Entrepreneurs

A former Canva software engineer and Westpac product manager have teamed up to bring ‘Loftia’ to life. Some big name US gaming firms are getting on board to make it happen.

Pierson has cozied up to everyone from Diane Von Furstenberg to Selena Gomez, burnishing her image as her businesses unraveled. A case study in how hubris is bad for business.

The inventors, entrepreneurs and wealth-builders on the fifth annual 50 Over 50 list are using the wisdom and confidence earned from age to leave the world better than they found it.

Founded six months ago, Source is led by 18-year-old wunderkid Liam Fuller. Square Peg led the raise when Fuller was 17, making him the youngest founder in the portfolio. Ten13 VC and Aussie angels have written checks too.

Stockholm-based Lovable has hit over $100 million in annualized revenue in just eight months by using AI to enable millions of non-coders to instantly turn their ideas into websites, apps and online side hustles.

Hardware founder Olivia Orchowski can see enormous potential in creating a wearable ring to track the menstrual cycles of Gen Alpha women. Monetising it without applying a subscription fee to access that data is the next hurdle.

From biology to the built world, these 23 homegrown deep tech startups are innovating their way to the future.

Serial entrepreneur Jaimee Lupton, the brains behind MONDAY haircare (which brought in about $300 million in sales in 2024), has taken aim at Generation Alpha with body-care and fragrance brand DAISE. Now, that’s on track to become a US$100 million (AU$153 million) brand in its first year.

Sydney’s startup ecosystem is valued at $55 billion in the 2025 Global Startup Ecosystem Rankings. Melbourne is a third of that, at $18 billion.

The borders between Creators and showbiz are blurring.