Brandon BioCatalyst names Peter Beattie as new chairman to champion biotech startups

Brandon BioCatalyst names Peter Beattie as new chairman to champion biotech startups

Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has been named new chair of Brandon BioCatalyst, replacing one of the founding fathers of Australian venture capital, Bill Ferris, w...

Magellan wins ACCC clearance for Barrenjoey merger and plans a rebrand to ditch its own name

Magellan wins ACCC clearance for Barrenjoey merger and plans a rebrand to ditch its own name

Sydney-based fund manager Magellan Financial Group (ASX: MFG) has s...

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 ...

X2M Connect partners with Resi Ventures to develop data centre precincts across regional Australia

X2M Connect partners with Resi Ventures to develop data centre precincts across regional Australia

Melbourne-based IoT and energy management company X2M Connect (ASX:...

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Sydney Royal Easter Show cancelled

Organisers of one of the country's most longstanding events ...

Coronavirus impacts Ardent Leisure guidance

Dreamworld owner Ardent Leisure (ASX: ARG) has decided to withdr...

All Australians need to reconsider overseas travel

The Government's Smart Traveller page has advised all Austra...

Government advised to ban mass gatherings

The Federal Government has reportedly been advised by the countr...

iSignthis CEO John Karantzis to lead NSX

iSignthis CEO John Karantzis to lead NSX

Spurned by the ASX with shares suspended from trading for five m...

Download Festival Australia cancelled

Music festival Download has made the decision to cancel the even...

Flight Centre guidance withdrawn, 100 stores to close

Flight Centre (ASX: FLT) shares were down 11 per cent at the tim...

Australian Grand Prix cancelled

The Australian Grand Prix scheduled to run this weekend in Melbo...

Apollo and Corporate Travel Management suspend guidance

Apollo Tourism & Leisure (ASX: ATL) and Corporate Travel Man...

Virgin reduces capacity further

Virgin Australia (ASX: VAH) will cut its flight capacity in line...

Primewest has second thoughts on commercial property IPO

Primewest has second thoughts on commercial property IPO

The market turmoil over recent days has led Western Australia-ba...

Flight Centre to close 100 stores, travel companies pull guidance

Flight Centre to close 100 stores, travel companies pull guidance

Three ASX-listed travel companies with a combined market capital...

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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

Magellan wins ACCC clearance for Barrenjoey merger and plans a rebrand to ditch its own name

Magellan wins ACCC clearance for Barrenjoey merger and plans a rebrand to ditch its own name

Sydney-based fund manager Magellan Financial Group (ASX: MFG) has s...

Order platform Fresho expands UK presence and fires up tech capabilities with Nation Wilcox buyout

Order platform Fresho expands UK presence and fires up tech capabilities with Nation Wilcox buyout

Australian order management platform Fresho has expanded its presen...

US consortium ups the ante in battle for Steadfast Group with $7.7b bid priced at a big premium

US consortium ups the ante in battle for Steadfast Group with $7.7b bid priced at a big premium

Steadfast Group (ASX: SDF) has entered into an exclusivity deed wit...

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Retail

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,...

Retail Food Group lowers profit guidance as rising rates and weak consumer confidence weigh on sales

Retail Food Group lowers profit guidance as rising rates and weak consumer confidence weigh on sales

Gold Coast-based franchise group Retail Food Group (ASX: RFG) has l...

 

Opinion

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...

After CBA loses $25b in a single day, is this the end of big bank dominance on ASX

After CBA loses $25b in a single day, is this the end of big bank dominance on ASX

Global asset manager VanEck has declared that the era of big-bank-l...

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Capital Raising & Finance

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...

Australian livestock tech maker DIT AgTech launches US crowdfunding campaign seeking up to $7m

Australian livestock tech maker DIT AgTech launches US crowdfunding campaign seeking up to $7m

Toowoomba-based agricultural technology company DIT AgTech is under...

NBN Co locks in $1.2b from second Euro Sustainability Bond as green financing tops $10.7b

NBN Co locks in $1.2b from second Euro Sustainability Bond as green financing tops $10.7b

Government-owned broadband network operator NBN Co has raised &euro...

