Author: ILF

Kimal Singh (ILF2018) The team behind an Adelaide-based asset inspection and testing company that counts Santos, Rio Tinto and BHP among its blue chip clients, is tapping investors for a $5m capital raise as it looks to turbocharge the launch of its in-house developed testing equipment into the lucrative US market. It’s the second fundraising

Peter Piliouras (ILF2014) It’s not easy to compete with Chemist Warehouse, the dominant player in the pharmacy sector, but Peter Piliouras thinks he might have the formula for success at rival chain Star Discount Chemist. Piliouras, chief executive of Star Pharmacy Group, which operates the Star Discount Chemist stores, was a senior executive at On

Kelly Jamieson (ILF2016) Just 2 per cent of early-stage investment funding in Australia flows to female founders. Kelly Jamieson, who is co-chair of the Fearless Females Network and together with her sister Abbey Baker founded e-commerce success Edible Blooms, said the grants for startups were often narrow in their industry focus or criteria. “For female

Emilio De Stefano (ILF2014) De Stefano & Co is proud to announce that the company has been named as finalists in two categories at this year’s Australian Cyber Awards. The announcement comes on the heels of De Stefano & Co’s success at the 2024 Australian Cyber Awards, where the company was honoured to be named

Herve Astier (ILF2019&2024) Neumann Space CEO Herve Astier has won the prestigious Avalon Innovation Award, the blue ribbon from the Avalon Pitchfest and Awards competition. Herve pitched the “Neumann Drive: The New Standard for Electric Propulsion enabling the Space Economy” to a panel of current and former leaders from Australian and US defence, research and industry organisations. Head judge Tony