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Phoenix rising: Startup Muster digs deep and finds funding

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
The long-running Startup Muster ecosystem survey has been thrown an industry lifeline that will fund another edition in 2026 after a national rescue and resuscitation effort by 21 supporting...

‘Likely to be our last’: Startup Muster on the brink

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The future of Australia’s leading survey of the startup sector is in doubt, with the organisers behind Startup Muster warning a further report is unlikely without new backing. Startup...

Muster uncovers a retreat from startup sector employment

Posted on   |  by James Riley
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman’s prediction that the world’s first billion-dollar startup built by a single person with a laptop is coming soon is an unsettling vision of progress....

UTS Startups to throw open new Tech Precinct incubator

Posted on   |  by Trish Everingham
UTS Startups, which has cultivated more than 1,500 startups and countless young entrepreneurs over the last six years, has announced its new home in Sydney’s Tech Central Precinct. The...

Govt must rise to its Innovation Blueprint ambition

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A new state plan for a decade of innovation in NSW has identified gaping holes in strategic industries, funding and talent, while floating ambitious policy options to close them....

Older and deeper startups battle economic downturn

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
AI and deep tech are permeating through Australia’s startup sector, while founders are getting older and increasingly eyeing overseas opportunities, according to the latest Startup Muster report. Released in...

Startup community sidelined by NSW govt data switch

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW government has ruled out funding the leading survey of Australian startups again and will instead focus on contributing to a national dataset, casting doubt on the future...

Scorecard sparks debate on the future of NSW innovation

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New South Wales is producing some of the world’s best innovation inputs like research and workforce but is struggling to turn them into outputs like economic growth and productivity....