Entrepreneurs

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.

Despite decades of medical progress, women’s health remains chronically under-researched and underfunded, writes Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks.

The grand finale of the pitch competition will be judged by VCs Bill Tai and Kim Jackson, and founders Lars Rasmussen and Lucy Guo. Twenty-one of Australia’s most innovative startups will take to the SXSW Sydney stage to pitch their companies next month. Thirteen of them are from NSW, five are based in Victoria, and […]