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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

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

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

5 ways to minimise distraction and maximise discipline

What you drink, how you sleep, and your ability to set worries aside can all help high performers achieve their goals. Here are 5 best practices you can follow.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Puralink dredges up $2.3m seed round for autonomous pipe robot

2025 has been a year for the books for three 25-year-old founders. After participating in Cicada’s founder program and the Startmate accelerator, the brains behind Puralink have closed an oversubscribed seed round led by Peak XV.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Why critical thinking is so crucial in the AI era

Success now depends less on accessing data and more on making sense of it, writes Bethan Winn. Critical thinking helps us do exactly that. Here’s how to sharpen your skills.

  • By Bethan Winn

OpenAI to open Sydney office as ChatGPT use explodes in Australia

Atlassian, Canva, and CBA already have contracts with the Silicon Valley-headquartered tech disruptor. A new office opening in Sydney this year expands OpenAI’s reach in Australia.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Butter: The anti-establishment app working to get you offline and breaking bread IRL

Founded just a year ago in Melbourne, Butter has secured 10,000 users, a $260,000 investment from ‘day one’ investor Antler, and a $2.2 million valuation. The problem it is solving is universal: loneliness.

  • By Shivaune Field
  • Business Journalist

Who owns AI at work? The case for distributed stewardship

Opinion: AI capabilities demand we rethink not just how we can use it during the workday, but how we govern, shape, and integrate it into our organisations. With this comes a question echoing through many companies right now – who owns AI at work?

  • By Greta Bradman
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