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Chinese VC looks to the world

China may be nominally communist, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have venture capitalists. In a very big way. They get together every year, in Beijing’s Arctic January weather,...

Venture funding is in rude health

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian venture capital industry is reaching new stages of maturity and would continue to grow with or without government support, according to Innovation Bay co-founder Ian Gardiner. Venture...

Salesforce offers $70M Australia fund

Posted on   |  by James Riley
American tech giant Salesforce has launched a $70 million-plus venture capital fund in Australia, but funding will only go towards startups in the company’s own “ecosystem”. The $US50 million...

Aussie AgTech dramatically behind

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia is “losing a race we should be winning” on AgTech, with local investment in the sector “dramatically behind” the rest of the world, a new report has found....

StartupLand posts capital record

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian startups and fast growing tech companies raised more than $3.5 billion across more than 730 separate investments in the financial year to the end of June, according to...

Aussie VC soars, but it’s lumpy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The amount of venture capital invested in Australia has soared to a record high, but with a lower number of deals there are concerns about a remaining funding gap...

VC: Future Fund must do more

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While the federal opposition has welcomed the investment of Future Fund money into local VC firm Blackbird, shadow digital economy spokesman Ed Husic says Labor will be watching closely...

Angel tax data revealed by ATO

Posted on   |  by James Riley
More than 300 early-stage startups shared in about $300 million in investments from angel investors in what the government says underscores the effectiveness of its angel investor tax incentives....

Innovation and corporate muscle

Posted on   |  by James Riley
An expansion to the regulatory sandbox scheme and tax incentives for big businesses to back startups should be on the cards to help build a bridge between corporates and...

FinTechs get a new tax makeover

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australian FinTech startups will be included in the range of angel and venture capital investor incentives and tax breaks on offer under new legislation, but concerns have been raised...