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California recently became the first US state to pass legislation on diversity in venture capital in a bid to increase funding to female-founded start-ups. But Jessy Wu, newly-appointed partner at Australia’s AfterWork Ventures, says a “paint by numbers” view of diversity has never sat well with her. She discusses her start-up story, what she sees […]
Editor-in-Chief Sarah O’Carroll on AI, inflation, and what else to expect from Forbes Australia’s 8th issue. This time last year, the world hadn’t heard of ChatGPT. But since the generative AI tool’s launch by OpenAI on November 30, 2022, there’s been little else the tech sector has talked about. But if 2023 was the year of the great AI revolution, 2024 looks set to […]
Peter Freedman, 100% owner of Rode Microphones, is promising to catapult the company started by his dad and which was almost destroyed by his youthful exuberance – to the top of the pro audio league. He’s just closed the biggest deal of his life to buy US audio company Mackie for $200m – and he’s […]
Frenchman Geoffroy Henry moved to Australia in 2013 and, seven years later, he launched a start-up to mobilise the nation’s truckies and optimise logistics at a time when all focus was on supply chains. Today, his business Ofload has raised more than $80 million in capital – but Henry says his biggest challenge is narrowing […]
The 26-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer has his sights set on becoming a boxing world champion, and building a billion-dollar business while he’s at it. “Boxing will humble you really quickly. There’s no cutting corners.” To many, Jake Paul’s parlay from YouTuber to boxer seems erratic. Going from one of the most highly sought after professions to being […]
Taryn Williams’ bio is as long as her hair is short. She founded three businesses: modelling agency WINK Models, booking marketplace theright.fit and social media marketing agency, The Influencers Agency. After exiting businesses two and three in 2023, she launched #Gifted. A sabbatical is on the horizon, but for now, there’s just too much to […]
Larry Diamond and Peter Gray enjoyed early success with their buy now, pay later company Zip, formerly Zip Co, when it launched in 2013. By 2019, their company had reached a $1 billion valuation. But as investor sentiment around the buy now, pay later industry soured, so did the company’s share price. It’s now near […]
Artisse AI: Aiming to help guys get more dates … and destroy the photography, modelling and advertising industries while it’s at it. Artisse AI founder William Wu was in South Korea working with a K-pop agency trying to create a virtual idol for his blockchain gaming business, Catheon Gaming, when the idea hit. The images […]
From ChatGPT to facial and voice recognition, autonomous vehicles to robotics, artificial intelligence is the talk of the town. Meet the investors trying to gain real exposure to the sector and the companies poised to benefit from its meteoric rise. Subscribe to Forbes Australia for full access to this and all articles today Subscribe Already a […]
The Zambrero Mexican restaurant chain accounts for just half of Sam Prince’s $1.57-billion fortune. And after an existential shock in 2016, he’s pivoted his priorities back to business, with plans to make much more from what he says will be entrepreneurship’s next big thing. Forbes Australia Issue 7 is out now. Tap here to secure […]