Another week, another report highlighting the stark reality of women in technology. The Tech Council of Australia’s new “Women in Highly Technical Occupations” report tells a story we’ve heard many times before: Australia is facing a critical tech worker shortage, yet the pipeline for women is leaking at every joint. The report rightly points out… Read more »
An advertising executive. An aerospace engineer. A doctor. Not a punchline – but the profile of Australia’s new generation of innovators. They’re not spinning out of Silicon Valley with SaaS platforms or apps. They’re solving real-world problems: clean flight, robotic surgery, sustainable materials. They’re building deep tech. And they’re doing it in labs, in surgeries,… Read more »
Australia stands at a crossroads. As one of the world’s richest nations, we have the resources and talent to lead in deep tech innovation. The Federal Government’s ‘Future Made in Australia’ policy is also a welcome starting commitment to fostering local innovation, supporting emerging technologies, and building a resilient economy. But to shift our economy… Read more »
Deep tech ventures are capable of creating global impact. They bring unrivalled improvements in living standards for citizens, such as lengthening average life expectancy, creating jobs and opportunities, and raising wealth. And they can also generate massive social, environmental, and financial returns for Australia specifically, including building long-term economic growth and resilience. Deep tech currently… Read more »
So far over 10 million patients worldwide have benefited from the diagnostic tests for cancer and infectious diseases created by Cicada Innovations incubatee, SpeeDx. In Australia, over 80% of laboratories are also using at least one SpeeDx test to report patient samples. And when COVID-19 hit, the company also manufactured COVID-19 tests and supplied them… Read more »
Amazon, Apple, and Google may have all started out of a garage, feeding the myth that all you need to start a successful tech company is a desk and a Wi-Fi connection. But it’s not as simple as this for deep technology companies. These companies produce IP-intensive, science-based innovations as they seek to solve some… Read more »
It’s a common misconception that to become a science entrepreneur requires undertaking a research pathway in university or a commercial research lab, or having a university pedigree. It’s also rarely a linear and straight line to the finish. As Cicada Innovation’s founders have demonstrated, successful science entrepreneurs hail from all sorts of divergent backgrounds and… Read more »
Not since the first moon landing in 1969 has there been so much science and technology talk around the dinner table. The twin threats of the pandemic and global warming created a whole new public lexicon in which regular people talk of tech advancements in MRNA sequencing, fossil fuel replacements, lab-grown meats, civilian space travel,… Read more »
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Australia’s first ever incubator, Cicada Innovations. To date, Cicada Innovations has incubated over 100 startups, and helped more than 300 companies raise over $450 million in venture capital and government grants, create hundreds of jobs, build local manufacturing capability, file more than 500 patents and trademarks, and launch… Read more »
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Australia’s first ever incubator, Cicada Innovations. To date, Cicada Innovations has incubated more than 100 startups, and helped more than 300 companies raise in excess of $450 million in venture capital and government grants, create hundreds of jobs, build local manufacturing capability, file more than 500 patents and trademarks,… Read more »
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Australia’s first ever incubator, Cicada Innovations. To date, Cicada Innovations has incubated over 100 startups, and helped more than 300 companies raise over $450 million in venture capital and government grants, create hundreds of jobs, build local manufacturing capability, file more than 500 patents and trademarks, and launch… Read more »
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Australia’s first ever incubator, Cicada Innovations. To date, Cicada Innovations has incubated over 100 startups, and helped more than 300 companies raise over $450 million in venture capital and government grants, create hundreds of jobs, build local manufacturing capability, file more than 500 patents and trademarks, and launch… Read more »
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Australia’s first ever incubator, Cicada Innovations. To date, Cicada Innovations has incubated more than 100 startups, and helped more than 300 companies raise in excess of $450 million in venture capital and government grants, create hundreds of jobs, build local manufacturing capability, file more than 500 patents and… Read more »
We’ve all heard of the startup that was founded out of a garage. But what about the incubator that was created in the back of a train carriage? In the year 2000, when most of the country was celebrating the Olympics, a collaboration of our leading universities had something else on their minds. This was… Read more »
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