A coalition of research groups, accelerators and incubators have united to urge the Albanese government to rethink changes to the R&D Tax Incentive that will limit refundability to startups...
IP, R&D and Venture Capital
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The University of Sydney on Monday invited potential partners to explore a new venture fund to commercialise more of its deep tech and BioTech breakthroughs as spinout companies, forecasting...
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Tax breaks for companies undertaking R&D will be overhauled and a new refund scheme for loss-making startups introduced as part of budget push to lift private investment and encourage...
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Australian superannuation funds may soon be able to invest in riskier assets like startups and venture capital funds, under rule changes being considered by the federal government. A Treasury...
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Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, has slipped down the country’s patent rankings, falling out of the top five most active applicants amid a surge in filings from a...
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Australia’s agricultural innovation pipeline must be overhauled to meet government and industry growth ambitions, with research more closely tied to real-world adoption. That’s according to Mick Veitch, the chair...
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Australia’s $15 billion sovereign investment fund is working through more than 50 investment proposals as it chases an ambitious investment target set by the federal government. The fund was...
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A US dollar-heavy portfolio helped drag the Victorian government’s embattled venture capital fund to a $5.7 million loss last financial year, offsetting its growing investment returns. Breakthrough Victoria posted...
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Breakthrough Victoria will invest $75 million into five venture capital funds in a bid to support early-stage companies and accelerate the commercialisation of research across key sectors, including climate...
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Six companies each claimed more than $100 million through Australia’s research and development tax incentive in the 2022-23 financial year, with new claims totaling $1.2 billion. Newly released Tax...
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Australia could reap more than $7 billion each year by reforming uncompetitive R&D tax settings, according to new economic modelling commissioned by the Business Council of Australia, Atlassian and...
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Australia’s most valuable tech unicorn surpassed the national science agency as the country’s second most active patent applicant for the first time last year, new data reveals. The number...
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Australia’s AI-related patents nearly quadrupled over the nine years to 2024, while local AI-related research publications more than doubled, a new report from the National Artificial Intelligence Centre shows....
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Australia’s startup ecosystem has outgrown the venture capital tax breaks on offer to boost early-stage tech investment, and are now acting as a handbrake as companies level up. That’s...