If you’re not a celebrity or crypto bro with money to burn on Bored Ape NFTs, or bananas taped to a wall, but would like to buy art, then an exhibition opening in Sydney this week is just for you. James Erskine founded the Liverpool Street Gallery in East Sydney more than 20 years ago,… Read more »
After give years of self-funding, sexual wellness brand Normal has turned to crowd-sourced funding (CSF) platform Birchal for its first external raise. Normal, cofounded by sex coach, author and educator Georgia Grace and ex-McKinsey consultant and social scientist Lucy Wark, is Australia’s top female-founded sexual wellness brand, offering products to help people, especially women, have… Read more »
If you haven’t met Labubu yet, you’re missing the blueprint for the next wave of consumer brand virality. Born from Hong Kong’s Pop Mart, Labubu is an oddly adorable toy that’s more than merch. It’s a cultural phenomenon. Labubu is triggering global sellouts, fuelling resale frenzies and building a fanbase with near-religious devotion. Fans camp… Read more »
The Queensland government is holding a Parliamentary Inquiry into personal e-mobility devices (PMD), such as e-scooters and e-bikes, in a bid to improve safety and address community concerns about their use. The reviews comes after 8 users died last year in Queensland and the number of injuries PMD riders, passengers, and pedestrians jumped 112% between… Read more »
Nobody really understands the torment of being a billionaire, especially those very mean people at the AFR. After luxury jet-shaming Mike Cannon-Brookes and outing him as the owner of a Bombardier 7500 – you can pick one up for around $100 million on Facebook marketplace – the Atlassian CEO felt compelled to defend himself on… Read more »
Atlassian will join the likes of Red Bull and biotech company BWT as team sponsor in Formula 1 in a long-term deal with British team Williams Racing. Atlassian Williams Racing will debut in Australia in mid-March with the first race of the 24 round 2025 season. Under the partnership, Atlassian is title partner, technology partner… Read more »
Tesla chair and Blackbird partner Robyn Denholm, has one-upped Atlassian’s Mike Cannon-Brookes, part owner of US NBA team the Utah Jazz, by buying an entire basketball league, the WNBL. The deal between the Wollemi Capital Group Syndicate (WCGS) and Larry Kestelman’s National Basketball League (NBL) consortium to acquire a majority stake in the Women’s National… Read more »
Corey Keats and his father, Brendon, launched Ampd Bros with more than just business in mind—they aimed to create an electric bike brand that would take the market by storm. Driven by a shared love for biking, the Keats have now built an eye-catching and innovative business. Harnessing the father and son’s unique blend of… Read more »
Swedish electric speedboat startup Candela is finally in Australia, making its debut at the Sydney International Boat Show next week. While New Zealanders have been enjoying the Candela’s electric boats (EBs) for two years , they’ve now crossed The Ditch, thanks to luxury boat distributor Carbon Yachts. Carbon’s Mary Bickley said they’ll be will be… Read more »
While most of the world’s attention is focused on electric vehicles, a Swedish startup is transforming boating in the same way Tesla has cars. Candela builds “flying electric boats” – speedboats that foil – and this week introduced a passenger boat, Candela P-8 Voyager, they hope will transform the Venice motoscafi (water taxis), not only… Read more »
Petrol prices are hitting eye-watering highs. As global affairs put pressure on the availability of commodities, we’re likely to continue seeing volatile petrol prices in the future. So there’s never been a better time to embrace alternative modes of transport such as e-bikes and e-scooters (also called “micromobility” devices). In Australia’s major cities, the average… Read more »
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