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Australian venture capital funds get pitched to by hundreds and hundreds of businesses on a regular basis, but despite the numerous active funds in Australia, the inner machinations of the types and size of those businesses are often left to guesswork. Rampersand head of growth Rose Powell goes behind the scenes. → Read More
There seems to be an app for everything these days, except for one that can make you a millionaire. Yet. → Read More
Markets are rejoicing after ECB chief Mario Draghi flagged more stimulus - but what levers can he pull and how effective might they be? → Read More
Australian equities experienced a choppy but ultimately anticlimactic day as a nervous market waited for and then reacted to Chinese economic data, with strong gains in Westpac offset by losses in the miners and Telstra. → Read More
A New Zealand-based virtual reality entertainment startup co-founded by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has raised $US13.5 million from leading US funds and movie star Ashton Kutcher. → Read More
Economists are expecting flat, but sufficient jobs growth numbers, on Thursday after a run of surprisingly higher than expected growth months. → Read More
The ASX retreated further from six-week highs hit last week, as lower commodity prices weighed on mining and energy stocks. → Read More
Australia's middle class is no longer the world's wealthiest after being knocked out of the top position by Switzerland as well as our geographic and cultural neighbour New Zealand. → Read More
UBS says the market is being too pessimistic about potential "value" stocks, particularly resources stocks. Here are the ones they've picked. → Read More
Markets are well aware that China's exceptional growth rate is finally slackening but economists are increasingly cognisant of the potential of the slowing turning into a crash for one of the world's second largest economy. → Read More
The ASX started the week with fireworks amid hopes the US Federal Reserve will delay a rate rise. → Read More
Economists aren't expecting any change to interest rates on Tuesday but an increasing number believe the RBA will cut before the end of the year. → Read More
Australian house prices will keep getting higher and the government will do nothing to prick the bubble because the country simply can't afford it, says one banker → Read More
Australian house prices keep rising and one investment banker has bad news for aspiring owners: the government cannot afford to burst the bubble. → Read More
Before it's officially announced, Atlassian's upcoming public listing has global and local investors positioning for a slice of the company. → Read More
Blue chip miners share prices plummeted as soon as the Australian market opened after a horror night for resources stocks on the London exchange, as analysts warn it is particularly vulnerable to China's slowing growth and prices slump. → Read More
Leading entrepreneurs and two major superannuation funds will combine forces to launch Australia's biggest-ever technology start-up venture capital fund. → Read More
The Australian dollar surged back above US70¢ on the back of a stabilisation in Chinese, European and US stock exchanges as well as a minor pick up in commodity prices. → Read More
The ASX 200 has finished on 5030.4 points, down 0.2 per cent, dragged down by the three of the big four banks and BHP Billiton, while the All Ordinaries has also slipped 0.2 per cent to 5051 points. → Read More
Few would have thought a year ago the Australian dollar, which was barely 5 cents from parity with the greenback, would be trading at US70¢ but on Wednesday it plunged lower to reach a six-year low. → Read More