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Albanese’s $15b tech fund gets ready to write first cheques
Two years after it was first legislated to beef up Australia’s competitiveness in technology and manufacturing, the National Reconstruction Fund is about to make its first investments.
- by David Swan
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Albanese defends $1b start-up bet as Queensland support wavers
The contentious $1 billion project relied on federal and state co-operation, but the new Queensland government is sceptical.
- by Paul Sakkal and David Swan
Failed AI tech company boss charged with misleading investors
The billion-dollar AI start-up Metigy collapsed in 2021, with its former CEO now facing five counts of making false and misleading statements, and one count of misusing his position as a company director.
- by Anthony Segaert and Nick Bonyhady
Opinion
AI
The $22 trillion question hanging over Wall Street
Some of the world’s biggest technology investors have lined up to bet on artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI. They will be banking on a big return.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Software
‘Land of dreams’: The Australian high-flyers on edge as Trump and Harris duke it out
Australia’s tech insiders are enjoying a surge in optimism from the Fed’s bumper rate cut, but all eyes are now on the US election.
- by David Swan
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Funding
Venture capital fund Rampersand ramps up hunt for next Aussie unicorn
Success stories such as Canva and Culture Amp are more than a decade old, and this fund says it’s time to find and fund the next crop of billion-dollar start-ups.
- by David Swan
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‘Time and time again I’m overlooked’: Women locked out of tech funding
Funding to female entrepreneurs is at its lowest level in five years, and those in the sector are at odds over what to do next.
- by David Swan
‘Careful who you get into bed with’: Sleeping Duck case rocks start-up sector
The mattress maker’s court trial, which resembled a real-life episode of Shark Tank, offered a rare glimpse into how the start-up sausage is made.
- by David Swan
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Start-ups
Proposed super laws a ‘kick in the guts’ for tech start-ups
Teal independent MP Allegra Spender is leading a chorus of technology start-ups and investors criticising the government’s proposed superannuation changes.
- by David Swan
‘Capital raising is dead’: Failed fintech Sargon has its finances put under microscope
Liquidators are questioning witnesses in the Federal Court about the finances of failed fintech venture Sargon, over allegations the company potentially traded while insolvent.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Funding
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
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