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Australian media outlets and journalists most relevant to NSW/Sydney VC attention.

7
Outlets
19journalists
19/19 enriched
3
Very-high outlets
7
Very-high contacts

Ranked outlets

Sorted by report rank · click any name for the full profile
Australian Financial Review logo
Very high
Audience
LPs, bankers, PE, growth-stage founders, boardrooms
Why it matters
Strongest single route into Australian private-capital and dealmaker attention; Street Talk is explicitly positioned around exclusive daily insights and its editors specialise in PE, M&A and capital markets.
Street TalkStreet Talk First Look newsletter
3 journalists
KS
Kanika SoodVery high

Journalist, Street Talk column, Australian Financial Review

Capital raising, private deals, ECM, PE-led transactions

ST

Co-Editor, Street Talk - Australian Financial Review

Private equity, investment banking, M&A, equity capital markets

ER
Emma RapaportVery high

Co-editor, Street Talk column

Capital markets, transactions, growth-capital stories (former AFR markets reporter)

Startup Daily logo
Very high
Audience
Founders, angels, seed funds, ecosystem operators
Why it matters
Still the most concentrated daily startup/VC coverage in Australia and NZ, with strong recurring funding and founder reporting plus podcast/newsletter products.
Startup 360 podcastDaily newsletter
2 journalists
ST
Simon ThomsenVery high

Editor of Startup Daily

Founders, funding, startup profiles, ecosystem trends. Also an investor in early-stage startups.

TJ

Deputy Editor at SmartCompany

Technology, startup funding data, AI, NSW innovation policy

LinkedInXEmailalso at SmartCompany (Deputy Editor)
Capital Brief logo
Very high
Audience
Decision-makers, finance, tech and policy insiders
Why it matters
Punches above its size because it is explicitly 'read by decision makers', and it has a dedicated VC/startup correspondent through Sweat Equity.
Sweat Equity columnThe Edition newsletter
3 journalists
BC
Bronwen CluneVery high

VC and startups correspondent

VC, startup ecosystem, government innovation. Background spans media, startups, government innovation and Culture Amp's founding team.

JM
John McDulingVery high

Founding Editor-in-Chief, Capital Brief

Markets, founders, technology framing. Former national business editor at SMH/The Age, former AFR/Quartz journalist.

DV
Daniel Van BoomHigh–very high

Technology Correspondent

Big tech, AI, cybersecurity, crypto, startup-adjacent regulation

InnovationAus logo
#4Policy / innovation

InnovationAus

High
Audience
Deep-tech founders, policy people, research, government, institutional investors
Why it matters
Best outlet for the intersection of NSW policy, research translation, government funding, critical technologies and the 'missing middle'.
3 journalists
JB

Senior Reporter

Australian business/government technology, cloud, privacy, sustainability, digital policy — with a visible NSW lens

JR

Founder and Editorial Director

Industry-development policy; long history as a tech reporter in Australia and Asia

JH

Editor, InnovationAus

Tech, business, politics — long-running

Audience
Founders, SMEs, operators, scale-up leaders
Why it matters
Broader than pure VC media, but it has meaningful startup, AI and funding coverage and reaches the practical operator audience many funds want founders to associate them with.
2 journalists
EK

Editor at SmartCompany

Startup and entrepreneur coverage; recurring funding round-ups across SmartCompany and Startup Daily

LinkedInXEmailalso at Startup Daily (recurring contributor)
DA
David AdamsMedium-high

Senior Business Journalist

Political, regulatory and economic issues facing entrepreneurs

Audience
Broad business audience, executives, investors, financially literate professionals
Why it matters
Best for repetition and reach rather than scoops; the outlet says it is Australia's most popular business podcast and claims an audience of 500,000+ monthly downloads.
Daily news podcastQ+ASaturday EditionFast FiveDaily newsletter500,000+ monthly downloads (outlet self-reported)
3 journalists
MT

Co-presenter and Co-founder, Fear & Greed

Award-winning radio producer and journalist; strong interviewer and broad business explainer

SA

Presenter, Fear & Greed Podcast; Co-founder, AylmerAnderson

Business news, markets, macro, tech. Trained economist; decades in business journalism across Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and New York.

AL
Adam LangMedium-high

Operations Lead and Co-founder

Operations + on-air; background in radio, television and media management

Audience
Entrepreneurs, local business leaders, awards audiences, growth-stage founders
Why it matters
Useful secondary outlet for founder profiles, awards, funding rounds and entrepreneur lists; better for profile-building than for elite capital-markets agenda-setting.
3 journalists
MO
Matt OggMedium-high

Editor at Business News Australia

Funding, startup economics, ecosystem profiles

AD

Business Journalist, Business News Australia

Founder profiles, awards coverage, startup culture pieces

NN

Senior Journalist

Wider business journalism with some entrepreneur and startup-adjacent profiles

Data extracted from AU media map deep-research bundle. Outlets are stored as organizations and journalists as people, both with entity_type media_outlet. Curated attributes (influence tier, beat, recent coverage) live in extendedAttributes.

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