Perth-based Merchant Group is now the largest shareholder of medical cannabis company AusCann Group Holdings, after it acquired an 11.43 per cent stake worth around $11.6 million.
Perth-based BDO partner Todd Grover has had a key role in navigating the sale of Sydney-based Comsec TR to a European prison media and communications provider.
A wearable safety device developed by Soter Analytics is helping prevent injuries to industrial workers and could save companies thousands of dollars a year on compensation.
With the rollout of the NDIS due to be completed by mid-2020, disability service providers are turning to IT solutions to improve efficiency and make the system more accessible to users.
Perth-based Zelda Therapeutics has struck an agreement to merge with Ilera Therapeutics that could potentially be worth more than $65 million, as it seeks to grow in the heavily regulated global medical cannabis market.
Plans by private equity group Siris Capital to acquire ASX-listed Dreamscape Networks have won strong backing at shareholder meetings held in Perth today. The big winners include managing director Mark Evans.
Telstra and Dutch multinational Fugro have opened a remote operations centre in Gnangara, which the partners hope could be used to service industries beyond oil and gas.
Share market online chat forum HotCopper Holdings will venture into the North American market after signing a deal to acquire its Canadian equivalent, as it seeks to bounce back from a fiscal 2019 loss.
IT services company Datacom Systems AU has expanded its presence in Western Australia, recruiting extra staff and transferring the head of its public sector practice to Perth.
Carnegie Clean Energy has reached the minimum of $5.5 million from its rights issue, but announced a shortfall of around $6 million, as the collapsed wave power company inches closer to recapitalisation and relisting on the ASX.
Singapore and Perth-based biotech company Osteopore has begun life on the ASX today with a sharp share price surge, following a $5.25 million initial public offering.
Interest in equity crowdfunding is growing locally, after Rhinohide reached its investment goal and fellow Perth-based business Tiller Rides announced more than 300 investors have expressed interest in supporting its capital raising.
PERTH consultant Wyn Hopkins has a special claim to fame; he prompted Microsoft to update its highly popular Excel package to fix an issue that had been annoying users for years.
Joondalup-based Sapien Cyber, which was recently backed by Woodside Petroleum, has announced four high-profile board appointments as the company looks to move into the US market.
