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Australia’s ADHD system made him ‘snap’. Now he’s raised millions to build a new one

Andrew Forrest’s Tenmile and the founders of Go1 have backed a new venture seeking to simplify ADHD assessment and treatment. Seven years ago Zac Altman sold his traveltech startup LoungeBuddy to American Express. Now, following a stint as a VP at the finance giant, Altman has raised $3.5 million in seed funding for a venture […]

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist

SafetyCulture has a new name – and an insurance bet to match

Luke Anear has wanted to change the name of the company he founded for years. Now SafetyCulture has become Mittle as the $2.4 billion startup reshapes itself for the AI era.

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist
Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes announcing the $937 million acquisition of The Browser Company in a video posted on September 4, 2025. Photo by Atlassian/YouTube.

‘Nary a blip’: Mike Cannon-Brookes says Atlassian is taming AI costs

As Canva struggles with rising AI bills, Atlassian told investors that Rovo AI usage will impact margins for FY27. But CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes maintains AI is the “best thing” to happen to Atlassian.

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist

Indigenous edtech platform championed at TechDiversity 2026 Awards

A free app to help Australians quit smoking and “flight simulator for healthcare” were among other award winners at the 2026 TechDiversity Awards in Sydney. An AI-powered edtech platform that helps corporations build inclusive workplaces for First Nations cultures has been awarded the TechDiversity Champion title, the highest honour bestowed at the annual Tech Diversity […]

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist

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Why Wollongong is the proving ground for Canva’s Global Goals platform

Canva’s new initiative, Global Goals, aims to crowdsource humanity’s aspirations. A coastal city south of Sydney – with long-established roots in Australia’s most successful consumer platform – is key to pulling it off.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

The spark behind the charge: how Tim Washington built Australia’s EV infrastructure giant

From lawyer to labourer to EV pioneer, Tim Washington transformed JET Charge from a two-person start-up into Australia’s leading charging infrastructure giant.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Why this startup is strapping cameras to housekeepers’ heads in India

Twenty-four-year-old founder Anjali Sardana wants to give domestic workers in India a share in the AI gold rush by sending them into people’s homes to collect training data for U.S. AI companies.

  • By Rashi Shrivastava

How two Sydney engineers turned a camping problem into a global award winner

Sydney startup Bound created the Looplock device just two years ago. This is what the founders of the reusable roll-top bag seal went through to bring it to market. Long before accepting an award on stage in Essen, Germany, Ryan Burke and Luke Hamilton were cleaning spilled flour, coffee grinds, and pasta out of the […]

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

AI made founding a startup easier than ever – but VC data shows funding is getting harder

It is true that AI has made creating a software startup easier, but data from Cut Through Venture indicates getting funding may be another story.

  • By Daniel Van Boom
  • Business Journalist
Elli Hanson

Australian startups punch above their weight. Coming from America, I think I know why

Opinion: Australian startups turn modest venture capital funding into global companies more efficiently than anywhere on earth. The reasons are in the dirt and distance, argues partner at Side Stage Ventures, Elli Hanson

  • By Elli Hanson - Contributor
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