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Discotheque: Music mogul Matt Gudinski joins investors sinking $15 million into start-up
Matt Gudinski is bringing his record label - which just turned 50 - firmly into the 21st century with a new investment.
- by David Swan
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The iron men with a $3 billion plan to save the planet
Two former Fortescue executives want to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of iron ore, Australia’s most lucrative export industry. It’ll cost at least $3 billion.
- by Anne Hyland
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AI
The AI start-up that knocked back a $35 million takeover bid
These Sydney tech founders are backing themselves to build what they think can become the next Canva.
- by David Swan
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Venture capital
Start-up sector ‘a breeding ground’ for inappropriate behaviour
Investor Elaine Stead says she’s not done banging the drum about Australia’s ‘juvenile’ tech sector.
- by David Swan
Opinion
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Kiki case highlights pitfalls of a ‘girls only’ social club run by five men
There’s clearly something a bit strange about a service targeted at women, yet run predominantly by men.
- by Millie Muroi
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AI
Not sure what to cook with what’s left in the fridge? There’s AI for that
No one has an excuse to be a lousy cook any more, according to this duo who have raised more than $4 million for their artificial intelligence start-up.
- by David Swan
Why Mentorloop got off the venture capital ‘hamster wheel’
Lucy Lloyd and Heidi Holmes are calling for more start-up founders to ditch venture capital funding as the ‘tech wreck’ deepens.
- by David Swan
Opinion
Careers
‘Career or baby’: Why women in the tech sector still face an impossible choice
The very thing that makes the tech and start-up industries so appealing are also the things that can make it an incredibly difficult industry to start a family in.
- by Michelle Battersby
Beer, cannabis, hydrogen: Plenty of cash to splash on crowdfunding campaigns
Cost of living crisis be damned; economic downturns are precisely when equity crowdfunding tends to flourish, says Birchal boss Matt Vitale.
- by Jessica Yun
Why Nick Kyrgios, Naomi Osaka and Steve Smith are investing in an imaginary football league
Welcome to One Future Football, a computer-generated league comprised of made-up teams and players that is hoping to catch the attention of young, impatient digital natives.
- by Vince Rugari
A taste of One Future Football
Here's a look at how this imaginary competition will actually function.