Of the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list’s 225 alumni, 131, or 58%, became unicorns, including DoorDash, Figma, Anduril, Benchling and Rippling. This year, the list is dominated by artificial intelligence.
Until last month, Jessy Wu was a Partner at a venture capital fund. In this piece, she explains how she made the decision to leave, and go all-in on building an AI-enhanced professional services company.
Forbes released its list of 25 venture-backed startups most likely to reach a USD$1 billion valuation. Melbourne’s Chris Power and his LA-headquartered aerospace manufacturing firm Hadrian made the cut.
Eighteen Australian companies have made Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion list, which highlights 200 Asia-Pacific public companies with less than $1 billion in revenue and consistent top-and-bottom-line growth.
Collapsed crypto exchange FTX and its sister trading firm Alameda Research must pay $12.7 billion, a New York-based federal court ruled on Thursday.
Emily Hamilton launched her viral beauty brand Coco & Eve in 2018, bootstrapped by her and husband Alexander Ostrowksi. Fast-forward to today, and the company’s just sold a majority stake in the business to US private equity firm Gauge Capital – and says it’s on track to exceed $120 million in revenue for the 2024 calendar year.
Founder Tim Fung has turned his jobs marketplace, Airtasker, into a household name thanks to shrewd deals giving media companies a slice of the action, but cracking the US hasn’t been quite so simple
The Global Breastfeeding Collective set a target of 70% of infants being breastfed by 2030. As Lactamo’s founder experienced first-hand, breastfeeding is not always as easy as it sounds. She developed a class 1 medical device to aid and facilitate optimal breastfeeding right here in Australia.
One of America’s most successful self-made women, Vanta CEO Cacioppo talks about navigating her company’s growth and putting herself and her company at center stage.
Two new-age insurers banked more than $100 million in funding in Q2, 2024. Forbes investigates whether this signifies a rising trend – or a bucking of.