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Startups
Annual ESS Statements: What Your Startup Must Lodge With the ATO After Issuing Employee Options
9 Jul 2026|7 Mins Read

A Sydney SaaS founder issued forty options to two engineering hires last September under the start-up concession in section 83A-33 of the ITAA 1997. His accountant told him the grant was tax-free at …

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The Startup ESS Tax Concession Explained: How Division 83A-33 Actually Works for Eligible Australian Startups
8 Jul 2026|8 Mins Read

A Sydney fintech founder has just closed his seed round and wants to bring on his first four engineering hires. He offers each of them an option package: 40,000 options over four years, exercise price …

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Intellectual property
Provisional Patents and the PCT Route: A Founder's Guide to Protecting Startup Inventions Internationally
7 Jul 2026|9 Mins Read

A Brisbane robotics founder demonstrates a working prototype at a university industry showcase in late October. Two hundred people in the room, five of them from a competing consortium. He files a …

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Intellectual property
Trademark Strategy for Australian Startups: Clearing, Filing and Protecting Your Brand Before Launch
6 Jul 2026|11 Mins Read

A Melbourne health-tech founder spends eight months in stealth building “Kindred.” The brand is chosen from a shortlist of forty; the domain is bought for $12,000 on secondary; the logo is …

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Anti-Hawking Rules in Capital Raising: How ASIC's Restrictions Affect the Way Australian Startups Approach Investors
3 Jul 2026|8 Mins Read

A Melbourne climate-tech founder is halfway through a $2.4 million pre-Series A. She has closed the lead and about half the balance from warm intros. To fill the round she pulls a list of 180 …

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Sophisticated and Professional Investor Tests: Who Can Legally Invest in Your Australian Startup Under Section 708
2 Jul 2026|8 Mins Read

A Sydney seed founder is closing a $1.8 million round. The lead is a family office cutting $600,000 on a signed subscription agreement. There are eleven angels averaging $50,000, three …

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