Tag: Fundraising

This week appears to be an extension of last week’s events. Here are the key startup fundraising rounds from this week:

Solar equipment maker 5B received $12 million in funding led by existing investors Artesian Venture Capital and Fortune 500 company AES Corporation. The investment is part of its pre-series B funding round.

Volt secured $15m in funding from the AFG group and announced the appointment of ex HSBC chair Graham Bradley as Volt’s chairman of the board.

Venture capital firm Tenacious Ventures, which specialises in the Australian Agri-foodtech segment, has closed its first fund at $35 million. The Tenacious Ventures Fund I will be used to invest in Pre-series A businesses within the Agtech space. The firm expects to invest 80% of the capital raised into Australian-domiciled startups. Matthew Pryor, co-founder of […]

When is an IPO a good fit for a company, and when isn’t it? Taking your business into the public realm through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) is a big step as it introduces new focuses and new standards prompted by your investors.  It’s a process that can take a long time, with a lot […]

Whether you’re running a marathon, taking to the skies for a bungee jump, or taking a vow of silence for a month, you’re looking to raise as much money for your chosen cause as possible. It’s crucially important that you get the message out about your sponsored event so that you generate interests and share […]

Whether you plan on becoming the next Atlassian, or the next big thing in the share economy, many people, at some stage, will have their own new business dream. And in 2017, the startup space to be in is tech. Hundreds upon hundreds of adventurous and enthusiastic minds are venturing into the tech space with […]

When a killer business idea pops into mind, the stellar success seems close at hand. But, moving from a dreamland of ideas to the real-world market, startups face numerous obstacles in a way to success. Generating money is certainly one of the biggest challenges, especially when there is still no product to be offered. That […]

A three-day festival is due to take place in Sydney that aims to address an urgent need for innovation in Australian business. Sound like a good cause? Well, that’s not all – all proceeds for the event will go directly to Cure Brain Cancer Australia. SWITCH FESTIVAL will take place 27-29th of August at the University […]

The government has released a consultation paper on extending crowd-sourced equity funding (CSEF) to small proprietary companies. The consultation is part of the $5.5 billion Growing Jobs and Small Business package outlined in the 2015-16 Budget. The paper sets out the Government’s intended approach to a CSEF framework for public companies and seeks views on […]