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Wrap 100! Always be closing & IPO, no?

💯 We’ve officially made it to the 100th edition! Thanks for coming along on the ride. We share top tips for continuing sales momentum in this tricky…

Sep 22 •

August 2023

Wrap 99: I got 99 problems

Our 99th rap themed wrap! Who made the Cloud 100? How are Aussie's big tech cos faring? Has VC reached the bottom? Most importantly, who won our…

Aug 25 •

July 2023

Wrap #98: Hit it, DJ!

Big consolidation news for the DJ tech world & another big kiwi tech exit. Canva makes more no.1 hits. $810m raised in Q2 including lots of battery…

Jul 21 •

June 2023

Wrap #97: OpenAI’s Sam Altman says hai

A message from man of the moment, Sam Altman. Online coal shopping. Virtual soccer. An M&A bonanza. Alt-plastic fantastic. Fresh VC funds. This month's…

Jun 16 •

May 2023

Wrap #96: Dancing Ducks

Despite all of the attention-grabbing news headlines on redundancies, a halted VC market, the tech crunch and startup collapse, there are plenty of ANZ…

May 12 •

April 2023

Wrap #95: Life in the fast (tech) lane

Tiger’s growth funding implosion hits Aussie shores. Instagram's new feature could threaten Linktree. Loads of opportunity and tips for enterprise tech…

Apr 21 •

March 2023

Wrap #94: Panic! at the SVB & metrics that matter

No more cheap money = bank runs (!), fire sales, company collapse and mass redundancies. Late-stage growth monsters are out; early-stage is in. If…

Mar 10 •

December 2022

Wrap #93: How it started; How it's going 2022

How things can change in a short space of time. We looked back through the archives to our first Wrap of 2022 to compare then and now. How much is Uber…

Dec 16, 2022 •

November 2022

Wrap #92: Rise & demise

Blackbird and Square Peg capped off the year with record raises. With amazing people working on some very interesting innovations, clean tech is…

Nov 25, 2022 •

September 2022

Wrap #91: VCs w cash, an M&A bash & Canva makes a splash

A flurry of new Aussie VC funds. Canva drops a mega product update. Plenty of M&A, incl. Adobe's acquisition of Figma, MYOB buying Flare, Algolia…

Sep 30, 2022 •

July 2022

Wrap #90: Venture is down, but not out

We bring you the latest happenings in local venture land, deals and anti-deals Which industry might be recession proof? A big health play by Amazon and…

Jul 22, 2022 •

June 2022

Wrap #89: M&A on the rise. Sharks in the skies.

On the deal front: Expect to see record tech M&A this year. VMware is being gobbled up in one of the biggest tech deals in history, and Zendesk's…

Jun 25, 2022 •

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