Tag: Startups

Govt startup bill supported but more work needed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s universities have backed legislation to introduce the government’s startup program but want flexibility in the pilot phase to iron out a range of issues with the proposal, including...

Getting the most out of state and federal startup programs

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When the German federal government unveiled its first national startup strategy in the middle of 2022, its biggest surprise perhaps was that it had not arrived earlier. German industrial...

City of Sydney startup accelerator program opens

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A free accelerator program backed by the City of Sydney is offering 20 startups the chance to develop their business acumen with entrepreneurial experts for the first time since...

WA explores new VC model to support local startups

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
An early-stage venture capital model for Western Australia will be developed by the state government in a bid to identify VC interest and boost funding available to local scale-ups...

Startup backers largely positive on Labor’s Budget

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Albanese government’s first Budget was positively received by a cross section of stakeholders in the startup community despite a lack of detail on the $15 billion National Reconstruction...

HECS-style loans for student startups as soon as next year

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
HECS-style loans for university students and recent graduates to launch innovative new companies could be on offer as early as next year, with consultation on the federal government’s planned...

WA maps innovation ecosystem with startup database

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australia’s Minister for Innovation and ICT Stephen Dawson has launched an online platform documenting the state’s early-stage innovation ecosystem, although there are still gaps in the data. At...