Finance

A Senate estimates hearing has intensified scrutiny over the $1 billion PsiQuantum investment, questioning the government's due diligence process.

Tech startup funding provider Tractor Ventures has moved to an all-women C-suite as Jodie Imam becomes CEO, alongside COO Aprill Enright and CFO Francine Hackett.

Pollination already has a stake in Australian climate technology firms and an East Kimberley partnership with a First Nations-led clean energy, green hydrogen, and green ammonia export project.

Government-backed startup fund Breakthrough Victoria will lose $360 million in funding over four years and pursue fewer investments each year, as the state Labor government attempts to "reprofile" its venture capital operation.

Trena Blair explains how leaders can use storytelling to convert an unemotional message into a persuasive narrative in their business pitch.

The CSIRO plans to invest $20 million in its SME Connect portfolio to help 750 SMEs and startups accelerate their businesses.

Over the course of a decade, just 3.9% of $1.2 billion in funding has gone to student-led startups with a team of women founders. Mixed-gender startups received 1.8% of funding.

The University of Wollongong (UOW) has secured part of the NSW Government's new $11 million Boosting Business Innovation Program (BBIP).

The release of groundbreaking gender pay gap data has shaken the startup world, with Australian founders and corporate luminaries calling for new ways to measure how venture capital does -- and doesn't -- reach women founders and women-led startup teams.

The latest Boosting Female Founders recipients were recently announced before all agreements had been finalised and signed.

The Queensland government has tipped a further $55 million into its venture capital funding program, partnering with big-name investors to develop local startups and keep them within the state's borders.

Birchal's 2023 CSF report reveals that beer took a funding hit. Meanwhile, medicinal cannabis is riding high.