Google reveals the top 10 most searched Australians for 2023
A boxer, a batsman, and a Bronco are among the hottest search trends in Australia this year. The top two spots belong to athletes of a different kind.
Shivaune Field
Shivaune Field is a business journalist with Forbes Australia reporting on tech and innovation. She has reported extensively in the U.S. and Australia across print, digital, television and podcast platforms. She regularly interviews founders, C-suite executives, leaders, entrepreneurs, and company builders. Before Forbes, Field was a journalist with Bloomberg Media based in Los Angeles covering innovation and the business of media and entertainment. She spent 16 years living in California and recently returned from Arizona where she reported on the 2024 US election. Field writes for the bi-monthly Forbes Australia magazine and Forbes.com.au. She covers Google, Amazon, OpenAI, Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Netflix among many other companies. She is the editorial lead for Forbes Women in Australia.
From Canva to Clove: AI recipe startup cooks up $4m raise
Anna Guerrero and Sam Killin met while developing Canva’s disruptive marketplace program. Now, the dynamic duo are partnering to cook up a recipe sharing storm.
New Lark CEO distils his whisky strategy: ‘Growth is the name of the game’
Lark Distilling spent the last three years maximizing production capacity. Now that it has increased supply, the new CEO aims for 80% of its whiskey to be sold abroad.
Apple taking a bite out of Aus IT as iOS jobs surge 81% in 6 years
A report from PPI reveals that the local iOS ecosystem has grown 27% over the last two years and now employs 174,000 Australians.
Revealed: The world’s 10 most expensive cities to live in 2023
If you thought Sydney and Melbourne were expensive to live in, we’ve got bad news for you. It gets a lot worse.
Aussie Roller brothers coast to new heights
Melbourne’s Finn brothers are on the ride of their life. Their startup Roller recently landed a private equity raise of $78m from U.S Insight Partners. Now their sights are set on 100,000 other leisure attractions around the globe.
Meet Nick Mathers: The Aussie who built an empire selling our lifestyle
Nick Mathers oversees 1700 staff across his 12 U.S. restaurants. There will be six more venues in 2024. Mathers tells Forbes Australia that his company is on track to bring in $120m this year. By 2026, it will be $200m. Then, maybe an IPO.
Betting on botanicals: Australian DMT research scores $4.5 million
Psychae Therapeutics bagged the raise from Tin Alley Ventures and the University of Melbourne’s pre-seed investment fund.
Aerologix raise takes Aussie drone company to new heights
The Sydney-based drone company landed $2 million in a pre-Series A raise. The funds have facilitated the acquisition of Brazilian mapping firm Mappa and the global launch of AerologixMaps.
Block founder Jack Dorsey’s $3m pledge to Indigenous entrepreneurs
The $3 million investment into First Australians Capital was made through Block’s social impact fund. Block is the Dorsey-founded parent company of Australian fintech super unicorn Afterpay.