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Forget the US tech giants, the best place to work for a budding start-up founder is right here in the likes of Safety Culture and Canva, new data shows.

This 11-year-old venture capital fund has pocketed $44m and a “rare” win after three of its portfolio companies exited over the past 12 months.

Australian tech minnow Cocoon Data says it’s poised to become a $US100m ($152.4m) business after signing a partnership with Google and gaining accreditation from the US government to gain access to public sector customers in the world’s biggest economy.

Technology editor Jared Lynch tried switching to Android after 14 years in the Apple ecosystem and… spoiler alert: he’s keeping his iPhone.

Budding founders learn the ropes

Almost half the start-ups funded from Blackbird’s 2022 fund were started by executives who had worked in its portfolio companies.

VENTURE CAPITAL

Aura Ventures pockets $44m as it exits investment trio

Aura Ventures has recorded its third exit in 12 months, returning a total of $44m after another of its portfolio companies was acquired this month.

How an Aussie start-up is Googling its way to be a $150m business

Cocoon Data is on its way to $152m in revenue after signing a deal with Google and gaining US government accreditation, allowing it to crack the world’s biggest and toughest market...

The reality of switching from an iPhone to android

Samsung says it’s never been easier to switch from an iPhone to one of its android devices. But was it enough to pull me away from Apple after 14 years?

Businesses keep faith in cloud despite CrowdStrike outage

CrowdStrike’s outage shutdown big banks, hospitals, retailers and airlines. While the world survived, experts say next time we might not be so lucky.

How one IT team saved 1000 PCs from ‘blue screen of death’

How an IT team at a HR firm responsible for the payments, rostering and management of around 2.5 million people contained their systems in the CrowdStrike outage.

What now for Optus and its ‘corrupt’ star recruit?

The telco which hired a former NSW premier after she was targeted by a corruption inquiry has ‘acknowledged’ court findings but said little about the consequences.