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Andrea Gardiner on Australia’s startup funding gap

Jelix Ventures founder and chief executive Andrea Gardiner says the biggest challenge for pre-revenue and early-revenue startups in Australia remains the difficulty in securing funding, despite the huge volumes...

Origin Energy launches startup program Originate

19 August 2021 | by Ben Grubb

Energy provider Origin has launched a new program in partnership with innovation hub Stone & Chalk to connect the corporate with startups which can help it make energy “easier,...

Young VCs back ‘overlooked’ Aussie startups with $10m fund

16 August 2021 | by Ben Grubb

The founders of a $10 million venture capital fund and accelerator who say the industry’s traditional startup funding model is too risk-averse at the early stages and isn’t built...

Climate startups a focus of latest Startmate intake

13 August 2021 | by Ben Grubb

Climate-focused innovation and gaming are among focus areas of Australian startup accelerator Startmate’s largest ever intake of companies revealed this week as part of its winter cohort. The nineteen...

Australian startup investment tops $3b, but ‘risk’ looms

10 August 2021 | by Ben Grubb

Venture capital funding tipped into Australian startups rose to $3.4 billion ($US2.5 billion) in the past financial year, up from $2.6 billion ($US1.95 billion) in the previous year despite...

Labor startup plan gets big tick from industry

17 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Labor’s proposal to spur innovation through loans to young entrepreneurs has received strong backing from the Australian startup community and technology universities, who expect the program would be oversubscribed...

Labor pitches ‘Startup Year’ in budget response

13 May 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has placed the tech sector at the centre of his budget reply, pitching a “Startup Year” which would see graduates accessing university loans to launch...

Victoria hunts for $50m venture fund manager

3 May 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The Victorian government is on the hunt for a private manager for its $50 million venture growth fund, which aims to use venture debt to fill a funding gap...

Vic govt funds ‘Australia first’ AI program

24 February 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The Victorian government has a mission of positioning the state as a “world-leading innovation hub” with significant funding in the recent budget and a new $1.5 million investment in...

Murray Hurps leaves AIIA board a year early

14 December 2020 | by James Riley

Startup sector luminary and director of entrepreneurship at the University of Technology Sydney Murray Hurps has resigned from the board of the Australian Information Industry Association halfway through his...

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Andrea Gardiner on Australia’s startup funding gap

Origin Energy launches startup program Originate

Young VCs back ‘overlooked’ Aussie startups with $10m fund

Climate startups a focus of latest Startmate intake

Australian startup investment tops $3b, but ‘risk’ looms

Labor startup plan gets big tick from industry

Labor pitches ‘Startup Year’ in budget response

Victoria hunts for $50m venture fund manager

Vic govt funds ‘Australia first’ AI program

Murray Hurps leaves AIIA board a year early

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