IPO drought spreads as securing venture capital gets harder
Donald Trump’s tariffs have raised concerns that some company floats will struggle to get up and running on the ASX as funding for going to market gets scarcer.
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AI-powered energy data start-up lands $7.5m backing
An energy software start-up backed by Airtree has raised $7.5m to launch new software that can double what homeowners feed back to the grid. But can it help solve the nation’s solar tax?
Airbus, Qantas pin green jet fuel hopes on new VC
Airbus and Qantas have backed a new climate VC to prime early-stage sustainable aviation fuel start-ups for their own later direct investment.
Why Wall St is betting against your mum’s leggings and dad’s Nikes
Investors are beginning to think you might hang on to your Nike runners and your favourite gym tights a little longer in Donald Trump’s tariff war, where consumer prices only go up.
WiseTech’s interim chief scores salary boost to $1.7m, flags staying on
Temporary CEO Andrew Cartledge now earns a base salary that’s $200,000 more per year than Richard White did in the top role at WiseTech, as a search for a replacement drags on.
Datadog adds local data centre capacity as IT spend to reach $147bn
Nasdaq-listed Datadog has a struck a partnership with AWS, taking out halls in its local data, as it seeks to nab a slice of the nation’s $147bn IT market.
Fintech boss backs card surcharge shake-up
The boss of one of Australia’s largest digital payments providers, which just acquired SecurePay, has backed a crackdown on ‘manipulative’ card surcharges.
Afterpay founder’s young brother scores funding for retail venture
Simon Molnar has raised $5.9m to expand his retail start-up into the US after nabbing major retailers including R.M. Williams as a customer.
Former WiseTech chairman returns as ‘independent’ director
WiseTech has appointed two board directors, including former chairman Andrew Harrison, who will assume the role of lead independent director.
Data breach leaves 16,000 SMH, Age and Fin readers ‘exposed’
Nine has had to warn thousands of readers of three of its major publications after their details were exposed in a data breach.
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