Revolutionising the common electrolyser, Australian start-up Hysata is tackling industries that have been difficult to decarbonise and electrify, like steel and heavy transportation. CEO Paul Barrett reveals the company raised more than $42 million in 2022 and has over $5 billion in conditional orders – all slated for delivery in the second half of the […]
Grant Petty, co-founder and disruptor-in-chief of Blackmagic Design, says artificial intelligence is at its peak right now. And it’s all downhill from here. Subscribe to Forbes Australia for full access to this and all articles today Subscribe Already a subscriber? Sign In
If you had to pick a point where Side Stage Ventures began, it would be backstage at the Splendour in the Grass music festival in 2018. Jaddan Comerford, founder of Unified Music, was there feeling chuffed with himself. Despite never having had to raise money for his own bootstrapped agency, he’d just dabbled in a […]
Radio-pharma biotech Telix is building on the success – and the cashflow – from its nuclear-guided prostate cancer tool to aim for new cancers, and new treatments. Subscribe to Forbes Australia for full access to this and all articles today Subscribe Already a subscriber? Sign In
California recently became the first US state to pass legislation on diversity in venture capital in a bid to increase funding to female-founded start-ups. But Jessy Wu, newly-appointed partner at Australia’s AfterWork Ventures, says a “paint by numbers” view of diversity has never sat well with her. She discusses her start-up story, what she sees […]
Editor-in-Chief Sarah O’Carroll on AI, inflation, and what else to expect from Forbes Australia’s 8th issue. This time last year, the world hadn’t heard of ChatGPT. But since the generative AI tool’s launch by OpenAI on November 30, 2022, there’s been little else the tech sector has talked about. But if 2023 was the year of the great AI revolution, 2024 looks set to […]
Peter Freedman, 100% owner of Rode Microphones, is promising to catapult the company started by his dad and which was almost destroyed by his youthful exuberance – to the top of the pro audio league. He’s just closed the biggest deal of his life to buy US audio company Mackie for $200m – and he’s […]
Frenchman Geoffroy Henry moved to Australia in 2013 and, seven years later, he launched a start-up to mobilise the nation’s truckies and optimise logistics at a time when all focus was on supply chains. Today, his business Ofload has raised more than $80 million in capital – but Henry says his biggest challenge is narrowing […]
The 26-year-old YouTuber-turned-boxer has his sights set on becoming a boxing world champion, and building a billion-dollar business while he’s at it. “Boxing will humble you really quickly. There’s no cutting corners.” To many, Jake Paul’s parlay from YouTuber to boxer seems erratic. Going from one of the most highly sought after professions to being […]
Taryn Williams’ bio is as long as her hair is short. She founded three businesses: modelling agency WINK Models, booking marketplace theright.fit and social media marketing agency, The Influencers Agency. After exiting businesses two and three in 2023, she launched #Gifted. A sabbatical is on the horizon, but for now, there’s just too much to […]