Author: Justin Hendry

Victoria’s plan to boost the uni startup ‘pipeline’

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Victoria’s state-backed venture capital fund hopes a new fellowship program designed to support the leap from academia to commercial success will create a startup “talent pipeline” well into the...

LaunchVic delivers $4.1m boost to startup accelerators

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Startup accelerator programs nurturing more than 100 early-stage companies in Victoria will share in $4.1 million through the state government’s startup development agency, LaunchVic. The funding for ANDHealth, the...

Canberra’s ageing tech workforce in the government’s sights

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An ageing tech workforce and the absence of succession planning in the Australian Public Service is putting business continuity at “great risk”, according to the federal government’s first digital...

Gender bias holding back Australia’s ICT Sector

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Australia’s tech workforce is growing at twice the national average. Tech exports have doubled in the past decade, making the sector one of Australia’s fastest-growing economic drivers — but...

‘It takes a lot of capital’: AgTechs lament VC roadblock

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A fundamental disconnect between venture capital firms and AgTech startups, in part due to long development cycles, is damaging Australia’s prospects of leading the global charge for change in...

Fleet’s ‘hyper factory’ emerges from Space Park ashes

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Almost two years after Australian Space Park was shelved, Fleet Space Technologies will push ahead with plans to build a ‘hyper factory’ capable of scaling production of its cutting-edge...

Ming Long named new CSIRO chairwoman

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Experienced board director Ming Long has been appointed the new chair of national science agency CSIRO, replacing Kathryn Fagg, who has stepped down after more than three years. Ms...