Telstra has acquired Versent, a local tech consultancy that specialises in Amazon’s cloud services for $267.5 million. The deal announced on Wednesday will see the telco take full ownership...
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Rachel Slattery is a serial entrepreneur well known to the tech and innovation ecosystem as the creator of the seminal Tech23 and AgileAus showcase and conference. Both of these...
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Businesses operating from the Sydney Startup Hub can breathe a sigh of relief after the New South Wales government confirmed the co-working space in the heart of the city...
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A handful of industry and innovation grant programs put on hold by the New South Wales government earlier this year are set to restart with reduced funding in the...
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Breakthrough Victoria has launched $87 million worth of research commercialisation partnerships with Deakin University, La Trobe University, Monash University, RMIT, and Swinburne. Startups spun out of the five universities...
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Two programs supporting innovative SMEs in the agrifood sector, run by the national science agency CSIRO and federally funded innovation network AgriFutures, have opened to applications. CSIRO’s Innovate to...
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New South Wales state Labor says the previous Coalition government had made unannounced cuts to the Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) program among a slew of other cuts...
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Silentium Defence is a passive radar deep tech startup spun-out of the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) in 2017, the first tech company to spin-out from Defence in...
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The New South Wales government has limited data on the effectiveness of coworking spaces, accelerators, incubators, and startup hubs in developing markets in novel industries or technologies, according to...
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Leading catalytic renewables refinery researcher Professor Tianyi Ma is looking to commercialise his research team’s innovative techniques for hydrogen production and converting carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. Professor Ma...
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Cicada Innovations will run a new biomedical incubator at the Westmead Health and Innovation District after landing a $7.8 million grant from the New South Wales government. The long-running...
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The Australian tech sector came to Canberra on Wednesday evening, with 34 software and hardware companies from across a broad spectrum of the economy setting up demonstration booths in...
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Around 60 participants from diverse backgrounds will have access to new pre-accelerator programs for founders looking to make a social impact with a startup. The New South Wales government...
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Brisbane-based mining tech startup Plotlogic has raised $43 million in a Series B funding round to continue its expansion into North America and boost investment in R&D, as demand...