This Month
How perfumer Jo Malone regained her mojo after losing her sense of smell
The UK entrepreneur sold her first global brand to Estée Lauder after chemotherapy destroyed her olfactory system. Her drive to build another business followed a complete recovery.
- Lauren Sams
- Opinion
- Funding
The ‘missing middle’ stopping Australia from being a deep tech force
To see bold ambitions in areas like quantum computing, robotics and AI come to fruition, Australia must match rival countries and grow the “M” of its SMEs.
- Sally-Ann Williams
- Exclusive
- Funding
VC pitching platform helps founders find investors
It can be a nightmare for entrepreneurs to access backers for their start-ups, but some of the biggest investors in the industry are jumping on a new online marketplace.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
November
The consultancy that’s Australia’s fastest young company
These partners turned their extensive experience in defence and aviation into a Canberra-based consultancy that has grown by 3500 per cent.
- Michael Bailey
- Opinion
- Property prices
High house prices are killing off our new entrepreneurs
Business start-ups are declining among younger generations and rocketing property prices may be to blame. That’s bad for the economy.
- John Kehoe
October
One of the fastest growing categories for Young Rich Listers – vanity
Australian beauty brands have pushed out the established labels, from toothpaste to tanning, with a little product innovation and a lot of savvy marketing.
- Lauren Sams
Collapsed Providoor re-emerges, bringing celeb chef meals to your home
The high-end restaurant marketplace has been scooped up by Sam Benjamin, who runs Sydney-based Seventh Street Ventures.
- Paul Smith
September
He sold his tech firm for $850m, so why did Chris Strode start again?
After making his fortune, the Aussie entrepreneur started buying up rundown motels, but a new tech idea caught his interest and he is back on the tools.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
- Exclusive
- Funding
Entrepreneurs get $28.5m for new start-up, after big money exit
After selling their respective companies, two founders have banked $28.5 million from Singaporean VCs for their new e-commerce software start-up.
- Tess Bennett
How to run a property business from your super fund
A reader asks whether his SMSF can start a self-storage enterprise where he owns the land and the fund buys the rest.
- John Wasiliev
August
Silicon Valley star says it’s easier to find start-up success in Australia
Richard Joffe built and sold two successful tech companies in the US. He is now building well-backed Honey Insurance from Sydney and says some things are far less difficult here.
- Paul Smith
The Australian-born Apple exec who’s solving a swimwear problem
She’s a chief of staff during the day and business owner by night, but this woman added another string to her bow after a fruitless search for swim shorts.
- Lauren Sams
July
- Exclusive
- Mergers & acquisitions
‘I’m the new Melanie Perkins’: Liven aims high with four acquisitions
Hospitality tech firm Liven has kept a relatively low profile for a tech start-up, but it has now completed a $152m acquisition spree and has big expectations.
- Paul Smith
VC firm chairman not ‘fit and proper’ to run mum’s estate
The firm which dealt with migrants had described the chairman’s experiences glowingly.
- Liam Walsh
- Investigation
- Immigration
Millions frozen in venture capital land as investor visas go awry
Prospective migrants hoping to secure a pathway into Australia are alleging that botched financing agreements have made it difficult to enter the country.
- Liam Walsh
Why the boss of this $7b company is wary about the hype around ChatGPT
Pro Medicus CEO Sam Hupert also says the company has benefited from an early decision to remain debt-free.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
‘We’re not starting at zero. Women start at minus 1000’
Female-founded start-ups receive less than 1 per cent of private investment in Australia. The Business Council of Australia plans to fix that.
- Tom McIlroy
Aussie start-up battles ChatGPT and Bard with $US50m from US backers
Secure Code Warrior get huge cash injection to work on an AI platform that could one day write highly secure code for customers.
- John Davidson
Meet the teen entrepreneur who raised $700,000 from VCs at 16
In between playing sports and studying for exams, 17-year-old Nick Mihailou is building an AI program to help kids study for the HSC.
- Euan Black
- Investigation
- Young Rich
Robert Bates used fake bank transfer to buy Francesca Packer a diamond
The wellness start-up founder, who is being pursued by his investors for more than $15 million, claimed that the ring was a fake and refused to pay for it.
- Jessica Sier
