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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.

This is Business Insider Australia's morning newsletter for Monday, January 10.

The technology deals boom has been revealed as old and new business worlds collide, but questions remain about the sector’s ability to grow and create jobs.

Tech investors and company founders say the ACCC’s proposals to change M&A rules to counter big tech dominance would hurt the commercial prospects of local firms.

Share A Cloud Guru - an online training start-up founded by two brothers in Melbourne - has been acquired by US company Pluralsight in one of the largest deals ever for an Australian tech company. The company, founded by Sam and Ryan Kroonenburg in 2015, has been one of the most closely watched Australian start-ups in recent years, after growing at a tremendous rate, with a mainly US and overseas customer base for its online cloud computing training programs. Brothers Ryan and Sam Kroonenburg h...

Fintech Athena breaks Aussie VC funding record Share Australian mortgage industry fintech disrupter Athena Home Loans has broken the record for the largest capital raise completed entirely from local backers, banking $90 million in funding as its loan book booms. The company, which was founded in 2017 and launched in 2019 by former NAB bankers Nathan Walsh and Michael Starkey, claims to help Australians pay off their home loans faster, by offering low rates with no fees, which are automatically...

Tauranga legal software startup LawVu inks deal with US social media giant 3 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read LawVu co-founder and CEO Sam Kidd: Disrupting global legal technology from Tauranga. Photo / Supplied Tauranga-based legal software startup LawVu has inked a deal that will see one of the US social media giants adopt its product. Founder and chief executive Sam Kidd says he cannot name the social media company at this point. But he can reveal the deal comes on the ...

This week in startup funding there's been activity in infrastructure tech, AI enabled property design, eco-friendly home products, and more.

‘Not prepared to meet with him’: Tech industry concerned about Porter’s appointment Save Share The tech sector’s engagement with the federal government may nosedive thanks to former Attorney-General Christian Porter’s appointment to the portfolio, with industry leaders saying they believe he would be unwelcome by some at events, and organisations would have to “bargain” with themselves about accepting government funding. Mr Porter was moved to the Industry, Sc...

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 1 (ANI/PRNewswire): In these trying times, survival is of the essence. Wisdom Tree Ventures (WTV), a flagship IT company of Wisdom Group, has taken a unique step forward in these challenging times: To provide technological, financial and marketing assistance to 100 start-up ventures and budding Entrepreneurs within the next 5 years. The company has chalked out a plan to address the financial vacuum created by the ongoing Covid-19 situation, create jobs, an...