infrastructure in $7.4b buyout bid for toll road operator Atlas Arterial

IFM Global Infrastructure in $7.4b buyout bid for toll road operator Atlas Arterial

Melbourne-based infrastructure investor IFM Global Infrastructure F...

Fringe World operator Artrage searches for new CEO as Jo Thomas steps down from top job

Fringe World operator Artrage searches for new CEO as Jo Thomas steps down from top job

Perth-based not-for-profit Artrage, the organisation behind Western...

ASIC issues warning notices to four 'finfluencers' as global crackdown escalates

ASIC issues warning notices to four 'finfluencers' as global crackdown escalates

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has iss...

Judo Bank reaffirms profit guidance but bolsters provisions as geopolitical clouds gather

Judo Bank reaffirms profit guidance but bolsters provisions as geopolitical clouds gather

Challenger lender Judo Bank's owner Judo Capital Holdings (ASX:...

LSKD signs 10-year deal with Samsara Eco to shift activewear range to recycled nylon

LSKD signs 10-year deal with Samsara Eco to shift activewear range to recycled nylon

Brisbane-based activewear brand LSKD has signed a 10-year partnersh...

Microsoft pledges a $25b investment on Australian data centre and AI buildout, its biggest yet

Microsoft pledges a $25b investment on Australian data centre and AI buildout, its biggest yet

Microsoft is making a $25 billion investment in Australian digital ...

ARENA commits $11 million to First Nations-led microgrids in remote Northern Territory

ARENA commits $11 million to First Nations-led microgrids in remote Northern Territory

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has committed $11 million in...

Adisyn backed by Regal Funds and Israeli giant Meitav in $14m raise after graphene breakthroughs

Adisyn backed by Regal Funds and Israeli giant Meitav in $14m raise after graphene breakthroughs

Perth-based graphene semiconductor company Adisyn Ltd (ASX: AI1) ha...

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Entrepreneurship

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

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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

Regal Partners buys 50pc stake in hotel investor Ark Capital, seeds $75m for Mayfair Hotel purchase

Regal Partners buys 50pc stake in hotel investor Ark Capital, seeds $75m for Mayfair Hotel purchase

Regal Partners (ASX: RPL) has acquired half the issued shares in&nb...

Cedar Woods gets assertive on acquisitions with $50m deal for Melbourne redevelopment site

Cedar Woods gets assertive on acquisitions with $50m deal for Melbourne redevelopment site

Perth-based national developer Cedar Woods Properties (ASX: CWP) ha...

GemLife's $750m IPO to generate stamp duty windfall for state governments

GemLife's $750m IPO to generate stamp duty windfall for state governments

As over-50's communities developer GemLife is on the cusp of Au...

Odyssey Lifestyle secures approval for third luxury Gold Coast aged care development

Odyssey Lifestyle secures approval for third luxury Gold Coast aged care development

Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities has secured approval for its thi...

CAPITAL RAISING & FINANCE

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 m...

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...

Health

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 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...

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 ...

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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