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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Australia Post opens giant parcel facility in Brisbane and flags new Hobart hub amid e-commerce boom

Australia Post opens giant parcel facility in Brisbane and flags new Hobart hub amid e-commerce boom

Australia Post has opened a major air-and-speed parcel facility at ...

Qantas puts more than two million domestic seats on sale one week after flagging fare hikes

Qantas puts more than two million domestic seats on sale one week after flagging fare hikes

Qantas Airways (ASX: QAN) has launched a major domestic sale coveri...

Vitura Health's Doctors on Demand unit tops a million consultations as acquisition starts to pay off

Vitura Health's Doctors on Demand unit tops a million consultations as acquisition starts to pay off

Digital health company Vitura Health (ASX: VIT) says its Doctors on...

Renewable Metals closes upsized $12m Series A oversubscribed to commercialise battery recycling tech

Renewable Metals closes upsized $12m Series A oversubscribed to commercialise battery recycling tech

Perth-based lithium-ion battery recycler Renewable Metals has close...

Extreme weather insurance losses hit $4.8b as storms overtake Cyclone Alfred as costliest event

Extreme weather insurance losses hit $4.8b as storms overtake Cyclone Alfred as costliest event

Extreme weather events cost $4.8 billion in insured losses across 2...

AI-powered SMEs growing 2.8 times faster but nearly half of small businesses have no plans to adopt

AI-powered SMEs growing 2.8 times faster but nearly half of small businesses have no plans to adopt

Australian small and medium businesses using artificial intelligenc...

Netflix's live-action Gundam feature injects $110m into Queensland economy as production begins

Netflix's live-action Gundam feature injects $110m into Queensland economy as production begins

Gold Coast production facilities are hosting one of the biggest int...

4DMedical lands GlaxoSmithKline deal to supply lung imaging analytics for drug development

4DMedical lands GlaxoSmithKline deal to supply lung imaging analytics for drug development

Melbourne-based respiratory imaging company 4DMedical (ASX: 4DX) ha...

Newly listed Advanced Innergy to acquire Perth's Matrix Composites & Engineering for $90m

Newly listed Advanced Innergy to acquire Perth's Matrix Composites & Engineering for $90m

UK-headquartered Advanced Innergy Holdings (ASX: AIH) looks se...

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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

Sydney duo ODUS and Metrics Credit acquire second luxury Gold Coast high rise project for $55.68m

Sydney duo ODUS and Metrics Credit acquire second luxury Gold Coast high rise project for $55.68m

Sydney developer ODUS and financier Metrics Credit Partners have ta...

Gardner Vaughan builds on development pipeline with $19m site acquisition in Caloundra

Gardner Vaughan builds on development pipeline with $19m site acquisition in Caloundra

Brisbane developer Gardner Vaughan Group is building on a solid pip...

Adelaide packaging giant Detmold consolidates local base with new global headquarters

Adelaide packaging giant Detmold consolidates local base with new global headquarters

Detmold Group, a global packaging company founded in Adelaide almos...

Healthscope hospital landlord agrees to partial rent deferral deal, receives expressions of interest

Healthscope hospital landlord agrees to partial rent deferral deal, receives expressions of interest

The landlord that owns 11 of Healthscope's 37 private hospitals...

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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