Startups

OneVentures is growing its healthcare and biotech portfolio, with a focus on women-led startups

Female Entrepreneurs

Bianca Healey

29 April 2022

OneVentures has built out its senior leadership team with women as it eyes $1 billion in funds under management by 2023.

Sharper lending algorithms and “more affluent” users turning Beforepay to profitability, CEO says

Finance

David Adams

29 April 2022

The fortunes of pay-in-advance fintech Beforepay appeared to shift on Thursday, after a new report contrasted losses against rapid customer growth and a significant reduction in debt write-offs.

Food marketplace ChefPrep raises $3 million less than a year after launching to kickstart growth

Hospitality

Bianca Healey

28 April 2022

Sydney meal delivery marketplace ChefPrep raised $3 million in a seed round led by Artesian Ventures and US VC firm Global Founders Capital.

Australian fintech Stake raises a further $50 million as it gears up to launch crypto trading

Cryptocurrency

Bianca Healey

27 April 2022

Australian digital share trading platform Stake has raised a further $50 million via a cash injection from US VC Tiger Global.

This award-winning startup is getting ready to take its methane-eliminating seaweed feedstock to market. Will it work?

Agribusiness

Nigel Bowen

27 April 2022

Sea Forest, a Tasmanian startup that produces a seaweed-based, methane-emission-reducing cattle-feed additive, is gearing up to go to market.

Payroll software startup Deel expands its ANZ footprint, with new local clients SafetyCulture, Linktree and Zoomo

Remote Work

Bianca Healey

22 April 2022

Deel supplies compliance and payroll platforms that enable businesses to hire and onboard remote staff.

My biggest mistake: Anaita Sarkar, founder of Hero Packaging

Plus exclusive

My Biggest Mistake

Startup Advice

What happens when you get so excited over an idea for a new product that you forget to do your due diligence? For Anaita Sarkar, it meant losing a lot of time, motivation, and $55,000.

Why this executive believes a Kiwi auto parts startup could replicate Amazon’s growth

Startup News

Bianca Healey

21 April 2022

Former Amazon executive Tony Austin wants to apply the strategies of global logistics giants to New Zealand automotive startup Partly.

Auto tech startup Splend secures $150 million to build a fleet of 10,000 EVs by 2024

Startup News

Bianca Healey

21 April 2022

Splend is a subscription business that provides cars to rideshare and delivery drivers, along with vehicle financing tailored to the sector.

Peter Strong: Worker shortages are hurting Aussie businesses, but politicians aren’t talking about it this election

Election 2022

Peter Strong

21 April 2022

In this election the one message from small business that seems to be missing from all sides is the shortage of workers.