Blackbird's Rick Baker tips coronavirus innovation boom

Blackbird's Rick Baker tips coronavirus innovation boom

Venture capitalist Rick Baker is confident the pandemic will provide fresh impetus to entrepreneurs willing to think outside the box and build new businesses.

  • byCara Waters

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'Trim fat':Startups to cut spending to maintain R&D

'Trim fat':Startups to cut spending to maintain R&D

Investors are championing startups to slice away budgets so they can maintain core product spending throughout Covid-19

  • byEmma Koehn
Square Peg invests in telehealth start-up Doctor Anywhere
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Square Peg invests in telehealth start-up Doctor Anywhere

Square Peg Capital has led a $44 million investment in Singaporean telehealth start-up Doctor Anywhere,believing the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate the healthcare sector's technological shift.

  • byPatrick Hatch
WA's stream queen returns home to inspire next cohort of startups
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WA's stream queen returns home to inspire next cohort of startups

One of Perth's most successful tech entrepreneurs has landed back in her home town and is confident the city can continue to produce rags to riches stories.

  • byHamish Hastie andMarta Pascual Juanola
All drain,no gain:Why the east is stealing WA's best and brightest
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All drain,no gain:Why the east is stealing WA's best and brightest

As WA's hottest tech talent is drawn east by attractive grants and greater opportunity,the state government is sticking to its $16.7 million startup ecosystem fund.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andHamish Hastie
All drain,no gain:Why WA is digging itself a huge hole by snubbing startups
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All drain,no gain:Why WA is digging itself a huge hole by snubbing startups

WA’s mining prowess means the state is wealthy but very little of that is being invested in industries that could have quadruple the returns.

  • byHamish Hastie andMarta Pascual Juanola
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Startup backed by Aconex founders looks to make a splash in paint market
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Startup backed by Aconex founders looks to make a splash in paint market

Colour recognition startup Palette is taking on giants Dulux and Taubmans by dipping into the direct-to-consumer paint market.

  • byCara Waters
No'passive'stakes for CBA in new fintech push

No'passive'stakes for CBA in new fintech push

The Commonwealth Bank hopes to get the edge on rivals by launching 25 new fintech businesses over the next five years

  • byClancy Yeates
Atlassian billionaires back $US500m'virtual vault'1Password

Atlassian billionaires back $US500m'virtual vault'1Password

Atlassian co-founders Mike Cannon Brookes and Scott Farquhar have quietly invested in 1Password,a"digital vault"service valued at $US500 million.

  • byBen Grubb
The Australian couple fighting the world's greatest health challenge

The Australian couple fighting the world's greatest health challenge

Priscilla and Geoff Rogers met at university at 20. Now 33,the competitive couple – who can’t play squash together – are working to save the world from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

  • bySusan Horsburgh
Loud and clear:Australian start-ups changing the hearing game

Loud and clear:Australian start-ups changing the hearing game

This Melbourne start-up is taking inspiration from insects to create a new kind of hearing implant.

  • byEmma Koehn