Tegan Jones

Tegan Jones is a senior technology journalist at SmartCompany. An award-winning journalist, she has been reporting on technology, telecommunications and gaming for the past 10 years. She regularly appears on mainstream media channels as an expert tech commentator. Her previous roles include editor of Gizmodo Australia and global reviews editor at Finder. She has also served as a reporter and editor across Business Insider, Lifehacker and Kotaku Australia. Tegan is the co-host of one of the top technology podcasts in Australia, Queens of the Drone Age. You can find her on Twitter @Tegan_Writes.

News & Views

Olivia Orchowski’s Femtek raises $1 million for cycle tracking ring you wear to bed

Australian women’s healtech startup, Femtek, has raised $1 million to propel the development of its signature cycle-tracking product – the Basal Body Ring.

Business

Airtree explorer is back to invest in more diverse and regional angel investors

Launched back in 2020, Airtree Explorer is a three-month program that focuses on making angel investing accessible.

Money

A few large raises doesn’t mean the current funding for women-led startups in Australia is acceptable

The latest Cut Through Ventures report has some good news about funding for women-led startups. But we look beyond a couple of big raises.

News & Views

Cauldron brews $10.5 million and one of the largest seed rounds by a women-founded and led business in Australia

Cauldron’s $10.5 million raise is one of the largest seed rounds landed by a woman-founded and led business in Australia.

Climate

Ethical investment app Bloom lands $525,000 in seed funding for its anti-greenwashing platform

First founded in 2019 by Camille Socquet-Clerc, climate-focused fintech startup Bloom Impact Investing just raised $525,000 in seed funding.

Entrepreneurs

Budget 2022: Startup founders seeking support for women, STEM careers and tax cuts

We chatted to some Aussie startup founders to find out what they wanted to see in Labor’s 2022-23 federal budget.