Tag: biotech

Main Sequence backs dementia and pain biotech Kinoxis

Posted on   |  by Lanie Tindale
CSIRO-backed venture capital firm Main Sequence has contributed to a $9.25 million funding round for an Australian biotechnology startup tackling pain and agitation in dementia patients. Main Sequence has...

Chalmers faces deep tech backlash over RDTI overhaul

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A coalition of research groups, accelerators and incubators have united to urge the Albanese government to rethink changes to the R&D Tax Incentive that will limit refundability to startups...

$7.7m remedy draws NZ biotech to Queensland

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New Zealand biotech BioOra will expand production of its next-generation cell therapies to Australia after winning a $7.7 million grant through Queensland’s Sovereign Industry Development Fund. The Wellington-based company...

Brisbane BioTech bracing for $15 million RDTI hit

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
One of Australia’s most promising BioTechs says it will be torpedoed by a government plan to tighten innovation tax incentives and cap them after 10 years, warning it could...

AI firms should face digital duty of care, senator says

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s proposed digital duty of care should extend to AI companies, according to Labor senator and former AI startup founder Michelle Ananda-Rajah, who has floated a rights-based approach to...

What’s ahead for Australian startups in 2026?

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Startups will focus on scaling and commercialisation in 2026, building off last year’s more optimistic funding environment and a federal government policy shift towards sovereign industry, innovation sector leaders...