Only startups that can satisfy strict innovation criteria will be eligible for a partial carve out from changes to the capital gains tax discount, while 10-year age and $50...
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Sydney University-based R&D startup Emergence Quantum has sold a 22 per cent stake to Singapore-headquartered investment firm Serendipity Capital for an undisclosed amount, in a tie-up expected to produce...
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Australia’s budding quantum, AI and robotics industries will be among the hardest hit by the government’s changes to the capital gains tax discount, while the best tech talent will...
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WA’s largest startup event has secured a four-year extension with a $1.1 million state grant that will see its focus shift from Perth to Fremantle, as the Cook government...
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The Albanese government’s budget changes will put a handbrake on innovation by giving Australia “one of the least competitive capital gains tax rates in the developed world”. ANU economist...
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A national scheme offering HECs style loans for university graduates to launch startups has been scrapped after only eight people utilised the pilot and it struggled to compete with...
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A series of startup consultation efforts held in response to concerns about federal budget measures appear to have been held without the knowledge of the Minister responsible, or the...
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The long-running Startup Muster ecosystem survey has been thrown an industry lifeline that will fund another edition in 2026 after a national rescue and resuscitation effort by 21 supporting...
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Australia recorded stunning growth across its startup ecosystem in 2025 off the back of an investment surge in Melbourne, a new global report says, but warns a lack of...
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The Albanese government’s beleaguered startup commercialisation program quietly awarded a slew of new grants just days before the scheme’s application process was paused following a $48 million budget cut....
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Melbourne-based engineering outfit Sypaq Systems became the overnight innovation success story of 2023 with the launch of its flat-pack, cardboard drone to the frontlines in Ukraine. But like many...
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Good news has finally emerged from PsiQuantum’s Australian bunker with the company announcing it has ditched plans to build its world-first quantum computer at Brisbane Airport in favour of...
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The Michael Biercuk-led Australian quantum outfit Q-CTRL has been on a flyer over the past year, and was last month named as one of Time Magazine’s 10 Most Influential...
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The Victorian government will replace its state-owned venture capital fund and startup development agency with Innovation Victoria, a one-stop support agency for the state’s innovation sector. Almost six months...