SmartCompanyโs most-read stories of 2024
Our most-read stories of the year included the CBA cash payment ban, financial teardowns, and our weekly startup funding roundups.
Our most popular startup stories of 2024 included our weekly funding roundups, Canvaโs acquisition of Leonardo.ai and Finderโs redundancy round.
Meet the top five AI startups weโll be watching closely in 2025. All of them had a stellar year, from funding to major acquisitions.
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In a tough economic environment, Australian businesses across the tech, financial services, and restaurant sectors all secured major funding.
Seven Australian startups to watch in 2025
This list of seven startups highlights some of the most exciting tech companies Australia has to offer.
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In our webinar, SmartCompany editor Eloise Keating and our panel of experts will explore the challenges SMEs face and how to overcome them.
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Rewarding night for Pay.com.au as financial services star wins the 2024 Smart50 Awards
Pay.com.au has been crowned the fastest growing Australian SME during a packed awards night at SmartCompanyโs annual Smart50 Awards in Melbourne.
From retail stars to community heroes, judges celebrate โbrilliantโ Smart50 category winners
Category winners in the 2024 Smart50 awards โtruly wowedโ the judging panel, earning plaudits for their โremarkable resilienceโ and โbrilliantโ innovation, through to โepicโ commitment to their community.
The Smart50 2024 Community Hero Award winner: First Nations Foundation
The First Nations Foundation provides access to culturally relevant resources and information, such as the organisationโs flagship financial literacy program, My Money Dream, which has reached more than 3,000 individuals both online and face-to-face.
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Efforts to collect small business tax debts must be โproportionalโ, Independent MP Allegra Spender says, echoing concerns from fellow โtealโ MP Zoe Daniel that small businesses are struggling to cope with the Australian Taxation Officeโs current compliance approach.
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