Blackbird vaults AI startup Springboards forward with $5m seed raise
The Queensland-based startup, founded by husband and wife ad executives Pip Bingemann and Amy Tucker, is using AI to enable ad agencies to ‘supercharge their creativity.’
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How Crumbl devoured America (and inspired a fake Aussie pop-up)
Jason McGowan had no baking experience but cofounded a viral cookie company that now has more than 1,000 stores—and rumors of a $2 billion sale. Inside a financial sugar rush.
MyPass Global swipes $7.5m series A for its Skills Passport
Founded in Sydney in 2015, MyPass Global is accelerating product development and expanding further into the Americas. The company counts Shell, Woodside and BHP as customers.
PropHero propelled by $25m Series A
Founded in 2021, PropHero manages more than $1.2 billion in real estate assets between Australia, Spain, Ireland and the Indonesian property markets, and serves 8,000 users in 40 countries
The 50 hottest fintech startups in 2025
Even as venture capital funding for the industry continued to fall in 2024, many fintechs–especially those serving other businesses—flourished. Here’s the Forbes Fintech 50 for 2025.
Why women over 50 are thriving in entrepreneurship
For too long we’ve heard that entrepreneurship is a young person’s game. But the reality today is that women in their 50s and beyond are uniquely positioned to thrive in business.
AI boyfriends just made this gaming entrepreneur a billionaire
Virtual dates offer phone calls and messages, utterly chivalrous companionship and an ever-evolving plot line that pulls in players.
Meet 6 Aussie biotech startups vying to be the next CSL
Australia’s first bioincubator, Jumar, opened its doors 10 months ago. Here are six standout startups that went through its inaugural program.
Kiwi-founded AI contract review firm Ivo banks a $16m Series A
Now based in San Francisco, Ivo is tapping into demand from the AI-driven revolution of the legal industry. Australian VC Blackbird contributed to the raise and sees value in the product.
This AI founder’s audacious plan to buy out his own VCs
Now that the AI clickworker startup Invisible Technologies is wildly successful, its founder and CEO is buying out his VCs – and is borrowing against the company to do so.