Startups

Australian universities produce world-class research and, increasingly, the companies that commercialise it. But a university spinout starts life with a negotiation most founders never face: the …

Somewhere in every founder’s exit planning, an adviser mentions that the small business CGT concessions can make a sale of the business entirely tax-free, and the room goes quiet. It’s …

Ask a fintech founder about licensing and you’ll usually hear one of two things: “we’ll get an AFSL when we raise our Series A” or “we don’t need one — we’re …

Ask a founder about their sexual harassment obligations and the answer is usually some version of “we have a policy in the handbook, and if something happens we’ll deal with it”. …

A founder with eighteen months of runway offers a new engineer a two-year contract “to be safe”, with an option to extend if the next round lands. It feels prudent — the company only …

Until 2024, Australia regulated cyber security sideways — through privacy law, critical infrastructure law, directors’ duties and APRA standards. The Cyber Security Act 2024 (Cth) is the first …