Startups

How this Aussie startup is helping businesses understand the financial impact of climate change

Profiles

Kurtis Eichler

13 May 2022

XDI, an adaptive climate startup headquartered at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide, helps global businesses assess the impacts of climate change to their investments.

How a data-pivot helped My Muscle Chef grow from $27 million in revenue to $200 million

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Strategy

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Three years ago the co-founders of My Muscle Chef decided to pivot from a food business to a food tech business, a move which saw the business grow to making more than $200 million in revenue.

How knowledge sharing helped The Plant Runner grow its customer base by 140% in 12 months

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Inspiration

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The Plant Runner founders Dominic Hooghuis and Duncan Hilder have discovered that sharing knowledge with your customers can have lasting payoffs.

How Brett Birkill started fresh after selling his business for more than $10 million

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Inspiration

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While moving into an entirely new industry after succeeding in one business isn’t straightforward, Brett Birkill believes there are universal lessons you can apply from one to another.

Meet the founders rebuilding their startup from scratch — and live streaming the whole thing

Profiles

Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

21 January 2022

MilestonePay is undergoing a renovation. But rather than being stripped back and rebuilt behind closed doors, its makeover will be very public.

Mental health startup Inspiretek eyes $50 million valuation and US launch following seed round

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Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

14 January 2022

Inspiretek has just closed a $2.5 million seed round, and is already gearing up for a Series A that will value the business at $50 million.

Q&A: Why Brighte’s Katherine McConnell was right to “bet the house” on renewable energy tech

Climate Change: The Silver Linings

Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

28 October 2021

Renewable energy has never been a hotter topic. But back in 2015 Brighte founder Katherine McConnell had already seen the opportunity, and was willing to bet her house on it.

Need a lift? How Gilmour Space Technologies is competing with SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Orbit to send startups into space

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Strategy

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The family-run space startup set itself the high ambition of sending an Australian-made rocket into space in 2022.

Do women-owned ventures need more female investors? Solai Valliappan thinks so

Female Entrepreneurs

Jessie Tu

9 April 2021

The young tech investor turned a page in her life when she realised the gross shortage of women in the tech investment space, and particularly women of colour.

“You’re on mute”: How Alan Jones turned his love for a pithy T-shirt into $3,500 for charity

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Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

18 December 2020

Alan Jones (the good one) bloody loves a T-shirt. So, this year, he created his own range of tees, while raising money for a good cause.