New startup CGT changes

Startup DailyOct 27, 2026

27.10.2026

News, Insights and Stories from the Australian and New Zealand tech ecosystem.

New, improved CGT rules for startups just dropped in Parliament, but there are still concerns about the R&D funding plan

Startup CGT relief gets smarter, but R&D cuts still bite and Senate horse-trading could rewrite the deal.

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Satellite batteries startup MP Space takes off with $23 million Seed round

Ex-Tesla duo MP Space grabs $23m to make Aussie spacecraft batteries and drag satellite power out of the bespoke dark ages.

Seek is selling down its tech investment fund, which costs $17 million in annual management fees

Seek wants $700m out of its VC side hustle as fees keep bleeding $17m a year and shares crater.

Carry that weight: CGT changes could hit VC managers harder

VC carry faces a tax ambush: startup gains keep the 50% CGT discount, but other payouts could jump to 47%.

Canva launches a home-grown AI image generation model

Canva bets on Craft, its cheaper home-grown AI image model, to defend 250M users from chatbot design creep.

The founder mindset for doing good, with Mark Dombkins

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Chemical threat detection startup Forward Deployed sniffs out $1 million

Forward Deployed grabs $1M to turn DINGO into field-ready chemical threat detection for hostile zones.

Six years and $300,000 later – what you need to know about growing a community

Incaberry burned $300k to make backyard surplus impossible to waste.

HEX launches workplace simulator to tackle the graduate experience gap

HEX’s WorkSim throws students into AI-era remote teams to close the internship gap.

In case you missed it

Victoria’s government-backed Alice Anderson Fund for women founders scores another $10 million

Victoria doubles Alice Anderson Fund with $10m for women-led startups.

The datacentre games: NextDC tumbles, Firmus scrambles, Pocock pounces and WinDC BFFs Nvidia

Australia’s AI data-centre boom hits the wall as NextDC tanks, Firmus sweats OpenAI, and WinDC courts Nvidia.

Cheque-in: 3 startups bank $25.1 million this week

Cuttable, Syncrowin and SupaHuman bank $25.1m to kill ad grunt work, dumb industry systems and stale training.

In other news

Small business recovers $118,000 after email impersonation scam

A small furniture business in Melbourne thought it was paying one of its suppliers. But scammers had intercepted their emails.

Hospitality alert: NSW is cracking down on single-use plastics

NSW café owners will need to rethink how they serve their takeaway coffees under new laws passed by the Minns Government.

Recession-proofing your business: Your early warning signs

Downturns rarely kill a small business overnight. They do it slowly, through a quiet squeeze on cash the owner does not see coming until the account is empty and the options have run out.

Financial elder abuse: When the danger is closer to home

For many older Australians, the financial threat is sitting at the Christmas table.

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