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Labor to reinstate games fund

The popular interactive games fund would be reinstated under an elected Labor government, with $25 million in funding pledged over three years. Labor leader Bill Shorten made the election...

Labor $15m digital health accelerator

13 May 2019 | by James Riley

Labor will fund a new health technology accelerator and medical simulation facilities in Melbourne’s south-east as part of a $15 million digital health election commitment. Shadow health minister Catherine...

Funding slowdown for tech sector?

1 May 2019 | by Vitaly

Public investment in startups and tech companies is dropping while private investment growth is slowing in troubling signs for the local sectors amid political uncertainty, a new report has...

Airwallex achieves unicorn status

26 March 2019 | by Aimee Chanthadavong

Melbourne-based cross border payments platform Airwallex has just earned unicorn status, following a successful Series C fundraising round of US$100 million. The fintech, which is now valued at over...

Salesforce offers $70M Australia fund

7 March 2019 | by James Riley

American tech giant Salesforce has launched a $70 million-plus venture capital fund in Australia, but funding will only go towards startups in the company’s own “ecosystem”. The $US50 million...

MTPConnect driving solid growth

21 February 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The government-funded industry growth centre for the medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical sectors has achieved significant results in its first three years of existence, but its mission has just begun,...

LaunchVic reveals open funding round

13 February 2019 | by Vitaly

LaunchVic has revealed its first funding round of the year as the agency begins discussions with the Victorian government for further funding of its own. The organisation’s tenth funding...

Asia cranks up startup engine

19 January 2016 | by Michael Sainsbury

If there was any doubt that the billions of dollars that has been pouring into the Asian technology sector was in danger of drying up in the face of...

Talent retention key to game sector

17 September 2015 | by James Riley

A once burgeoning sector, the video games development industry has suffered harsh decline in recent years with international competitors poaching talent, while Abbot’s Government closed the $20 million Australian...

Funding boost for export scheme

20 August 2015 | by James Riley

The Commonwealth’s Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) scheme is set for a significant funding boost over the next three years, with the tabling of an independent report in Parliament...

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