Startups

Australian startups love contractors. They’re flexible, they don’t require leave entitlements, and they keep the headcount low on pitch decks. A founder can engage a developer on an ABN, …

Australian startups raising pre-seed and seed capital almost always reach for one of two instruments: a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) or a convertible note. Both let founders take in …

Not every startup succeeds. The statistics are well known — the majority of venture-backed companies do not return capital to investors, and many do not survive at all. What is less well understood is …

Insurance is not the first thing most founders think about when launching a startup. It sits somewhere behind fundraising, product-market fit, and hiring — if it makes the list at all. But a single …

When a startup founder sells shares — whether in a full acquisition, a secondary sale, or an investor-led exit — the share sale agreement will contain a set of warranties and indemnities. For …

Before your Series A, your board was probably just you and your co-founder. Maybe a mentor or early angel sat in on meetings informally. Decisions happened over Slack, and nobody talked about …