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Afterpay helped deliver a record year for mergers & acquisitions in Australia in 2022 – even as the number of deals fell to its lowest level in a decade

Simon Thomsen - March 21, 2023 2 MIN READ

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising interest rates dampened merger & acquisition (M&A) deals in the first half of 2022, but even as company valuations fall, the size of transactions is growing according to William Buck’s annual Dealmaking Insights Report 2023. In 2022, the aggregate value of M&A deals in Australia increased 59% on 2021… Read more »

Advice

3 critical metrics for measuring SaaS startup success

James Fox & Angus Ryan - November 8, 2022 4 MIN READ

In recent years, Software as a Service (SaaS) startups have been fed on a steady diet of cheap money and notions like ‘Growth at all costs’ and ‘Winner takes all’. In turn, this was reflected in the way SaaS performance is measured, the way companies undertook capital raisings, how they spend their cash and how… Read more »

Business strategy

Why making sure your share register is safe keeps your startup and investors secure

Nicholas Benbow - August 26, 2022 3 MIN READ

It’s an exciting time in your startup – you have just successfully raised $1 million in your first formal seed round. Now attention goes to spending that investment capital to pursue your growth objective. It is easy to get giddy with excitement about deploying this capital. But what about the rights of your new shareholders?… Read more »

Business strategy

Here’s how to create a tax-effective exit for your startup’s shareholders – and why it starts today

Jack Qi - August 3, 2022 5 MIN READ

For founders, the day that someone comes to buy their startup can be bittersweet. Whilst many startups and scaleups forge their own independent path by continuing to grow their market share, for others, a successful exit will be a huge validation of what the whole team has built over the years. Given the hard work… Read more »

Politics

William Buck’s Jack Qi gives the Budget a C minus for startup founders: what you need to know

Jack Qi - March 30, 2022 4 MIN READ

Federal Budgets are always fun. Throw in accusations of election year pork-barrelling, the need to repay a huge public sector debt pile, war in Europe, the spectre of rising living costs and massive labour market shortages, we suddenly get a very messy picture indeed. It’s hard to know where to look. Last year we rated… Read more »

Funding

3D body scanning startup Bodd is tackling a $950 billion problem for fashion retailers

Simon Thomsen - October 7, 2021 2 MIN READ

Tech startup Bodd is expanding distribution of its Australian made 3D body scanning and sizing technology to global markets and its on the hunt for investors to back its unique idea. Bodd uses data from 3D scans to create better retail experiences for both consumers and brands in the fashion, uniform, gym and pharmacy sectors.… Read more »

Advice

Australian VC investment as well as M&A deals, are on a tear

Simon Thomsen - September 24, 2021 2 MIN READ

Merger and acquisition deals, along with venture capital investment, have come storming back in 2021 according to a new report from accounting and advisory firm William Buck. The firm’s 2021 M&A and VC Report reveals that M&A deals have jumped in both number and size in the first half of the year to sit 2.5… Read more »

Topics

THE WAY FORWARD: A practical guide to what the tech sector should do next after a B- budget

Jack Qi - May 12, 2021 4 MIN READ

Now that the dust is starting settle around what is one of the most closely-followed Federal Budgets in recent memory, some key themes are starting to emerge as invariably the different sectors of the Australian economy fall into either the “Winners” or “Losers” camps. For the Australian tech sector, this Budget was a missed opportunity… Read more »

Opinion

Here’s what to expect next for venture capital funding in Australia

Misha Ahuja - June 12, 2020 4 MIN READ

Should we look to China for hints as to what will happen with global VC? For our startup community to survive, we need to observe ground zero and monitor the shockwaves hitting regions ahead of us. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Chinese VC deals have taken a plunge and we’re left asking whether we’ll see… Read more »

Topics

Tax experts William Buck explain everything startups need to know about the JobKeeper ‘alternative test’ to qualify

Jack Qi - April 28, 2020 5 MIN READ

Ever since the Australian Government announced the JobKeeper measures, many startups have been eagerly awaiting details of the “alternative test”. Since startups can scale rapidly, many of them are unable to rely on the “basic test” demonstrating a 30% decline in turnover in a particular month or quarter this year to the same month or… Read more »

Opinion

What startups need to do with their finances to survive the coronavirus

Jack Qi - March 19, 2020 4 MIN READ

The coronavirus has dealt the world a one-two punch of a deadly health crisis combined with a devastating economic blow. Panic is setting in as hospital systems around the world are placed under tremendous strain whilst economies grind to a halt as shutdowns set in. No business is immune, and despite swift and large stimulus… Read more »

Opinion

Here’s what a key startup advisor thinks the government needs in its innovation action plan

Simon Thomsen - June 3, 2019 5 MIN READ

After enduring eight different ministers in nine years, the startup sector was relieved when the re-elected Morrison government reappointed Karen Andrews, who’d been in charge on the portfolio for less than a year, as Minister for Industry, Science and Technology. But all sides agree there’s a lot of work do be done and no time… Read more »

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