NSW motoring mutual the NRMA has helped motorists with flat car batteries for a century and now it’s coming to the rescue of the next generation with roadside assistance for electric vehicles with flat batteries, putting patrol vans on the road with recharging battery packs. It’s baby steps for now, but a start. Just two… Read more »
The NSW government has launched a new $40 million fund to back bioscience startups. The Biosciences Fund (BioSF) comes just days after the state government announced $7 million quantum computing commercialisation fund, and backing for the Techstars accelerator program to set up at Tech Central in Sydney. Science, innovation and technology minister Alister Henskens said… Read more »
The US-founded global investment firm and accelerator program Techstars is setting up shop at Sydney’s Tech Central in a major boost for the local startup sector Techstars has invested in more than 3,000 early-stage startups over its 16-year existence and is one of the largest pre-seed investors in the world. In Sydney it will provide… Read more »
Applications for a new $7 million Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund launched by the NSW government are open for the next two weeks for applications. Grants of between $200,000 to $4 million are available for projects involving quantum computing hardware and/or software in NSW. The program is being run through the office of the NSW Chief… Read more »
Trying to figure out how to park legally on Sydney streets is a nightmare for many motorists, with multiple signs requiring MENSA membership to decipher. So the NSW government is going digital with parking signs in the hope it will clear up the confusion. The Smart Signage trial will begin in Sydney’s CBD next month… Read more »
The NSW government is spending $5 million on an on-road Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) bus trial as it looks to ramp up the introduction of autonomous vehicles on NSW roads. The new on-road CAV bus trial that will see CAV systems developed and tested on full-sized, passenger-carrying buses in NSW. The announcement comes four… Read more »
One of the world’s biggest tech, innovation, music, film and gaming festivals, South by Southwest (SXSW), is coming to Sydney next year. In a major coup for the NSW capital, the first international version of the famed annual event from Austin, Texas, will run October 15-22, 2023 in Sydney. SXSW Sydney will bring together some… Read more »
The NSW government is establishing a new $703 million investment fund to back fast-growing local companies in the medtech, digital tech and clean economy spaces. Treasurer Matt Kean announced the Future Economy Fund in Tuesday’s state budget as “a once-in-a-generation chance” aimed at the full life cycle of innovative, high-growth business in priority sectors and… Read more »
NSW Treasurer and energy minister Matt Kean has announced another $38 million in charging infrastructure for electric vehicles on the eve of the state budget. With Kean handing down the 2022-23 NSW Budget on Tuesday, June 21, the pro-EV Treasurer announced the extra funds, taking the state’s EV investment to $633 million under its NSW… Read more »
Internet of Things deep tech company Morse Micro is being backed by the NSW government to expand its work into revolutionary long-range, low power Wi-Fi in Sydney’s Tech Central as part of the Jobs Plus Program. Enterprise, Investment and Trade minister Stuart Ayres told the Investment NSW 2022 Tech Central Summit today that as the… Read more »
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has confirmed he’ll allocate $10 million towards a venture capital fund to support female founders as part of the 2022-23 state budget later this month. The fund will be named in honour of pioneering Sydney fashion designer, businesswoman and philanthropist Carla Zampatti, a founding member of Chief Executive Women. Kean said… Read more »
The NSW Government is calling for expressions of interest from universities, research organisations, industry, consortiums and NSW-based NCRIS (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy) facilities for open-access projects to be supported by a new $8 million Tech Central Research and Innovation Infrastructure Fund. Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade Stuart Ayres said the fund will help… Read more »
With research and development investment lagging Victoria and the OECD, New South Wales is doubling down on its competitive advantages in areas like AI, quantum computing, and nanotechnology, the state’s head scientist revealed in launching the state’s new 20-year R&D strategy. The NSW 20-Year R&D Roadmap – whose creation was recommended as part of the state government’s… Read more »
The NSW government has opened applications for three new grant initiatives offering up to $95 million research, development and commercialisation of clean technologies. NSW treasurer and energy minister Matt Kean said the grants will help drive innovations developed by scientists and startups as part of the push towards net zero by 2050. “Boosting emerging innovations… Read more »
Tesla chair and Blackbird operating partner Robyn Denholm is among three heavy hitters from the tech and VC scene on a new voluntary panel charged with advising the NSW government on local and international investment opportunities. Denholm, who’s also chair of the Tech Council of Australia, has been joined by AirTree Ventures founder Daniel Petre… Read more »
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