Kyle Turner
Funding

Indigenous founder focused VC Ochre Ventures hits $30 million first close on $100m target

- November 26, 2025 2 MIN READ

Ochre Ventures, the first Australian VC solely focused on First Nations entrepreneurship, has reached a $30 million first close on the $100m target for its first fund. The VC has already made its first five investments, including veteran First Nations-owned construction and facilities management business PSG Holdings; video games maker MicroProse, which generated $5m in… Read more »

Events

The Indigenous Australian Datathon is on the hunt for startups and entrepreneurs to help solve real-world challenges in Traditional Owner communities

- September 3, 2024 3 MIN READ

The Indigenous Australian Datathon (IAD), which combines with knowledge of traditional owners with the cutting edge of tech, returns to Cairns in November The IAD is an annual community and technology workshop, hosted at James Cook University’s Ideas Lab and spearheaded by software quality engineering consultancy, KJR, now in its fourth year. Ambitious startups, creative… Read more »

Monash Prof Ann Nicholson, ASA Head Enrico Palermo, NISA boss Prof Chris Lawrence, US Consul General Kathleen Lively and the NISA students
People

To Dark Emu & beyond: 5 Indigenous uni students land NASA internships

- August 14, 2023 2 MIN READ

Five Indigenous Australian university students will head to the United States next week for internships with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The students are part of the inaugural cohort of Monash University’s National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA), selected from universities across Australia and supported by the Australian Space Agency. The students will be partnered with a… Read more »

Atlassian, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Scott Farquhar
Politics

Atlassian cofounders say ‘yes’ to Voice referendum on giving Indigenous Australians a say in Constitution

- July 17, 2023 2 MIN READ

Atlassian cofounders and co-CEOs Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have backed the Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, saying it will “move us closer to meaningful reconciliation” and a more equitable nation. In a note to staff late last week, the pair said that “empowering First Nations communities is something we’ve always believed in and backed in… Read more »