Profiles
How Linktree scored 2.7 million global users in three years — including the likes of Alicia Keys, Red Bull and Pearl Jam
Created as a side-hustle to solve a simple problem, Melbourne startup Linktree has well outgrown its roots, raking in $3 million in annual r…
Neo or not, all banks rely on debt: Why fintech Douugh wants to disrupt the system, not just challenge it
Australia’s neobank scene has been heating up for the past year or so, with new digital banks racing to get up and running with viable alt…
OrderMate founders pump $2 million into new startup that improves dining out without screwing over small businesses
Having bootstrapped their first startup from their garage, OrderMate co-founders Mark Calabro and Shannon Hautot have now taken $2 million o…
“A symbol for something”: The SpaceX-inspired startup helping fight cancer, one T-shirt at a time
When SpaceX made history in 2017 by landing the first reusable rocket, humanity took a big step towards becoming a multi-planet species.
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“Two-and-a-half jobs”: Meet the entrepreneur giving a boost to mums in business
We all know startup life is tough. Add an infant and a toddler into the mix, and suddenly, every challenge is multiplied tenfold somehow.
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Sparkly black holes: Two ex-Googlers have launched a STEM-focused storytelling game for girls
A few months after a chance meeting at Google’s Creative Labs in 2016, animator Deborah Ho received a call from neuroscientist Annabel Bla…
The power of a cuppa: How two Melbourne founders got their ‘world-first’ tea brand into Woolworths
A pair of Melbourne founders have raised $1 million and launched in over 1,000 stores after just eight months, all thanks to some hard work,…
Tech Virgin: Why this founder left the family business to follow in the footsteps of his entrepreneurial idols
Up until three years ago, Devika founder Ken Kencevski was rising in the ranks of his family automotive business. Now, he’s struck out on …
Furrst class: Meet the Aussie startup partnering with Delta Airlines to revolutionise pet travel
After moving to Singapore with her dog in 2014, Australian startup founder Jenny Pan came to a sudden realisation: what airlines use to tran…
TripAdvisor for pets: How Lumi the groodle caused these founders to leave their corporate jobs for startupland
For Pupsy founders Tommi Nordstrom and Rafaela Salzer, becoming pet parents to their groodle Lumi didn’t just lead them to a life of long …
