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Thursday, March 11, 2021

Is Australia on the Cusp of a Silicon Valley type tech boom?

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Tech editor for the AFR , Paul Smith’s takeout from the AFR summit is    that Australia can become the new tech hub.  Anthony Eisen of    Af...
Friday, March 05, 2021

KarbonHQ raises US$10m making raise to date US$17m

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KarbonHQ seems to be on a rocket ship to growth,    having raised a $US10m investment from @FiveElms that will accelerate Karbon's evolu...
Thursday, March 04, 2021

Fintech Athena disrupting the Legacy Banks core business - home loans!

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Gotta luv the combination of how ex NAB execs, Nathan Walsh and Michael Starkey of Home Loan provider, Athena,    have used the powerful co...
Friday, February 26, 2021

Afterpay going full tilt into USA

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Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen’s Afterpay has been a story that has given its Investors a pay day and something  to talk about all year - wit...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

HeadSpin Raises $60M Series C Round at a $1.16 Billion

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On-Track to Hit $100M in Annual Recurring Revenue in Early 2020 Just Over Four Years After Inception, New Investment Will Help HeadSpin Dee...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Elivio exits to Dixa for $US15m with a $3m ARR

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Elevio (whose ARR is circa $3m) has exited to Dixa in a cash and share deal worth circa US$15m, providing a significant exit for its backer...

Join us with JR as we talk and collaborate around teams

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Join me next Thursday 25 February - we will be talking teams -  if you believe you have something to contribute - register as my guest to jo...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Artesian set to launch new AI accelerator and $100m fund

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The Fund The Victoria Government , Launch Vic and Artesian capital - have launched Boab AI , an artificial intelligence accelerator and vent...

Australian VC cashed up to invest in Startups in 2021

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The Australian startup investment environment has remained robust during the Pandemic Year, where VCs have raised record levels of funding ...
Monday, February 15, 2021

It’s been a big few weeks in Social Media and Digital!

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Bumble - the online dating company raised nearly $2.2 billion in its IPO, then saw its shares climb more than 60% on their first day of trad...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

It’s all about your team

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Great insight by Bernard Desmidt     Teams are the predominant unit of organisational performance.  So, given high performing teams are so ...
Friday, January 15, 2021

5 ingredients of innovation

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Customer Problem Innovation doesn’t start with an idea, it starts with a problem. A customer problem. And finding the right customer problem...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Hobart Startup - Biteable Raises $7m Series A

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Biteable - an online video platform and template-based online video builder has raised a    $7 million Series A round making total raise to...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Fintech - Go Cardless raises $90 million making total raise to date $240m

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London-based fintech, GoCardless , Has raised a Series F of    $95 million Led By Bain Capital Ventures-making a total raise to date of $240...
Friday, December 18, 2020

Australia Young Enterpreneur of the year award goes to GO1

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The Entrepreneur Trailblazer  of the year award goes to the Sydney team at GO1 , which has scaled their online training business with the h...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Square Peg’s latest $600 million investment brings fun to $1.4b

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The Square Peg Melbourne team: Dan Krasnostein, Jenna Sheils, Paul Bassat, Leila Lee, and Ben Hensman. Photo: supplied Square Peg Capital h...
Friday, December 11, 2020

It’s all about the culture - says Brian Chesky - who has just listed AirB&B for 100B

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On Monday, October 21, 2013, Brian Chesky sent a letter to his team - which , I believe shows the framework of his success - why he had som...