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Cicada’s Williams on Deep Tech policy priorities

Sally-Ann Williams has been the chief executive officer at Australia’s premier Deep Tech incubator Cicada Innovations for just over 12 months, after spending more than 12 years with Google...

Australia must tap plant-based meat boom

12 February 2020 | by Claire McFarland

Australia’s strong agricultural science has built a reputation for quality. Australian beef in particular is highly sought after around the world. Almost three quarters of the beef produced in...

Data rights and the Aussie farmer

19 September 2019 | by James Riley

Data portability and the application of farmer’s data rights in the agricultural sector will play a large part in reaping the expected $20+ billion reward of improved productivity through...

Aussie AgTech dramatically behind

17 October 2018 | by Denham Sadler

Australia is “losing a race we should be winning” on AgTech, with local investment in the sector “dramatically behind” the rest of the world, a new report has found....

Aussie VC soars, but it’s lumpy

18 July 2018 | by James Riley

The amount of venture capital invested in Australia has soared to a record high, but with a lower number of deals there are concerns about a remaining funding gap...

AgTech is ready for policy love

4 May 2018 | by James Riley

If Australia’s AgTech sector gets a single mention in next week’s budget, it can only signal good news, according SproutX co-founder Andrew Lai. “AgTech doesn’t feature very much at...

Joko dreams of tech platforms

18 March 2018 | by James Riley

Indonesian president Joko Widodo is only half-joking when he says the current weirdness in global politics was the result of the arrival of global entertainment phenomenon Netflix. He says...

AgTech alliance: Food for thought

14 February 2018 | by James Riley

A group of Australian investors and founders have formed a new industry initiative to promote agricultural technology and entrepreneurship through the Asia Pacific. The Asia Pacific AgTech Alliance (APAA)...

Ag and tech the new China targets

25 August 2017 | by Stuart Kennedy

New Chinese restrictions on overseas investment could be a boon for our film, agriculture and tech industries, even as the new rules take some wind out of the local...

AgriTech the new startup frontier

7 September 2016 | by James Riley

Agricultural technology – AgriTech – has the potential to give Australia a $100 billion agricultural industry by 2030, says a new report. That’s a doubling in size in a...

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