Startups
The term sheet says your startup is being acquired for $20 million. Read closer: $12 million at completion, and up to $8 million more if the business hits revenue targets over the next two years. That …
When a startup’s runway hits zero and the bridge round falls over, most founders assume the story ends in liquidation: a liquidator sells what can be sold, the company is deregistered, and …
A Brisbane hardware founder spends eight months pitching a distribution deal to an established manufacturer. Before the first meeting, both sides sign the founder’s NDA — a template downloaded …
Employee number four at a Melbourne SaaS startup resigns after four and a half years. She joined pre-seed on a below-market salary and 120,000 options, now fully vested, with a strike of $0.12. The …
A Sydney B2B SaaS founder — 22 people, Series A closed in April, ARR clearing $6 million — receives a redlined master services agreement back from the procurement team at a top-four Australian bank. …
A Brisbane fintech founder — 19 people, Seed extension closed in March, revenue in the low seven figures — signs off on three things in the same fortnight. A Tesla Model Y on a two-year novated lease …