The Queensland government has opened applications for the latest round of grant funding for two programs that help to bring startup ideas from prototype to market-ready stage. The Ignite Ideas Fund is for Queensland Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with high-growth potential to bring their product or service to domestic and international markets, with grants of… Read more »
The Victorian government is boosting its support for local startups with an additional $5.1 million in funding via LaunchVic. The grants include $1 million for the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship to help early-stage investors develop expertise in critical skills such as due diligence, capital raising and portfolio management. A further $4.1 million (and up to… Read more »
The iLAuNCH Trailblazer program has thrown another $1 million into the kitty to fund the commercialisation of university research for the space industry. The federal government-backed program will see the iLAuNCH Accelerator offer seed funding grants worth between $10,000 and $100,000 for proof-of-concept demonstrator technologies with commercial potential. Applications are now open for the fund,… Read more »
An ebike charging startup that’s already helping power Australia Post’s electrified delivery fleet has landed a $500,000 grant from the federal government-backed iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre as it sets its sites on a major deal with New York City. microFleet is in talks with NYC officials about installing around 70,000 of its OneDock universal charging… Read more »
A new medical technology incubator program developed by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) during the former Coalition government will offer up to $5 million in funding for early-stage medical research projects with commercial potential. The $50 million BioMedtech Incubator program is being backed by the MRFF and the Medical Research Commercialisation Initiative. Responsibility for… Read more »
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