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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 1d

Announced today, established fund manager Geoff Wilson's WAM Income Maximiser (ASX: WMX) has completed an oversubscribed $120.2 million placement to sophisticated investors and is now opening the door

Geoff Wilson’s WAM Income Maximiser bags $120m in oversubscribed raise

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 2d

Gluten-free beer brand Two Bays Brewing is raising a glass to new investors after pulling in $1.9 million through its ongoing OnMarket crowdfunding campaign, which coincides with a recent investment f

I’ll drink to that: Gluten-free brewer Two Bays raises $1.9m from equity crowdfunding

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 2d

Thirteen creative founders from across Australia and New Zealand are gearing up for Seedlab Australia's latest five-month accelerator, as the Tasmania-based FMCG program backs startups reinventing eve

Seedlab Australia accelerator spices up with 13 FMCG-focused startups selected

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 2d

When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets US President Donald Trump on Monday, the visit is expected to seal major big tech investment deals on artificial intelligence (AI) and data centre

Here’s why Tech Council’s proposed deregulated ‘digital embassies’ might not be a great idea

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 4d

A drop in home loans, a sharp increase in business lending and a raft of job cuts have helped boost Bank of Queensland's (ASX: BOQ) cash earnings by 12 per cent to $383 million in FY25.

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A ‘simplified’ BOQ lifts cash profit to $383m as business loans boost offsets a fall in home loans

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 4d

A surge in September-quarter earnings has led Melbourne-based Telix Pharmaceuticals' (ASX: TLX) to upgrade its full-year revenue forecast to a high of US$820 million ($1.26 billion) as the company's g

Telix Pharmaceuticals upgrades full-year revenue target to $1.2b as third quarter surges

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 4d

Diversified infrastructure services provider SRG Global (ASX: SRG) rode a wave of investor enthusiasm on the share market today after taking a deeper dive into the marine sector via an $85 million buy

SRG Global shares hit record high as $85m acquisition of Total AMS creates a marine services giant

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 5d

Sydney-based energy startup Good Heat, backed by more than $2m in funding from venture capitalists such as Investible, is betting on batteries to replace gas to deliver heat for Australian industries

Energy startup Good Heat backed by $2m to drive industry's transition from gas to renewables

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 5d

Australians are once again being warned to tighten their online security and be extra alert to scammers, after up to 5.7 million Qantas customers' personal details – including phone numbers and birthd

Beyond Qantas’ data leak, Australian finance companies are also at risk of offshore hacks

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 5d

The Victorian Government has fast-tracked approvals for the $709 million development of more than 1,000 apartments at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne's inner north-west as part of a major transf

Government fast-tracks Moonee Valley’s $709m redevelopment to deliver more than 1,000 apartments

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 5d

A slew of accelerator rounds propelled Australian startup deal counts to their highest levels so far this year in the September quarter, with a total of more than $1 billion in venture capital raised

Deep tech startups lead the way in both deal count and funding in Q3

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 5d

Melbourne-based climate tech hardware manufacturer Conry Tech has raised $3 million in seed funding to aid development of its BullAnt air-conditioner, which the company says has the ability to halve t

Conry Tech raises $3m in seed funding to halve energy costs through its BullAnt air-conditioner

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 5d

Sydney-based premium fashion house THDR Group plans to make in-person design and fittings a thing of the past with the launch of Neuono, an app that the company describes as the world's first AI-led f

‘Nothing else like it’: THDR's runaway success with ‘hyper personalised’ fashion design app Neuono

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 5d

Sydney-based AI-cloud waste startup Optimaze, a company that aims to solve a cloud waste problem costing businesses billions of dollars a year globally, has raised $3 million in a pre-seed round led b

Optimaze raises $3m in pre-seed round to tackle cloud waste costing business ‘billions’

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 6d

ANZ Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) is fast-tracking integration of its recently acquired Suncorp Bank business as part of a series of measures the company plans to prioritise over the next five years to red

ANZ Bank fast-tracks Suncorp Bank integration as part of five-year strategy to simplify its business

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 6d

Catapult Sports (ASX: CAT) is boosting the scouting capabilities of its fast-growing sports technology business through a $139 million acquisition of IMPECT GmbH, the operator of a soccer intelligence

Catapult Sports raising $150m to fund acquisition of German soccer intelligence platform IMPECT

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 8d

A Sydney founder who has sought to reimagine over-50s communities with a $3 billion pipeline of resorts, alongside a groundbreaking construction robotics technology venture, has won the 2025 Sydney Yo

Land lease developer and construction tech visionary Jonathon Mendez wins top Sydney founder prize

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 9d

Igneo Infrastructure Partners, a founding investor in Adelaide Airport since it was privatised in 1998, has sold its stake in the company in a deal that has been touted to be as high as $600 million.

Founding shareholder Igneo Infrastructure Partners sells its interest in Adelaide Airport

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 9d

Aiming to transform how law firms manage growth and client relationships, Sydney legal tech platform Nexl has raised $35 million (US$23 million) in a Series B funding round led by Tidemark Capital.

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AI-powered legal tech platform Nexl raises $35m in Series B

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 9d

Brisbane developer Mosaic Property Group has laid plans for its largest project to date after acquiring a riverfront site in South Brisbane for $30 million.

The company, which in recent years has bee

Mosaic Property Group plans its largest project yet on $30m site bought from Schiavello Group

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 9d

The first event of the Young Entrepreneur Awards calendar kicks off in Sydney tonight with the city's top founders aged under 40 set to converge on the boutique historic events space NUMBER 10 in Rush

Young Entrepreneur Awards season begins with first 2025 event in Sydney tonight

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 9d

Melbourne-based “AI transformation” provider Affinda Group has acquired artificial-intelligence training and enablement company Pathfindr in an all-scrip deal valued at $15 million.

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Melbourne’s Affinda Group acquires Pathfindr in $15m deal to accelerate AI transformation

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 9d

Plans by Yamaha Motor to acquire Telwater, Australia's largest manufacturer of aluminium trailer boats, from Canadian marine giant Bombardier Recreation Products Inc (BRP) have landed in stormy waters

Yamaha’s plans to buy Bombardier’s majority stake in Quintrex producer Telwater hits a snag

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 9d

The former CEO of Xinja Bank, Australia's first neobank which collapsed in 2020, and a former non-executive director have been disqualified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in

APRA disqualifies former Xinja Bank CEO and director over failures in accountability obligations

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Business News Australia @businessnewsaus.bsky.social · 10d

Mexican fast-food chain Guzman y Gomez (ASX: GYG) is taking advantage of a depressed stock price to launch a $100 million share buyback - while also reporting solid gains for its business in the Septe

Guzman y Gomez seizes on depressed share price to launch $100m buyback as first-quarter sales surge

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