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‘You can buy the latte, and we’ll climb under the term sheets’

Oldie but a goodie 🤙

I'm a VC The film entitled "I'm a VC" is an in-depth, hard-hitting, and emotionally charged look into the lives of four veteran venture capitalists trying to make the...

Calling for Crowdfunding Spartans?

Ukrainian humour..

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/a-joke-that-went-out-of-control-crowdfunding-weapons-for-ukraines-war
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/a-joke-that-went-out-of-control-crowdfunding-weapons-for-ukraines-war

‘A joke that went out of control’: crowdfunding weapons for Ukraine’s war In just nine hours, the Prytula Foundation raised $5.5m from private donors to buy 50 FV103 Spartans used by the British Army

🎃 Happy Halloween 🎃

Innovation starts at the fringe, though can become the norm.

With class action AFSL reforms in Australia, we can wonder if litigation funding like this will ‘catch on’.

Cannabis, crypto and crowdfunding in first of its kind litigation finance offering An agricultural research and commercial h**p operation called Apothio LLC is officially the first plaintiff to attempt to fund a civil case by asking individual investors to buy crypto tokens in a crowdfunded “initial litigation offering.”

Big year for VCs and follow-on in general though anyone suggesting startups had it good is missing the point.

Early stage deals were hit hard and are still reeling from the downturn.

Let’s hope things improve quickly of a low base.

Aussie VCs rise above pandemic with first $2b year New figures reveal venture capital funds poured $2.08 billion into Australian start-ups in 2020, across 227 deals, in a record breaking year.

The short term shift away from early stage investment must be arrested. Australia needs to sustain an increasing pool of adequately funded, high quality early stage ventures if we are to build jobs, enable our economy and enjoy growing prosperity for future generations. Now more than ever.

COVID-19 drives down global VC funding — but Australia and New Zealand stay strong While COVID-19 has seen venture capital funding dip on a global scale, the Australian and Kiwi markets are faring relatively well.

Newsflash: ACCC finds that preferred Australian consumers!

Australia Report Shows How Banks Gouge, and Fintechs May Provide a Better Service, When it Comes to International Money Transfers Australia is a smaller market by population but it is also a country that has embraced Fintech innovation. The emerging Fintech sector is assisted by a supp

OurCrowd getting in late on the big names.

Congrats and great to see them mixing it up.

Can't wait to taste test a beyond meat burger.

OurCrowd CEO 'Ecstatic' About Beyond Meat IPO OurCrowd Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Jon Medved discusses the equity crowdfunding platform's early investment in Beyond Meat Inc. and the initial public offering landscape with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology." (Source: Bloomberg)

Clever advertising, though perhaps this gives the impression that industry funds are free?

In Good Hands Our In Good Hands campaign reminds our members that if they’re with an Industry SuperFund, their retirement savings are in good hands.

19-019MR Former Adelaide financial adviser pleads guilty to theft of $4.88 million | ASIC - Australian Securities and Investments Commission ASIC media releases are point-in-time statements. Please note the date of issue and use the internal search function on the site to check for other media releases on the same or related matters.

Not all bad news from the UK economy

Billion Dollar Britain: 13 Unicorns From the UK Britain now boasts no fewer than 13 unicorn companies - is it finally solving the scale-up challenge?