Banning non-compete clauses for the majority of Australian workers would remove a significant barrier to entrepreneurship, turbocharging the creation of startups while continuing to protect intellectual property and trade...
Startups
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A Melbourne AgTech spinout that can dynamically space growing vegetables to increase leafy green yields by 40 per cent has secured $1 million in seed funding from La Trobe...
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DeteQt, a quantum sensing startup spun out of the University of Sydney, has secured pre-seed funding from some of the best-known deep tech VCs to accelerate development of its...
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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...
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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...
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The corporation managing the government’s $15 billion industry fund has agreed to review potential risks to the Commonwealth from its $32 million equity investment in a startup linked to...
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Western Australian startup lobby StartupWA has welcomed the Cook government’s just launched ‘Made in WA’ industry strategy, in particular the renewal of the state’s New Industries Fund. WA Premier...
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Battery storage manufacturer Allegro Energy is one of five local scaleups to share in the latest allocation of funds from the federal government’s flagship innovation pipeline program. Allegro Energy,...
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AI MedTech pioneer Harrison.ai is eyeing global expansion into new markets like the United States after closing one of the largest ever Series C funding rounds for an Australian...
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Venture capitalist Rod Bristow is the new head of Breakthrough Victoria, joining the company responsible for the state government’s $2 billion innovation fund on Monday with a pledge to...
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The Victoria government is offering venture capital funds and angel groups up to $300,000 to set up shop in the state, in a bid to unlock more early-stage funding...
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The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has made its first funding foray into its medical science priority area with a $32 million equity investment in Harrison.ai, an artificial intelligence MedTech...
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The Australian Open isn’t just a Grand Slam tennis event, it’s now also an integrated startup accelerator and venture capital fund targeting technology investments that can enhance the tournament...
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Fleet Space Technologies has closed a $150 million Series D funding round, bringing the nanosatellite startup’s valuation to more than $800 million – twice what it was worth less...