Haléau, the debut brand from former Gritty Pretty founder and beauty influencer Eleanor Pendleton, reached six figures in under a month – the result of three years, $200,000 and a few ‘calculated risks’.
Nick Mowbray is working from home, a 12-bedroom mansion in Coatesville, New Zealand. It’s the former abode of cyber-renegade Kim Dotcom, and it’s here that Dotcom was arrested by heavily armed police in 2012.
Founder-turned-psychologist Byron McCaughey is reframing how Australia’s entrepreneurs think about success with Sublime Studio, a membership for mental fitness.
Putting real women first, simplifying beauty, and telling it like it is has made Bobbi Brown a TikTok sensation and one of Time’s “100 Most Influential People.” Here is why she’s resonates with a new generation.
The founders of Leonardo.AI and Active Hotels chipped in on the raise, which will help to launch up to 4 new ventures a year.
Almost 15 years ago, 20 Australian founders reached into their pockets and created a $200k community fund. Over the last year, Startmate portfolio companies have added a billion dollars in value, and secured another international celebrity investor.
Robotics is projected to be worth $165 billion by 2029. Alloy Robotics founder and CEO Joe Harris has found a way to dig through the firehose of data that robots produce to find the 1% that matters.
Women aren’t a niche market; we are half the population. And motherhood isn’t a side issue; it’s one of the most universal human experiences, writes Michelle Battersby.
2025 has been a year for the books for three 25-year-old founders. After participating in Cicada’s founder program and the Startmate accelerator, the brains behind Puralink have closed an oversubscribed seed round led by Peak XV.
Having just secured a $23 million Series A fundraise, 25-year-old Grace Brown’s humanoid, Abi, is inspired by, and will soon be designed by, Hollywood animators.