Startups

A Sydney hardware startup ships twenty prototype units to an enterprise customer in November on a “paid pilot” arrangement — the customer pays a $2,500 evaluation fee, keeps the units for …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A Sydney two-founder pre-seed company incorporates in early 2024. Each founder takes 50% of the issued shares at $0.0001 per share, signs a founder accession deed and gets on with building. Eighteen …