Andrew Barnes, cofounder Brisbane workplace learning platform Go1, is following in the footsteps of Atlassian’s Scott Farquhar and relinquishing the co-CEO role at the $3 billion business. Barnes has shared the role with cofounder Chris Eigeland since 2021 and spent nearly a decade as CEO since founding the edtech unicorn in a Brisbane garage with… Read more »
If community is the new currency, then community management has emerged as the cornerstone of successful business growth and impactful social causes. As the world shifts online more and more businesses are embracing real human connections to have a positive impact on the lives of customers. Companies such as Culture Amp, Canva, Salesforce and Slack… Read more »
AfterWork Ventures OG partner Jessy Wu has left VC for a new career as founder of her own media and communications agency. Encour. The outspoken investor, who’s dealt with hundreds of founders as the $20 million early-stage VC fund went on to back 30 companies, joined AfterWork in 2021 when it launched. “Joining the firm… Read more »
Breakthrough Victoria CEO Grant Dooley has pulled the pin, less than three years into the role, as the $2 billion tech innovation and commercialisation fund sustains continued political pressure and community criticism. In a statement announcing his departure, the fund said Dooley “intends to spend more time with his family before looking for a new… Read more »
Cauldron, the path-finding fermentation biomanufacturer from regional NSW, has appointed David Weiner as Chief Technology Officer as the startup looks to ramp up production globally. Weiner will run the technology R&D pipeline for Cauldron at it looks towards international expansion. He was previously VP and head of R&D at Solugen, where he helped develop the… Read more »
AgriFutures is on the hunt for the next generation of agrifood innovators with applications opening for the evokeAG. Groundbreakers program. The annual leadership mentoring event has rebranded from Future Young Leaders to the 2025 evokeAG. Groundbreakers Program. It will give five innovators the chance to present their ideas or research to an international audience at… Read more »
Spring has come early for Australia’s startup industry. Signs of life are now starting to return to the industry, with funding levels starting to show signs of normalising. According to the latest Cut Through Venture data, funding is up 30% from the previous year, albeit with fewer, larger deals. It has us, as well as… Read more »
Hospitality entrepreneur Stevan Premutico is stepping down from the board of me&u, the ordering platform he founded, and away from the business in the wake of its merger with Mr Yum. “I am immensely proud of what the team has achieved. We began with an ambitious idea to transform how we order and pay in… Read more »
A former Airbnb executive responsible for the short-stay rental platform’s early success in Australia and New Zealand has signed on as chief operations officer (COO) at local property management scaleup Hometime. Aiau Yong was most recently APAC GM at logistics payment platform PayCargo, and previously spent nearly six years as Airbnb ANZ supply lead, recruiting… Read more »
Logistics veteran and former ShippIt head Dominic Culbert has joined Dyspach, in a major coup for the nascent freight industry startup. He joins Sydney-based Dyspach in the newly created role of Head of Growth Australia and New Zealand. Long-time school friends and serial entrepreneurs Pushpinder Bagga and Amit Kumar founded in September 2023. Bagga developed… Read more »
There are many competing priorities that founders must juggle when running a startup and the temptation to cut corners is great but there are some corners that shouldn’t be cut… your Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP) is one of them! Why? Well, because as I’m about to show you, ESOPs impact everyone from employees, investors,… Read more »
The three billionaire cofounders of Canva donated $39 million to the foundation in their company’s name over 18 months, with most of that money already given away. Husband and wife Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, set up the Canva Foundation with cofounder Cameron Adams in May 2020. A month later, the privately-owned design giant Canva doubled… Read more »
We are living in a world where each day delivers depressing news cycles and social media posts of trauma, crime, wars, death, health crises and violence locally and globally. The words and narratives we read, speak and write matter more so now than ever. The impact of constructive language to mobilise, inspire and reimagine is… Read more »
The Governor of Victoria’s annual startup awards have recognised the state’s best founders an others, with satellite mapping firm Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) named Startup of the Year. Founded in 2017 in partnership with national science agency CSIRO, DAS set out to give farmers “one click” insights on productivity and disaster risk assessments, backed by… Read more »
After stepping into the breach as interim CEO of IT professional association ACS following the sudden departure of Chris Vein during the Christmas break, Josh Griggs is taking the helm officially to start the new financial year. Griggs has been appointed CEO from July 1 after serving six months in an interim capacity. He comes… Read more »
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