In this episode of Tribe Talkin': Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones has vowed to crack down on companies seeking to circumvent laws designed to 'staple' workers to a single superannuation fund during employee onboarding programs. (Capital Brief Anthony Galloway) Emerging venture capital managers have raised concerns about the influence super funds have gained over the local startup ecosystem. (Capital Brief Bronwen Clune) Australian workforce management software maker Deputy has cracked the billion-dollar valuation milestone, the first private technology “unicorn” company to emerge since the tech funding market soured in early 2022. (AFR: Tess Bennett). Seven Aussie startups that raised $11.8 million this week. (SmartCompany: Eloise Keating). Invoice payments startup Marmalade raises $16m. (Capital Brief: Prashant Mehra) Alumni of climate tech startup accelerator EnergyLab raised a record $289 million in 2023, with Australian-based startups accounting for $124 million of that total. (Business News Australia) Predictive intelligence marketing tech Prophet raises $5m in seed round backed by Catalano. (Business News Australia: Matt Ogg) Hola Health greets a new chapter in telehealth with $4.5m pre-Series A raise. (Business News Australia: Matt Ogg) Do the best deals have no "fanfare"? Sam Jacobs Jensen Huang hopes you suffer! Stone and Chalk touts resilience despite $7m loss. (Capital Brief: John Buckley and Bronwen Clune) Spacecubed and CORE Innvoation Hub Elaine Stead joins Main Sequence. (Capital Brief: Bronwen Clune) Of its 3300 employees, 85 per cent own WiseTech shares thanks to an employee share scheme. (AFR: Yolanda Redrup) For the first time in at least 5 years, there were more total job departures from companies on Carta than there were total new hires. Public Market & Macro Charts [email protected]

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