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LaunchVic remakes 500 fund

LaunchVic has learned from last year’s 500 Startups mess, chief executive Kate Cornick said, as the Victorian government body revealed how the funding recovered from the deal will be...

LaunchVic tackles skills shortfall

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian government has dished out nearly $3 million in grants to educational services for startup founders, the first funding round LaunchVic has unveiled in more than six months....

500 Startups was a wake-up call

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The 500 Startups scandal in Victoria appears to have jolted the country’s venture capital community into acknowledging the need for more female involvement in the tech and innovation ecosystem....

Process problems dog the big D

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The transparency and process problems that have dogged Victorian innovation minister Philip Dalidakis and the grants body LaunchVic have put future support for the sector at risk. At best,...

LaunchVic changes at the edges

Posted on   |  by James Riley
LaunchVic has confirmed a series of minor changes following the recent 500 Startups debacle, but the same assessment process that saw the controversy-plagued US company receive a now-retracted $3...

LaunchVic set to replace 500 fiasco

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
LaunchVic has announced a new funding round aimed at replacing global startup expertise that was lost when the organisation terminated its contract with troubled accelerator 500 Startups. Victoria’s government-owned...

Opposition knives out for LaunchVic

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...

Searching for the silver lining

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...

Dalidakis: Debacle ‘a small setback’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...

Vic govt cancels 500 Startups deal

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...