Entrepreneurs

Khaby Lame, the 25-year-old Italian content creator known for his tight-lipped comedy skits, has sold his company Step Distinctive Limited

The round is led by Blackbird, which participated in the Series A raise less than a year ago. New investors include Costanoa Ventures, Uncork Capital, Fika Ventures, GD1 and Icehouse Ventures. 

The London-based startup is helping creators make millions by giving fans access to exclusive content. Can its AI tools help it outcompete incumbents like Patreon and OnlyFans?

Sali and Byron Bay chocolatier Emica Penklis are rewriting the cacao rulebook and facing one of the sweetest problems a business can have: organic demand outstripping supply.

If 2025 taught us anything, it’s that Australians no longer travel to tick boxes. We are travelling to reconnect with place, with people, and with how travel makes us feel.

From rich lists and tech entrepreneurs to the safest countries in the world – here are the 10 stories that Forbes readers loved in 2025.

Founded in 2017 by Hayley and Andy Worley, Sheet Society has become one of Australia’s fastest-growing bedding brands. Now, the company is entering its next chapter with a national retail rollout – and giving ‘room service’ a new meaning.

Bruna Papandrea says the television show she executive produced, Big Little Lies, revealed a long-overlooked gap in television: compelling, women-led stories.

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.