This Month
Blackbird-backed HR start-up shuts down due to lack of demand
The employee feedback start-up’s founder admitted there was little customer demand for her business despite having raised almost $10 million three years ago.
- Amelia McGuire
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht take Canva to the next level
The founders were busier than ever before their bumper US listing, nailing some early challenges to propel them onto the Business People of the Year list.
- Paul Smith
WiseTech board is team White, and ‘Richard’s not going anywhere’
Richard White’s successor as WiseTech CEO will be free to practise the same “creative abrasion” style of leadership that invited accusations of bullying.
- Tess Bennett
What’s next for Google’s search monopoly?
Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling could cause enormous ripple effects, potentially reshaping the internet.
- David McCabe and Nico Grant
- Opinion
- Technology & democracy
Break up big tech to save competition, democracy and the climate
To save the European Green Deal and restore economic competitiveness, the EU’s new antitrust push must rein in these companies’ enormous power.
- Cori Crider
November
‘Black Friday sale on VPNs’: Social media ban faces early obstacles
Big tech has 12 months to comply with new laws that block children under 16 from accessing platforms, setting up Australia as a high-profile test case for the globe.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Rocket stock Pro Medicus redefines what’s possible
The medical software company is the sort of investment that makes you glad your job does not decide on picking whether it is a market winner or loser.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
New rules for spotting ASX tech stars point to these 15 stocks
The Rule of 40 is an old-school metric of tech success. But Goldman Sachs says that with a few tweaks, it can also improve returns for ASX investors.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Fast 100
The fast movers’ secret to beating their rivals
The best of the nation’s small companies love their customers and know them well.
- Victoria Thieberger
Revealed: Australia’s fastest-growing companies in 2024
In a tough consumer environment, this year’s Fast 100 and Fast Starters finalists have managed to find their niche.
- Victoria Thieberger
This start-up grew by 2300pc in a year
Blake Thompson, who says he was once a little “off the rails”, and his business partner pulled in revenue growth over 2300 per cent.
- Primrose Riordan
‘Find your niche’: The hard lessons of building tech companies
IND Technology has made the rare leap from academia to commercial success, while legal tech start-up Nexl nearly failed but is now growing rapidly in the US.
- Paul Smith
Start-up stars: what’s happened to tech’s Class of 2021
VC firms that wrote huge cheques on very generous valuations in 2021 are now nervously watching Australia’s most heavily backed start-ups. How are they going now?
- Tess Bennett
Death tech a safe bet as investors see value in digitising last requests
The inevitability of the end of life, and the administrative burdens that come with it, convinced high-profile investors to back a $17 million funding round.
- Paul Smith
Dovetail employee sues start-up and founder over personal relationship
The survey analytics software company, which sealed its status as a unicorn with a $1 billion valuation in late 2021, is backed by large funds such as Blackbird.
- Amelia McGuire
- Exclusive
- Wisetech Global
WiseTech awarded equipment contract to White’s lover
The WiseTech board is investigating a series of transactions between the technology company and a former lover of founder Richard White.
- Max Mason, Nick McKenzie and Kate McClymont
Investors cheer TechnologyOne’s earnings surprise
Shares in the Brisbane-based enterprise software firm soared on evidence a new sales model and UK growth were helping it take on giants like SAP.
- Paul Smith
EQT targets $22.4bn for private capital Asia fund, launches roadshow
The firm has put a $22.4 billion ($US14.5 billion) hard cap on its BPEA Private Equity Fund IX fund raise.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Software unicorn SafetyCulture to be run from New York with new CEO
SafetyCulture’s founder Luke Anear says he never really wanted to be chief executive, and that the company may be more likely to go public under Kelly Vohs.
- Amelia McGuire
Advent Partners seeks buyer for SaaS biz Medtech; calls in bankers
Advent Partners made its investors a four-times return with Compass Education. Now it’s keen to replicate that success with healthcare SaaS Medtech.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
