Kiki case highlights pitfalls of a ‘girls only’ social club run by five men

Kiki case highlights pitfalls of a ‘girls only’ social club run by five men

There’s clearly something a bit strange about a service targeted at women,yet run predominantly by men.

  • byMillie Muroi

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Not sure what to cook with what’s left in the fridge? There’s AI for that

No one has an excuse to be a lousy cook any more,according to this duo who have raised more than $4 million for their artificial intelligence start-up.

  • byDavid Swan
Why Mentorloop got off the venture capital ‘hamster wheel’

Why Mentorloop got off the venture capital ‘hamster wheel’

Lucy Lloyd and Heidi Holmes are calling for more start-up founders to ditch venture capital funding as the ‘tech wreck’ deepens.

  • byDavid Swan
‘Career or baby’:Why women in the tech sector still face an impossible choice
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‘Career or baby’:Why women in the tech sector still face an impossible choice

The very thing that makes the tech and start-up industries so appealing are also the things that can make it an incredibly difficult industry to start a family in.

  • byMichelle Battersby
Beer,cannabis,hydrogen:Plenty of cash to splash on crowdfunding campaigns

Beer,cannabis,hydrogen:Plenty of cash to splash on crowdfunding campaigns

Cost of living crisis be damned;economic downturns are precisely when equity crowdfunding tends to flourish,says Birchal boss Matt Vitale.

  • byJessica Yun
Why Nick Kyrgios,Naomi Osaka and Steve Smith are investing in an imaginary football league

Why Nick Kyrgios,Naomi Osaka and Steve Smith are investing in an imaginary football league

Welcome to One Future Football,a computer-generated league comprised of made-up teams and players that is hoping to catch the attention of young,impatient digital natives.

  • byVince Rugari
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A taste of One Future Football

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1FF match footage:Naija United vs Manhattan FC

Highlights from a One Future Football match.

Canva investor cuts valuation by 10 per cent again
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Canva investor cuts valuation by 10 per cent again

Australian start-ups are facing a “mortgage cliff” as companies boasting paper valuations in the hundreds of millions start to run out of cash and raise money at much lower prices.

  • byNick Bonyhady
‘Based on trends,not dreams’:Food app me&u boss promises profitability in months
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‘Based on trends,not dreams’:Food app me&u boss promises profitability in months

Ordering and payment platform me&u’s chief Katrina Barry laid off 20 employees before raising $30 million,and says the business will break even in the 2024 financial year.

  • byJessica Yun
Start-up shutdown:How post-pandemic freedom killed a star

Start-up shutdown:How post-pandemic freedom killed a star

At least $100 million of capital was devoured by rapid-delivery grocery store start-ups,Milkrun’s creation becoming one of the venture capital industry’s most visible financial follies.

  • byElizabeth Knight