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2025 is tracking to be the lowest year on record for capital raised by female-only founding teams, quarterly report shows.

Australian impact startups are holding strong amid market downturn, a new report has shown, highlighting an area where women founders thrive.

While female founder generally are underrepresented in startups and amongst those accessing funding. representation is growing in digital health.

Co-founder of successful household services app UrbanYou Noga Edelstein has some practical advice for women seeking investor funding.  

Jo Inch’s, founder and CEO of Hat Media, explains how she uses AI tools to enhance her firm’s capabilities and strategies.

Terria, a groundbreaking geospatial tech startup, spun out of a lab from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, has successfully closed a seed investment round, which will amplify its impact in planning, the energy transition and environmental monitoring.

A successful femtech startup changing the game in menstrual health has rebranded its name to reflect the strength of women. 

An app helping home cooks organise and share recipes, ReciMe has attracted America’s leading investors, with a $1.5 million seed round. 

A Melbourne-based data analytics startup that offers companies unique insights into diversity and employee engagement has raised $6 million.

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

Just 3.9 per cent of venture capital (VC) funding for student startups in Australia has gone to women-only founders in the last decade.

Breaking into just one male-dominated industry is a daunting task for a young woman in Australia. But Rose Naji shows no signs of fear.