Tag: Investment

Fuse RDTI and NRF to drive research investment: Go8

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The multibillion-dollar R&D tax incentive should be expanded to offer equity and debt financing from the National Reconstruction Fund to businesses that collaborate with local research institutions, the Group of...

Biosecurity startup ExoFlare raises $5.3m

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Biosecurity startup ExoFlare has closed a $5.3 million capital raise to develop its online platform for tracking threats in the agriculture and food supply chain. The seed raise was...

Canberra tips $13m into critical minerals processing

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Queensland and South Australia are set to play a greater role in global lithium-ion battery supply chains after the federal government awarded $13 million in matched grants to two...

Under the horizon: Researchers frustrated by EU R&D snub

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australia is “missing an open goal” by not joining the European Union’s flagship research and innovation program, research and businesses leaders have warned while calling on a reluctant federal...

CBA’s VC accelerator hunts AI startups

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Data and AI startups are the focus of the Commonwealth Bank’s next accelerator program Xccelerate24, with startups to vie for a $250,000 investment and a potential partnership with Australia’s...

New committees to steer medical research funds

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The funding strategies of the federal government’s flagship health and medical research funds, which collectively award more than $1.5 billion in grants every year, are set to become more...

Flagship WA innovation program gets another review

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Western Australian government’s flagship innovation funding program delivered an outsized economic return in its first round, according to two independent reviews, with another review to be finalised in...

Queensland reveals detail of equity stake in PsiQuantum

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Queensland government’s $465 million investment in PsiQuantum includes a US$125 million (A$188 million) convertible note, offering the state a potentially valuable share in the US firm vying to...

SA unveils strategy to export green iron by 2030

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
South Australia has set 2030 as the target for its first green iron exports in a new state strategy that paves the way forward for the burgeoning industry. The...