Tag: Tech Council

Sophisticated investor overhaul: Angels sound the alarm

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Angel investors and venture capital firms are warning that proposed changes that will make it harder to qualify as a “sophisticated” investor will reduce funding for early-stage startups at...

Tech Council chief Kate Pounder steps down

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Tech Council chief executive Kate Pounder will step down from her role at the end of next week, marking the end of a chapter for the peak industry body...

Tech Council balks at EU-style AI Act

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia risks an exodus of artificial intelligence capability and investment if new technology-specific regulations are introduced and the country’s existing copyright regime is tightened, the Tech Council of Australia...

Tech Council: We’re gonna need a bigger room

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian tech sector came to Canberra on Wednesday evening, with 34 software and hardware companies from across a broad spectrum of the economy setting up demonstration booths in...

CSIRO maps the nation’s digital workforce clusters

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More than half of all tech workers in Australia are situated in one of 96 digital technology clusters scattered across the country, according to a new report from national...

Scaleup funding gap in Australia to hit $53b by 2030

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The gap between scaleup funding available in Australia compared to funding available to comparable firms in the US could reach $53 billion by 2030 without more government and international investment...

Queensland to develop its own quantum strategy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Queensland is set to develop its own quantum strategy to capture a greater slice of the nascent sector expected to be worth $4.6 billion to the Australian economy by...