Doubling down on Morse Micro’s $140m Series B, led by MegaChips Corporation.

Australia’s largest semiconductor maker, Morse Micro, has banked a $140 million funding round, backed by Japanese chip giant MegaChips, with a view to using its vast network to turbocharge the manufacture and distribution of its energy efficient,…
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Small teams tackling global problems

Could start-ups save the world? There has been some fascinating use of technology lately to solve big problems in business.   Australian tech start up Reask is using machine learning to model climate risk for insurance companies and helping…
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Domestic Institutions as Capital Allocators

To dovetail from our previous release, the tech sell off has many investors running scared. The sugar rush of investing in the fintech darlings of the last ten years is giving their backers a hangover, as the business models prove to be unsustainable…
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Giant Warm Intro

The Giant Warm Intro is a week away and it's a chance to showcase your ideas, get feedback and have meaningful conversations with Australia's most active Investors!Harikesh from our team will be joining an awesome lineup of investors eager…
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Is a renewed focus on frontier technology the silver lining to the tech sell off?

Software, particularly the fintech sub category, has been the darling of the venture capital markets for some while. Unrealised returns have been good, funds have been easy to deploy in repeated large tranches, and there has been a good pipeline…
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Week 3 – Role of Government in VC

It is an important time to think about the role that government can play in venture capital markets. We recently talked about how declining technology valuations from rising interest rates are pushing start-ups into survival mode and to hoard…
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