Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has moved out of her role as operating partner at Australia’s biggest venture capital fund Blackbird, people familiar with the situation said, while she remains...
IP, R&D and Venture Capital
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Australia has a proud history of invention. But we have repeatedly failed to capitalise on our breakthroughs. Despite Australia’s strong research impact, with 3.5 per cent of global publications...
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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...
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Sophisticated investor rules should be overhauled to take into account knowledge and experience tests, a parliamentary committee has recommended in a bid to boost local capital investment. The call...
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Queensland’s sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday hopped into a $125 million climate technology venture capital fund, boosting the funding available to local startups while expanding its global climate mandate....
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Australia risks losing out on the future prosperity that artificial intelligence presents by investing “far too little” in research and development, according to software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes. The co-founder...
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The Victorian government’s $2 billion venture capital fund recorded its first loss since inception last financial year, despite adding more than $190 million in new investments to its portfolio....
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Superannuation funds are facing growing calls to stump up more of their fast-growing $3.9 trillion wealth funds into early-stage tech, as local venture capital continues to lag behind that...
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Australia’s public research institutions landed more than $1 billion worth of private sector research contracts for the first time in 2023, according to an annual survey by Knowledge Commercialisation...
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Atlassian, CSL and Cochlear are the biggest users of Australia’s research and development tax incentive, with the software giant alone claiming more than $200 million of activity a year,...
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Less than half of Australian businesses are now considered innovation-active, according to new biennial data that reveals a tough economic environment is drying up the funds and skills needed...
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There was no movement on the amount spent on research and development activity inside government organisations in the first year of the Albanese government when measured as a proportion...
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Queensland’s startup investment pool continues to grow with four more venture capital firms agreeing to expand in the state in exchange for backing from the Miles government’s new development...
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One of the earliest backers of PsiQuantum says bringing the Californian-based quantum company to Queensland will “catapult” the local sector by crowding in investment and help prevent further brain...