Western Australia needs a chief entrepreneur to promote its innovation locally and outside the state, opening up the current “insular” ecosystem, stakeholders have told a state government inquiry. StartupWA’s...
Founders Factory, a UK-based startup accelerator with global reach, will set up an Australian presence in Perth to offer a “springboard” to early-stage startups tackling decarbonisation challenges. The Founders...
Tech industry groups are troubled by the Albanese government’s merger reforms, warning they could lower the investment attractiveness of the local tech sector. But the view presented by the...
Australian startup funding deals fell to a six-year low in the first three months of the year, with the drop off in early-stage venture capital more pronounced as investors...
An additional $20 million has been allocated to CSIRO’s SME Connect team to allow it to support the development of as many as 750 small to medium-sized businesses. The...
The Queensland government has awarded almost $10 million to innovative small to medium sized businesses to bring products to market as well as to support innovation precincts. On Friday,...
The Curtin University-led Trailblazer hub is emerging from “startup” mode, with around 30 projects already being developed and a commercialisation accelerator set to be announced later this month. Rohan...
A new AI competition for startups has been launched by the CSIRO’s National AI Centre in collaboration with Google Cloud and co-working space Stone and Chalk. Over three months...
Industry groups have just under two weeks to apply for a share of $10.8 million in grant funding to deliver advisory services to innovative small to medium-sized enterprises under...
All but four of the business experts appointed to advise on the federal government’s new Industry Growth Program also provided advice on the now shuttered Entrepreneurs’ Programme. A full...