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Startup Daily TV: Tech Central’s Annie Parker on Techstars launching in Sydney and her 2023 plans

Startup Daily - February 7, 2023 2 MIN READ

US accelerator and investment program Techstars is launching in Sydney this year as part of Tech Central. Applications for the Techstars Tech Central Sydney Accelerator are now open, with a focus on seed and early-stage founders who are building businesses across AI, fintech, advanced manufacturing, cloud computing, robotics, cyber security, quantum computing, creative tech, and… Read more »

Accelerator

The legendary US accelerator and investment program Techstars is setting up in Sydney

Simon Thomsen - January 17, 2023 2 MIN READ

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 »

Other tech

The $3 billion Tech Central towers plan next to Atlassian’s HQ just got approved

Simon Thomsen - October 25, 2022 2 MIN READ

A $3 billion plan to build twin office towers at Sydney’s Tech Central, next to the Atlassian tower currently under construction, has been approved by the City of Sydney. Central Place Sydney, a joint project between Dexus and Frasers Property Group, is adjacent to Central Station at the southern end of Henry Deane Plaza, sits beside Atlassian’s 40-story… Read more »

Business

The build on Atlassian’s new Sydney HQ gets underway

Simon Thomsen - August 23, 2022 2 MIN READ

Construction 0f Atlassian’s new 39-storey headquarters at Sydney’s Tech Central precinct got underway last week, with the build expected to take five years to complete. The 180-metre hybrid timber skyscraper next to Central railway station will be the world’s tallest commercial hybrid timber building in the world and is expected to cost $546 million and… Read more »

Business

IoT pioneer Morse Micro wins big from NSW government support for Tech Central

Simon Thomsen - June 14, 2022 3 MIN READ

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 »

Business

7 companies sign up for Tech Central’s new Scaleup Hub

Simon Thomsen - June 14, 2022 2 MIN READ

The new Stone & Chalk-run Scaleup Hub at Tech Central opens its doors next month in July, and has signed up 7 companies for its initial roll-out As founders think about hybrid work and how to bring their teams together Stone & Chalk Sydney General Manager Marie-Anne Lampotang said that companies looking to set up… Read more »

Advice

How Sydney is transforming one of the world’s most powerful cities for innovation

Amy Brown - June 14, 2022 3 MIN READ

Sydney is rapidly transforming into the world’s innovation engine as the city’s Tech Central becomes the home of our thriving technology sector and the place for bold businesses to invest. This Tuesday (June 14), I’ll be joined by some of the brightest, boldest minds in business at Investment NSW’s 2022 Tech Central Summit to discuss… Read more »

Future of work

Revealed: The final design for the new office towers next to Atlassian’s Tech Central HQ

Simon Thomsen - March 31, 2022 2 MIN READ

The developers behind the twin towers office complex at Sydney’s Tech Central innovation hub have lodged their final Development Application (DA) for the $3 billion redevelopment of the site. Central Place Sydney, a joint project between Dexus and Frasers Property Group, is adjacent to Central Station at the southern end of Henry Deane Plaza, sits… Read more »

Advice

Here’s what Sydney’s new Tech Central project needs focus on to ensure it succeeds

Lynda Coker - December 29, 2021 6 MIN READ

I’ve been a mentor, advisor, investor and Board member to many individual startup residents and an incubator within the Sydney Startup Hub (SSH), so I guess you can say I’ve seen the birth and life-to-date of the SSH from within. The premise of establishing the SSH was sound. What a great idea to create a… Read more »

Other tech

Stone & Chalk lands management role for Sydney’s Tech Central Scaleup Hub

Simon Thomsen - November 29, 2021 2 MIN READ

Startups impact network organisation Stone & Chalk has won the tender to run the NSW government’s new Scaleup Hub at Tech Central. The announcement came as NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, and trade and industry minister Stuart Ayres opened the Tech Central Quantum Terminal today. The rest of the project, around Sydney’s historic Central Station building, is due… Read more »

People

Annie Parker is the new boss of Sydney’s Tech Central

Simon Thomsen - November 17, 2021 2 MIN READ

Annie Parker, the former global head of Microsoft’s startup program, has been appointed executive director of Tech Central, the new innovation hub at Sydney’s Central railway station. Parker was selected for the role following an international search by the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC). The Commission also appointed Liza Noonan, leader of the CSIRO’s ON Accelerator… Read more »

Politics

Atlassian’s new 40-storey HQ has been approved a part of Sydney’s Tech Central

Simon Thomsen - October 20, 2021 2 MIN READ

The NSW government has approved tech giant Atlassian’s plan for a 40-storey timber skyscraper next to Sydney’s Central Railway The 180-metre tower will be the tallest commercial hybrid timber building in the world with construction to get underway next year. The tower concept is by New York-based architects SHoP, with Australian practice BVN as the… Read more »

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