ANDHealth awards $9m to five digital health startups as sector sounds alarm on capital access

ANDHealth awards $9m to five digital health startups as sector sounds alarm on capital access

Digital health accelerator ANDHealth has awarded up to $9 million i...

Property

Hong Kong private equity investor JY Group snares 50pc of Adelaide’s Westfield Marion for $670m

Hong Kong private equity investor JY Group snares 50pc of Adelaide’s Westfield Marion for $670m

Hong Kong-based private equity firm JY Group has exchanged contract...

Property fintech Rent.com.au achieves record bond loans in May as path to profitability accelerates

Property fintech Rent.com.au achieves record bond loans in May as path to profitability accelerates

Property fintech Rent.com.au (ASX: RNT) has posted record Rent...

Azure gains approval for $115m terrace home project on Gold Coast's last Lumina residential site

Azure gains approval for $115m terrace home project on Gold Coast's last Lumina residential site

Brisbane-headquartered developer Azure has secured Gold Coast City ...

Prime Urban progresses $55m Bendigo business park plans as first stage opens near full occupancy

Prime Urban progresses $55m Bendigo business park plans as first stage opens near full occupancy

Prime Urban Group is advancing plans for the second stage of its $5...

Leadership

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...

DroneShield CEO and chairman step down just months after controversial share sale

DroneShield CEO and chairman step down just months after controversial share sale

Sydney-based counter-drone technology company DroneShield (ASX: DRO...

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Health

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...

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...

4DMedical locks in US radiology deal, European acquisition and clinical program in five-day blitz

4DMedical locks in US radiology deal, European acquisition and clinical program in five-day blitz

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

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

ReSmart raises $1.1m with early backer Antler doubling down as recycling platform nears breakeven

ReSmart raises $1.1m with early backer Antler doubling down as recycling platform nears breakeven

Sydney-based recycling and reverse logistics platform ReSmart has c...

Amber Electric lands $13.6m ARENA boost to expand V2G trial to 1,000 Australian homes

Amber Electric lands $13.6m ARENA boost to expand V2G trial to 1,000 Australian homes

Energy retailer Amber Electric has secured a $13.6 million top-up f...

Karmo partners with AGL to manage energy giant's EV subscription fleet

Karmo partners with AGL to manage energy giant's EV subscription fleet

Brisbane-based car subscription platform Karmo has partnered with A...

Wide Open Agriculture renegotiates Curtin University lupin protein licence to slash royalty costs

Wide Open Agriculture renegotiates Curtin University lupin protein licence to slash royalty costs

Perth-based lupin protein ingredient company Wide Open Agriculture ...

 

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

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...

Mayne Pharma wins $13.27m costs award against Cosette from collapsed $672m takeover battle

Mayne Pharma wins $13.27m costs award against Cosette from collapsed $672m takeover battle

Adelaide-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Mayne Pharma (ASX: MYX) ...

Zip Co settles trademark dispute with Firstmac, acquiring 'Zip' mark to keep brand name in Australia

Zip Co settles trademark dispute with Firstmac, acquiring 'Zip' mark to keep brand name in Australia

Buy-now-pay-later provider Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) has settled it...

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Marketing

OMG Group sales surge 57pc as matcha craze fuels one of company's strongest months on record

OMG Group sales surge 57pc as matcha craze fuels one of company's strongest months on record

Consumer brands group OMG Group (ASX: OMG) has boosted annual net s...

Zip Co settles trademark dispute with Firstmac, acquiring 'Zip' mark to keep brand name in Australia

Zip Co settles trademark dispute with Firstmac, acquiring 'Zip' mark to keep brand name in Australia

Buy-now-pay-later provider Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) has settled it...

Trust in online content eroding as fake reviews and AI blur the lines, report finds

Trust in online content eroding as fake reviews and AI blur the lines, report finds

More than eight in 10 Australians are worried that fake or manipula...

‘Checkout charity’ requests often backfire, leaving shoppers feeling guilty

‘Checkout charity’ requests often backfire, leaving shoppers feeling guilty

“Would you like to donate $2 to charity today?” If you...

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