Tag: VC

On acquisitions and IP: Bill Tai shares startup insights

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
During his annual trip to the future ‘Silicon Valley’ of Australia, veteran venture capitalist Bill Tai shared insights on his investment decisions, noting that acquisition of his startup investments...

Digital health sector growth tempers amid economic headwinds

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Digital health firms pulled back on expansionary activities last financial year as “economic headwinds” made it harder to access capital, according to a new industry sentiment report by commercialisation...

WA explores new VC model to support local startups

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
An early-stage venture capital model for Western Australia will be developed by the state government in a bid to identify VC interest and boost funding available to local scale-ups...

Israeli VC looks to partner with Aussie corporate investors

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Ahead of the Australia-Israel Innovation Summit, MarineTech venture capital fund theDOCK’s co-founder Hannan Carmeli shared his thoughts on automation opportunities in the maritime sector and his aim to build...

Forrest’s Tattarang launches $250m HealthTech VC firm

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia has a brand new HealthTech and BioTech venture capital outfit called Tenmile and backed with $250 million in capital from Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s investment group Tattarang. Based...

Foreign funds are being discouraged: AIC

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The lack of common investment vehicles first promised by the Coalition five years ago is acting as a handbrake on foreign capital entering Australia, according to the peak investment...

Tech funding needs new reforms: AIC

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A series of FinTech-friendly reforms are needed to help Australia reach the next phase of tech investment, according to the Australian Investment Council. In a submission to the Select...

Airwallex achieves unicorn status

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Melbourne-based cross border payments platform Airwallex has just earned unicorn status, following a successful Series C fundraising round of US$100 million. The fintech, which is now valued at over...