Royalties from a breakthrough Australian cancer treatment are bolstering a new $66 million life sciences venture fund that has been aimed squarely at the local sector’s “broken” commercialisation link....
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Sydney quantum startup Diraq on Tuesday claimed another technology breakthrough it says keeps it on track to deliver a useful quantum computer within four years and a fault tolerant...
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The first cohort of scaleups in the Albanese government’s flagship innovation pipeline program have been unveiled, with $7.4 million in grants to be shared by five companies. The local...
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The Victorian government has pledged $2.4 million to venture capital firms to set up in the state and raise funding for local startups, setting up competition with Queensland’s venture...
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Australian innovation will disrupt global energy, health, water and chemicals industries if startups, investors, industry and governments can come together in a systems model, according to local deep tech...
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200,000 university students in Mexico will be able to improve their communication skills with Australian made AI after Melbourne startup GetMee rode crowd funding and government support to its...
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Leonardo.AI, the Australian developer of a rapidly growing generative AI art platform, will be acquired by graphic design giant Canva for an undisclosed sum. Although only launched in December 2022,...
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The federal government’s only program for female startup founders will not continue after internal analysis determined more than $35 million in direct grants and mentoring for almost one thousand...
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Biosecurity startup ExoFlare has closed a $5.3 million capital raise to develop its online platform for tracking threats in the agriculture and food supply chain. The seed raise was...
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Up to 10 female venture capitalists will be trained up in a new state-backed initiative to widen the opportunities from Queensland’s $130 million startup funding drive. Brisbane based and...
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The Victorian government’s startup agency is backing seven pre-accelerator programs to be delivered by other organisations, with focus areas across AI, MedTech, First Nations founders and circular economy. LaunchVic...
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Twenty startups will share in almost $1 million in funding under the first round of the NSW government’s re-launched MVP Ventures program, while a further 16 firms wait to...
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Australia’s infinite recycling startup Samsara Eco has added $100 million and a host of new investors to its Series A, bringing total funding to more than $160 million as...
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The Western Australian government has awarded $3.56 million in funding from two key innovation commercialisation grants programs backed by the state’s New Industries Fund to nearly 50 companies. Companies...