Tag: Accelerating Commercialisation

Govt co-invests $8.4m to commercialise Australian IP

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Twelve companies have shared in $8.4 million in co-investment from the government in the latest round of its Accelerating Commercialisation grant program. Announced Tuesday by Industry Minister Christian Porter,...

Ed Husic calls for a smart restart

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia needs a ‘smart restart’ to drive economic growth and jobs creation in the post-COVID-19 period with a focus on the tech and startup sectors, according to Labor MP...

Entrepreneur Programme hiring spree

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government flagship Entrepreneurs Programme national delivery partners have kicked off a hiring spree, seeking to fill 37 different commercialisation and ‘innovation connection’ positions across all states and...

Entrepreneurs Programme: Familiar faces return

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Of the seven delivery provider contracts worth $140 million awarded by the Department of Industry for its Entrepreneurs Programme, five contracts – worth about $109 million – were with...

Entrepreneur Programme gets $110m revamp

Posted on   |  by James Riley
In a massive revamp of its flagship Entrepreneurs Programme, the Industry department has awarded four tender contracts worth a combined $110 million for delivering the program’s commercial outcomes. The...

Govt grants and gender imbalance

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While the federal government prepares details of a new $18 million grants program to support female founders, new research has uncovered a stark gender imbalance in existing entrepreneur support...

Five-year itch for grant scheme

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Entrepreneur Mark Blum co-founded his property tech startup Cognian Technologies in mid-2016, raising a friends and family investment round to fund a working prototype of its Synchromesh smart building...