Bradley Ayers News Today

Customer research start-up Dovetail, last valued at $960 million, is set to lose its co-founder Bradley Ayers.

The move from the much-feted start-up reverses a trend that let people without a technical background flood into the industry.

The threat of rate rises has hit the share prices of tech and growth stocks hard in recent months, yet industry titans are relaxed for two reasons.

Aussie customer research startup Dovetail has closed an $86.9 million funding round, giving it a whopping valuation of $965 million.

The round was led by US VC firm Accel and has put the five-year-old firm among the ranks of Australia's most valuable tech startups.

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The Sydney-based start-up, which now counts US investor Accel as a backer, has taken advantage of a generous lending environment to stock up on money.

Dovetail, the leading customer research platform, today announces it has closed $63 million USD in Series A financing led by Accel, with participation from existing investors including Blackbird and

Australian shares are poised to rise at the open, though gains are likely to be checked in line with a narrow trading range in New York.

Long way to go before we become a tech nation Save Share As individuals, Australians are quick to adopt new technologies, from using digital wallets to trading cryptocurrencies. But as a nation, we rank 36 out of 37 when benchmarked on our overall digital economic performance compared to other OECD countries. So can Australia call itself a technology country? To give the lawyer’s answer: it depends. Australia doesn’t lack the talent, just the experience, says Afterpay co-founder Antho...