Perpetual to be a ‘leaner asset play’ after $2.2b sale of key divisions to KKR

Perpetual to be a ‘leaner asset play’ after $2.2b sale of key divisions to KKR

Australian investment group and asset manager Perpetual (ASX: PPT) is poised to sell two of its key business divisions to US private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (K...

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...

Qantas abandons Shanghai route as China visitor market struggles to recover

Qantas abandons Shanghai route as China visitor market struggles to recover

In a sign that the Chinese visitor market to Australia continues to...

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...

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Bae Juice backed by gaming rich-lister Escalante in latest $1m capital raise

Bae Juice backed by gaming rich-lister Escalante in latest $1m capital raise

Melbourne-based startup Bae Juice has raised $1 million in a new fu...

Independent newcomer Trilogy Hotels secures rights to manage four Schwartz properties

Independent newcomer Trilogy Hotels secures rights to manage four Schwartz properties

Trilogy Hotels, a newly minted independent Australian hospitality g...

Administrators to Redback Technologies seek a buyer to rescue renewable energy company

Administrators to Redback Technologies seek a buyer to rescue renewable energy company

Administrators to Brisbane-based renewable energy technology compan...

Adamantem Capital emerges as a second suitor for QANTM with $254m bid

Adamantem Capital emerges as a second suitor for QANTM with $254m bid

QANTM Intellectual Property (ASX: QIP) has confirmed that it has an...

WAM Leaders ups the ante for QV Equities as investment groups agree to $2b merger

WAM Leaders ups the ante for QV Equities as investment groups agree to $2b merger

WAM Leaders (ASX: WLE), a listed investment company managed by Wils...

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

"The client was on a lunchbreak, and before they finished the ...

Wide Open Agriculture CEO exits after buying out Dirty Clean Food subsidiary for $1.5m

Wide Open Agriculture CEO exits after buying out Dirty Clean Food subsidiary for $1.5m

Regenerative food and agriculture company Wide Open Agriculture (AS...

Oz Hair and Beauty’s 10-store rollout taps into emerging ‘bricks and clicks’ retail trend

Oz Hair and Beauty’s 10-store rollout taps into emerging ‘bricks and clicks’ retail trend

Australian retailer Oz Hair and Beauty is tapping into sustain...

Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades

Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades

The Albanese government will abolish almost 500 so-called “nu...

Rex steps up challenge to airline majors with Etihad Airways partnership agreement

Rex steps up challenge to airline majors with Etihad Airways partnership agreement

Regional Express Holdings (ASX: REX) has stepped up its campaign as...

Touch Ventures CEO Hein Vogel resigns in wake of Gannet Capital investment

Touch Ventures CEO Hein Vogel resigns in wake of Gannet Capital investment

Just weeks after Sydney-based private equity group Gannet Capital a...

US suitor Par Technology prepared to pay a big premium to secure TASK Group for $288m

US suitor Par Technology prepared to pay a big premium to secure TASK Group for $288m

US-based hospitality technology company Par Technology Corporation ...

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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...

Ventures & Visionaries

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...

‘Cheeky, sharp and charming’: Lula is the voice of a new rum rebellion

‘Cheeky, sharp and charming’: Lula is the voice of a new rum rebellion

Lula ‘speaks with a wink’ using dialogue that is &lsquo...

Outposter unlocks a global workforce to ethically tackle our skills shortage

Outposter unlocks a global workforce to ethically tackle our skills shortage

Brisbane-based entrepreneur Ben Pullen first delved into outsourcin...

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

"The client was on a lunchbreak, and before they finished the ...

Mergers and Acquisitions

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...

Southern Cross Media frustrated as Anchorage pulls out of $250m takeover bid with ARN Media

Southern Cross Media frustrated as Anchorage pulls out of $250m takeover bid with ARN Media

Deteriorating conditions for the regional television market has sca...

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 suito...

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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

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...

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Scaling into the US: Learnings for Aussie and Kiwi startups

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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...

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...

Apt.Residential in $1.5b build-to-rent partnership with Dutch pension fund PGGM

Apt.Residential in $1.5b build-to-rent partnership with Dutch pension fund PGGM

Sydney-based real estate investment manager Apt.Residential has tap...

"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...

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...

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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...

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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...

Ahead of the herd: Livestock management platform AgriWebb raises $11 million

Ahead of the herd: Livestock management platform AgriWebb raises $11 million

A Sydney-based agtech that tracks more than 23 million heads of liv...

Green hydrogen group Hysata backed by energy giant BP in monster $172m Series B

Green hydrogen group Hysata backed by energy giant BP in monster $172m Series B

Wollongong-based green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturer Hysata ha...

Plant-based meat popular with Aussie diners despite cost-of-living crunch

Plant-based meat popular with Aussie diners despite cost-of-living crunch

A recent report published by independent think tank on alternative ...

 

Technology

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...

Green hydrogen group Hysata backed by energy giant BP in monster $172m Series B

Green hydrogen group Hysata backed by energy giant BP in monster $172m Series B

Wollongong-based green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturer Hysata ha...

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...

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Marketing

Owner of OPSM, Sunglass Hut and Oakley fined $1.5m for spamming

Owner of OPSM, Sunglass Hut and Oakley fined $1.5m for spamming

Luxottica, the eyewear retailer that owns the brands OPSM, Oak...

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?

We are in an era of brand activism and conscious consumerism. More ...

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano

In a move resembling the transformation of the investment world in ...

Marketing agency Underscore enlisted 500 influencers to drive marketing for Tennis Australia

Marketing agency Underscore enlisted 500 influencers to drive marketing for Tennis Australia

After the Australian Open (AO) beat attendance records this year wi...

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The secret sauce behind Guzman y Gomez’s successful scaling overseas with DocuSign
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