Tag: Startups

Spender on tax reform and new business formation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Independent MP Allegra Spender has used a speech to the National Press Club about personal tax reform to argue for a broader policy agenda that would improve new business...

NSW dethroned as top VC state

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Funding for Victorian startups almost tripled to $2.2 billion last year on the back of AirWallex’s $730 million in later stage raises, rocketing the state past NSW for the...

Startups win from procurement rule shift, but barriers remain

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Startups and small businesses can better access Commonwealth contracts after last year’s procurement rules changes, a Canberra founder says, but dense tender infrastructure and duplicative processes are keeping many...

Stone & Chalk chief Chris Kirk to step down in April

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Chris Kirk will step down as chief executive at innovation hub operator Stone & Chalk in April, in what the company has labelled a “planned and considered transition” of...

Sydney startup banks $6.1m for AI security platform

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A Sydney-founded startup developing a platform to catch and prevent security flaws in AI-generated code has raised $6.1 million in a seed round led by US investment firm Paladin...

Muster uncovers a retreat from startup sector employment

Posted on   |  by James Riley
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman’s prediction that the world’s first billion-dollar startup built by a single person with a laptop is coming soon is an unsettling vision of progress....

Victoria to dismantle LaunchVic in cost-cutting drive

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Victoria’s startup development agency will be dismantled as part of cost-cutting measures in the Silver review, while the state government has signalled changes to its venture capital fund to...