Australian venture studio and innovation group BlueChilli has opened applications for round three of its award-winning SheStarts program, the country’s only venture-backed tech accelerator designed specifically for women.
CivVic Labs, Australia’s first accelerator designed to help startups gain access to government procurement has unveiled its inaugural challenges and is calling on startups to apply. Led by LaunchVic, with additional funding from the Victorian Government’s Public Sector Innovation Fund, CivVic Labs Accelerator seeks to fuel the growth of early-stage startups through the creation… Read more »
For the second year in a row, the government has made cuts to the R&D tax incentive scheme and several startups have expressed their disappointment. “Alongside last year’s crackdown in December, it’s evident emerging companies shouldn’t rely on this policy going forward and should leverage it while they can” says Des Hang, CEO and co-founder,… Read more »
ACS, the professional organisation for the technology industries, has welcomed Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s 2019 Federal Budget handed down last night, which has a focus on preparing Australia’s workforce for a future disrupted by technology, but believes that more investment should be allocated to fund skills development in Australia. The announcement of a $525.3 million skills… Read more »
Australia’s leading peer-to-peer fashion lending marketplace, The Volte has announced it has closed an oversubscribed seed funding round of $700,000 from a consortium of angel investors. The funding will be used for technical upgrades to the platform to ensure a seamless buying and selling experience, as well as for expansion of its teams across a… Read more »
In an exciting industry first, Clubs NSW have partnered with Slingshot, Australia’s leading corporate accelerator, to run ClubsTHRIVE – a program focused on innovation and digital disruption to generate new investment and growth opportunities. [Applications close April 7] Calling all Aussie startups! ClubsNSW has announced a partnership with Slingshot, Australia’s leading facilitator of corporate… Read more »
What do AfterPay, Brighte, Civic Ledger and AirWallex have in common? Aside from all being successful fintechs, they all entered and won Finnie Awards last year. It’s more than just an accolade too. Earlier this year, Brighte founder Katherine McConnell told us that taking home the outstanding fintech leader of the year award helped… Read more »
Fishburners, Australia’s largest startup community, has appointed senior leader and social enterprise champion Nicole O’Brien as its new CEO. Ms O’Brien will take over the role from outgoing CEO Pandora Shelley in April, who completes her successful eight-year career at Fishburners in March to pursue overseas opportunities. Ms O’Brien’s most recent role has been with… Read more »
Melbourne-founded fintech Airwallex is the latest Australian startup to hit unicorn status following the closing of a US$100 million ($141 million) Series C round led by DST Global.
There are a number of fundamental things businesses need to know before they scale up to Asia and beyond.
By Angela Skujins The South Australian Museum’s 30,000 ethnographic indigenous objects are one of the most comprehensive collections of Australian aboriginal cultural artefacts in the world. Some of these artefacts are thousands of years old, surviving colonisation and the changing Australian environment. However, limited exhibition space means 95 per cent of the museum’s indigenous collection is… Read more »
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Organ-on-a-chip technology is being used to develop 3D models that allow researchers in South Australia to investigate the impact of radiotherapy on the body’s tissues.
With women making up just 22 percent of the games industry despite comprising almost 50 percent of players, Girl Geek Academy has partnered with Film Victoria to run the Games Career Incubator.
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