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APRA disqualifies former Xinja Bank CEO and director over failures in accountability obligations

APRA disqualifies former Xinja Bank CEO and director over failures in accountability obligations

The former CEO of Xinja Bank, Australia’s first neobank which...

Guzman y Gomez seizes on depressed share price to launch $100m buyback as first-quarter sales surge

Guzman y Gomez seizes on depressed share price to launch $100m buyback as first-quarter sales surge

Mexican fast-food chain Guzman y Gomez (ASX: GYG) is taking advanta...

Carbar acquires HelloCars Subscription from Loopit to cap off the group’s second deal this year

Carbar acquires HelloCars Subscription from Loopit to cap off the group’s second deal this year

Sydney-based online car subscription service HelloCars Subscription...

State Super acquires 23pc of Frontier Advisors in a ‘bold collaboration’ seen as an industry first

State Super acquires 23pc of Frontier Advisors in a ‘bold collaboration’ seen as an industry first

Superannuation fund State Super has acquired a 23 per cent equity s...

Airtasker secures new $5.1m media-for-equity deal with UK’s Channel Four to scale brand awareness

Airtasker secures new $5.1m media-for-equity deal with UK’s Channel Four to scale brand awareness

Online services marketplace Airtasker (ASX: ART) has secured a &pou...

Employment Hero on track for its first full-year profit as recurring revenue hits $300m

Employment Hero on track for its first full-year profit as recurring revenue hits $300m

Human resource platform Employment Hero is on track to deliver...

Victorian man to pay $225,000 penalty for insider trading charges involving $20m Cann Group raise

Victorian man to pay $225,000 penalty for insider trading charges involving $20m Cann Group raise

A Victorian man has been sentenced to 11 months imprisonment and or...

Activewear brand LSKD opens dedicated LA warehouse facility as US growth accelerates

Activewear brand LSKD opens dedicated LA warehouse facility as US growth accelerates

Brisbane-based activewear brand LSKD has expanded operations in a r...

Venture studio Nakatomi backed by innovators in $3.5m raise to accelerate business launches

Venture studio Nakatomi backed by innovators in $3.5m raise to accelerate business launches

Nakatomi, a Sydney-based venture studio that backs and builds Austr...

Acusensus shares surge after securing breakthrough $34m contract in the US

Acusensus shares surge after securing breakthrough $34m contract in the US

Driver-safety technology company Acusensus (ASX: ACE) has secured a...

DroneShield taps into SA’s emerging defence tech sector with $13m research facility in Adelaide

DroneShield taps into SA’s emerging defence tech sector with $13m research facility in Adelaide

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

Fast-growing healthtech platform Heidi raises $65m and boosts valuation to $465m

Fast-growing healthtech platform Heidi raises $65m and boosts valuation to $465m

Healthcare technology company Heidi has raised $65 million in ...

Google joins $20m funding round for Sydney energy software OpenSolar

Google joins $20m funding round for Sydney energy software OpenSolar

A Sydney-based free software platform that allows installers to tra...

The Tinkerer: Alt. Leather founder’s breakthroughs show promise for plant-based alternatives

The Tinkerer: Alt. Leather founder’s breakthroughs show promise for plant-based alternatives

Whether it's receiving bags of agricultural waste on her doorst...

Pacific Smiles sees another CEO change as Gary Carroll steps down

Pacific Smiles sees another CEO change as Gary Carroll steps down

Gary Carroll has announced he will step down as CEO of Pacific Smil...

Acquisitive managed services provider First Focus buys Gold Coast’s Tech Help Direct

Acquisitive managed services provider First Focus buys Gold Coast’s Tech Help Direct

Acquisitive managed service provider First Focus has acquired Gold ...

REA Group boosts tech offering with majority stake in Canada’s 3D interactive platform iGUIDE

REA Group boosts tech offering with majority stake in Canada’s 3D interactive platform iGUIDE

REA Group (ASX: REA) is expanding the technology offering of its on...

Intelligent Monitoring acquires BNP Securities for $4.2m to advance its video guard strategy

Intelligent Monitoring acquires BNP Securities for $4.2m to advance its video guard strategy

Monitored security and IoT solutions provider Intelligent Monitorin...

SwarmFarm Robotics raises $30m to support US growth of its integrated automation technology

SwarmFarm Robotics raises $30m to support US growth of its integrated automation technology

Regional Queensland-based agricultural technology company SwarmFarm...

Bizcover sees 50pc rise in cyber liability insurance sales

Bizcover sees 50pc rise in cyber liability insurance sales

Small business insurance provider BizCover has witnessed an almost ...

The critical hurdles The Star must cross if it is to remain a going concern

The critical hurdles The Star must cross if it is to remain a going concern

The Star Entertainment Group, fresh from announcing it had secured ...

DevOps1 acquires Innablr to challenge global systems-integrator giants in Australia

DevOps1 acquires Innablr to challenge global systems-integrator giants in Australia

Sydney-based consultancy DevOps1 has acquired cloud engineering fir...

Eagers Automotive shifts up a gear with $1b deal for CanadaOne Auto in its first move offshore

Eagers Automotive shifts up a gear with $1b deal for CanadaOne Auto in its first move offshore

Eagers Automotive (ASX: APE) is investing more than $1 billion for ...

Green technology group Sircel launches Australia’s first printed circuit board e-waste recovery line

Green technology group Sircel launches Australia’s first printed circuit board e-waste recovery line

NSW-based green technology company Sircel is tackling one of the mo...

Report shows startups' outsized contribution to Australian job creation and economic growth

Report shows startups' outsized contribution to Australian job creation and economic growth

Young companies that have been around for five years or less a...

US investor Advent International swoops on fast-growing share services platform Automic Group

US investor Advent International swoops on fast-growing share services platform Automic Group

US private equity group Advent International is acquiring Sydney-ba...

Enhance Labs raises $2.3m in pre-seed round to tackle the frustration of ‘AI slop’

Enhance Labs raises $2.3m in pre-seed round to tackle the frustration of ‘AI slop’

Brisbane-based startup Enhance Labs has raised $2.3 million in pre-...

Singaporean VC backs Australian female-focused crowdfunding platform Lift Women in $1.3m raise

Singaporean VC backs Australian female-focused crowdfunding platform Lift Women in $1.3m raise

After supporting 363 crowdfunding rounds for female-led startu...

Amber’s offshore renewable push gets $10m boost backed by UK energy utility E.ON Next

Amber’s offshore renewable push gets $10m boost backed by UK energy utility E.ON Next

Melbourne-based electricity retailer Amber has secured $10 mil...

Radio star Southern Cross Media getting back into television with Seven West Media merger

Radio star Southern Cross Media getting back into television with Seven West Media merger

After spending the past few years exiting the television market in ...