The CSIRO’s data branch Data61 was paid nearly $150,000 for its work on the government’s much-maligned RoboDebt program across three separate contracts, according to questions on notice from the...
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The Opposition has sharpened its attacks on the Victorian government over its handling of the recent 500 Startups debacle and raised questions over the independence of LaunchVic. The issue...
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The female-founder focused SheStarts program launched in January by Sydney-based accelerator Blue Chilli with the aim of supporting a league of extraordinary women has said farewell to its first...
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Freshly-minted seed fund and accelerator Galileo Ventures has plans to raise a $20 million early stage venture capital fund (ESVCLP) targeting student entrepreneurs graduating from university looking to establish...
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Cloud-based business software maker Zoho Corporation stands apart from its Silicon Valley-based tech industry peers, culturally and geographically. At a time when toxic Silicon Valley culture is under an...
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Australia’s banks have yet to open up their APIs to FinTechs, but that could change sooner rather than later when a new financial services sandbox gets under way in...
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Australian enterprise is facing a fresh wave of innovation and automation that could replace more than half the current human workforce in some sectors of the economy. An online...
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The decision by Victorian funding agency LaunchVic to sever its ties to the troubled Silicon Valley accelerator 500 Startups is the right one. It brings to a close a...
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As the Commonwealth Bank money laundering allegations rage and increase the likelihood of a Royal Commission inquiry into banking, there is perhaps an even more profound change in the...
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The NSW Data Analytics Centre (DAC) has been able to identify in just a few weeks the 1000 or so at-risk high-rise buildings from a pool of 150,000 buildings audited...
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The Australian Sports Technology Network (ASTN) wants to revive a version of a deal struck in the dying days of the second Rudd Labor government that could see Australia’s...
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Victorian innovation minister Philip Dalidakis has described the 500 Startups sexual harassment scandal and the month long funding debacle that followed as “a small setback.” LaunchVic’s said on Thursday...
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The Victorian government has sensationally pulled nearly $3 million in funding from global accelerator 500 Startups after more than a month of negotiations that followed revelations of sexual harassment...
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Larry Marshall is having an each way bet on the future – investing in the CSIRO’s pure research initiatives while looking to spend $200 million on start ups through...