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Dr Cathy Foley, Australia's Chief Scientist

Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, on the incredible potential of quantum technologies

Simon Thomsen - May 27, 2021 3 MIN READ

UPDATE: Watch Dr Cathy Foley’s’ How Science is Transforming Our World online panel here. Physicist Dr Cathy Foley became Australia’s Chief Scientist in 2021. Her distinguished 35-year career in science with the CSIRO has been focused on exploring magnetics and superconductors. Her experience spans pure research to commercialisation and revolutionised the way mining companies detect… Read more »

visting entrepreneur program sydney featuring dr cathy foley and po bronson

Deep Tech

Sydney is leading a global tech revolution and here’s how you can be a part of it

Adam Bub - May 20, 2021 4 MIN READ

From personalising stem-celled derived therapies to revolutionising drug discovery and cyber security, Sydney is stepping into the global spotlight with transformative technologies that will reshape our world. This June, you’re invited to meet the entrepreneurs and startups behind these boundary-pushing ideas. Transformative technologies refers to new tech innovations that solve scientific problems in our daily… Read more »

Kiwi parking optimisation startup Parkable raises NZ$4.7 million

Marketplacer just raised another $38 million, says it’s still thinking about an IPO

The race for private space stations is underway. Here’s what ‘Space 4.0’ could look like

FATHER’S DAY: 27 founders & CEOs share the best advice their dads gave them

The incredible story behind creating Buildkite, the $200 million ‘best-kept secret in DevOps’, by an investor there from the start

FROM THE FRONTLINE: How startups are tackling the coronavirus crisis

Fintech HelpPay raises $2.4 million as the bill-sharing app launches to aid people with household expenses

CBA’s X15ventures chips an extra $700,000 into on-time payments fintech Payble

SHARES SOAR: Trading platform Superhero signs frequent flyer deal with Qantas

Australia’s agriculture sector is banding together to build a supply chain data exchange

South Australia’s seaweed industry is booming in a bid to cut carbon emissions

A $90 million plant to produce methane-reducing cattle feed using seaweed is being built in South Australia

Insurer nib takes 50% stake in medtech startup Midnight Health in $4 million deal

US VC ‘unicorn collector’ Lisa Suennen is chairing a new Australian investment committee looking to ramp up digital health startup backing

Australia’s first biotech incubator is happening thanks to a $40 million grant

The race for private space stations is underway. Here’s what ‘Space 4.0’ could look like

Nanosatellite startup Fleet Space raises $36 million series B

The International Space Station just had a near miss with space junk – and the problem is getting millions of times worse

Kiwi parking optimisation startup Parkable raises NZ$4.7 million

Millennial investing platform INDX.GURU acquires US social investing platform ClosingBell

BNPL shares are being smashed as financial counsellors warn they’re becoming a massive problem for some users

Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: What the Block? Gongs season, angel investing hampered, vale Jake Millar

Aconex co-founder Leigh Jasper shares his 5 key lessons (and more) on scaling a tech company in the US

Why female founders need to invest in themselves too

Here’s why Australia’s EV uptake can’t end up like Turnbull’s Innovation Statement

The funding model for startups selling software-as-a-service is broken

Why connecting with people you don’t know on LinkedIn is wasting your time

Canva’s co-founders are revealing the secrets behind building $40 billion company at a free two day conference, Canva Create

Startup Daily TV: Medical cannabis startup Montu turns to crowdsourced funding as growth soars

Startup Daily TV: AustCyber’s Michelle Price on the best of Australian Cyber Week

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