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Around $200 million whole a good fit for Square Peg
11:52PM | Monday, 2 November 2015 | Denham Sadler
A new $200 million venture fund is set to be launched in Australia, with Square Peg Capital announcing plans to raise the money from its existing investors as well as some new faces.
Becoming a franchisee | Venture CapitalShare drive: ASX courting startups to list
10:13PM | Friday, 30 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
The ASX is currently embarking on a big pitch to convince more startups to go public, and to this end has been prominent at the SydStart conference .
| Financing a businessWith a $40 million kitty what Scout Ventures is looking for in an Aussie startup
10:30PM | Thursday, 29 October 2015 | Kye White
New York-based venture capital firm Scout Ventures is launching a $40 million Australian branch.
| Venture CapitalFreelancer’s Matt Barrie talks horse sense about selling, investment and investors
10:59PM | Thursday, 29 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
Startup founders saying they have to raise money before they start selling a product is “absolute horse shit”, Freelancer CEO Matt Barrie says.
| Growth Strategy | Financing a businessHomejoy comes clean on why it failed – or perhaps not
10:02PM | Wednesday, 28 October 2015 | Kye White
When on-demand cleaning startup Homejoy shutdown, legal problems were blamed, now former employees allege the company had bigger problems.
| Financing a businessWorkers given the quick flick
10:13AM | Wednesday, 28 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
Troubled video streaming service Quickflix has cut more than 20% of its staff in an effort to survive the Netflix revolution.
| Financing a businessCapital punishment: What’s holding the Aussie startup scene back
10:29PM | Tuesday, 27 October 2015 | Peter Bradd
If Australia’s startup ecosystem pitched its credentials on the world stage today, how would we rate?
| Planning | Venture Capital“Every single business needs legal”: LawPath raises $1.3 million
10:15PM | Tuesday, 27 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
Founders need to find investors that are ready to be fully involved in the whole journey and who share the same vision for the startup, LawPath CEO Damien Andreasen says.
| Financing a businessDrone funding continues to soar
10:57PM | Friday, 23 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
Funding for drone-based startups has hit an all-time high this quarter for the third time in a row and the lucrative market shows no signs of slowing down.
| Venture CapitalSeedy state: iLab ready to Germinate more Queensland startups
10:36PM | Friday, 23 October 2015 | Kye White
There’s no better time than now to be a Queensland startup, according to iLab director Bernie Woodcroft, with early stage accelerator program Germinate accepting applications.
| Business ideas | Financing a businessFurther Yatango divisions collapse into voluntary administration
10:31PM | Friday, 23 October 2015 | Eloise Keating
Two further businesses in the Yatango group of companies have entered voluntary administration, less than a month after its mobile division also collapsed.
| Financing a businessCrowd teaser: Equity crowdfunding draft legislation pushed back
10:23PM | Wednesday, 21 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
Labor criticised the government for being “all talk” when it comes to innovation, after plans to produce draft legislation for equity crowdfunding were pushed back to the end of the year.
| Financing a businessNew startups to bask in $40 million raise of the Sunshine State
10:00PM | Wednesday, 21 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
The Queensland government has announced a $40 million co-investment fund aiming to encourage a “startup revolution” in the state.
| Financing a businessSome Timelio advice on getting the right investors
10:12PM | Tuesday, 20 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
The type of investors a young startup brings on board can “make or break” the business, Timelio CEO and co-founder Charlotte Petris says.
| Financing a businessChoosing the right investors for your startup
10:32PM | Monday, 19 October 2015 | Mark McDonald
As an entrepreneur, you need to know what kind of investor you’re looking for.
| Venture CapitalMore than one unicorn created per week but seed stage funding down, report says
10:45PM | Friday, 16 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
This year has seen an average of 1.3 unicorn companies created each week, with 23 emerging in the last quarter alone, a new Venture Pulse report finds.
| Venture CapitalKiwis show the way with equity crowdfunding, Anna Guenther says
10:32PM | Friday, 9 October 2015 | Denham Sadler
Relaxing the regulations surrounding equity crowdfunding in Australia could have huge benefits for the startup community.
| Financing a business"Bros funding bros": Why VC isn’t moving with the times
10:02PM | Thursday, 8 October 2015 | Kye White
New data compiled by The Information and Social Capital suggests the tech industry in the United States is just “bros funding bros”.
| Venture CapitalInnovation is a game everyone should play
10:57PM | Tuesday, 6 October 2015 | Luke Hally
As a startup founder it was fantastic to see David Coleman put the abolition of capital gains tax on startup investments on the radar of the federal government.
| Financing a businessStartup tax exemption would encourage investors to “give it a go again”
10:00PM | Monday, 5 October 2015 | Kye White
News that the federal government is considering abolishing the capital gains tax on startups is enormously encouraging for the industry.
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