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forbes. com. au > covers > innovation > everlab-valued-at-almost-500-million

Marc's father died without warning. Now investors value his startup at almost $500 million

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1088+ words) Everlab has raised $65 million at a valuation approaching $500 million, marking what appears to be Australia's largest medtech capital raise of the year, cementing the Melbourne-based preventive healthcare startup as one of the country's fastest-growing tech companies. For co-founder and chief…...

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forbes. com. au > news > entrepreneurs > carbon-capture-startup-eyes-50m-capital-raise-at-it-opens-newcastle-plant-for-business

Carbon capture startup eyes $50m capital raise as it opens Newcastle plant for business

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (489+ words) By Daniel Van Boom Cleantech startup MCi Carbon is planning a US$50 million ($70 million) capital raise this year, according to its co-founder Marcus Dawe, the next big step in its long-term goal of capturing a billion tonnes of carbon by…...

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forbes. com. au > news > uncategorized > carbon-capture-startup-eyes-50m-capital-raise-at-it-opens-newcastle-plant-for-business

Carbon capture startup eyes $50m capital raise at it opens Newcastle plant for business

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (496+ words) By Daniel Van Boom Cleantech startup MCi Carbon is planning a US$50 million ($70 million) capital raise this year, according to its co-founder Marcus Dawe, the next big step in its long-term goal of capturing a billion tonnes of carbon by…...

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forbes. com. au > covers > entrepreneurs > myopharm-the-biotech-betting-on-life-after-ozempic

The Aussie biotech betting on life after Ozempic

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1404+ words) Karinza Phoenix hasn't found it hard raising the $6 million that's got her biotech firm, Myopharm, onto the fast-track approval process for its Type 2 diabetes drug. "How many times do I present to these high-net-worth individuals and they say, "I'm a…...

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forbes. com. au > news > entrepreneurs > why-everyone-wants-a-piece-of-advanced-navigation

The soaring financials behind Australia's newest deep-tech unicorn

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (441+ words) By Daniel Van Boom Advanced Navigation grew revenue by 73 per cent and cut losses in half en route to its blockbuster Series C, documents lodged with the corporate regulator reveal. Advanced Navigation's revenue for the 12 months ending June 30, 2025 hit $57. 7 million,…...

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forbes. com. au > news > investing > airtree-co-founder-daniel-petres-cgt-plea-to-australian-founders

'Ranting on Linked In won't fix it': How Airtree's Daniel Petre wants to solve the CGT debate

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (553+ words) By Daniel Van Boom Airtree co-founder Daniel Petre has written several submissions to Treasury outlining ways to improve its proposed changes to capital gains taxation. He wishes more of his industry colleagues would follow his lead by engaging with the…...

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forbes. com. au > news > entrepreneurs > q-ctrl-founder-calls-for-cgt-changes-to-be-grandfathered-in

'Banana republic territory': Founder says CGT changes will leave Aussie startups 'captive"

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (590+ words) By Daniel Van Boom Michael Biercuk is a unicorn among Australian founders. Instead of an Australian building a startup with ambitions to quickly scale into the US, he's an American who founded his quantum company Q-CTRL here because of Australia's…...

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forbes. com. au > news > national > budget-2026-founders-and-vcs-react-to-capital-gains-overhaul

Budget 2026: Founders and VCs react to capital gains overhaul

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (945+ words) The Federal Government has handed down a 2026/27 Budget defined by the most significant rewrite of Australia's capital gains and property tax rules in a generation. The 50 per cent CGT discount has been scrapped for any asset purchased after Budget night,…...

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forbes. com. au > news > innovation > this-ex-google-duo-just-raised-900k-to-build-an-ai-receptionist-for-aussie-tradies

This ex-Google duo just raised $900k to build an AI receptionist for Aussie tradies

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (225+ words) Co-founders Alexis Griveau and Mathew Pretel say they watched friends and family running trade businesses lose work to a problem that had nothing to do with the quality of their trade " they couldn't get to the phone. "We saw firsthand…...

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forbes. com. au > covers > innovation > how-advanced-navigation-plans-to-buy-its-way-to-global-domination

$158m and counting: How this unicorn plans to buy its way to global domination

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (820+ words) Advanced Navigation was founded by two friends from University of Western Australia, Xavier Orr and Chris Shaw, in 2012, arising out of Orr's Ph D thesis that used what was then a new form of AI, neural networks, to smooth out…...

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