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Entrepreneurs

Forget search, Perplexity VP says answers, trust, and subscriptions are paramount

Ryan Foutty articulated Perplexity’s vision for the digital economy at SXSW Sydney. The economic structure of the internet is fundamentally realigning to prioritise quality, brand, and user efficiency over click revenue, he says

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

How Bill Fairies bootstrapped a $12.5m ‘conscious gifting’ model

Sitting atop the Ritz-Carlton in Melbourne, Bill Fairies co-founders Jenny Ghabrial and Sophia Symeou explain how a moment of financial struggle led to a bootstrapped tech company that turns gift-giving into practical financial support.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Why so few women get funded in Australia: the founder experience is broken

Opinion: Two per cent of global funding goes to women-only teams. Brittany Fox is an outlier, having raised a $1.2m seed round for her startup Neevam last month. Here’s why she still believes the fundraising journey is broken.

  • By Brittany Fox

Why Bobbi Brown is still the original beauty influencer

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.

  • By Karin Eldor

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startups

Venture Studio Nakatomi pulls in $3.5m to ‘back and build’ Aussie startups

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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

How can AI impact population-level mental wellbeing? Significantly.

If organisations and governments don’t prepare for coming changes, we risk AI giving us more time but less belonging, leaving societies lonelier, less trusting, and less resilient, writes Greta Bradman.

  • By Greta Bradman

Australia’s innovation crisis: The case for a national tech scale-up ecosystem

Australia ranks below Botswana for economic complexity, writes Greg Miller. Our only hope for remaining internationally competitive is to grow the things we invent to a size that matters on the world stage.

  • By Greg Miller
Big returns and big names investing in Startmate’s startups

From centre court to Silicon Valley: The big names betting on Startmate startups

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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Alloy Robotics emerges from stealth with $4.5m pre-seed from Blackbird, Airtree and Skip Capital

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.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist
Michelle Battersby

Motherhood is not a setback. It’s a superpower – and can drive the next femtech unicorn

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.

  • By Michelle Battersby - Contributor
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