Monique Woodard, founding partner of US-based Cake Ventures, will headline the annual West Tech Fest in Perth this December. Known for championing inclusive innovation, Woodard joins One Earth founder Linzi Boyd and Steve Killelea, founder of the Global Institute for Economics and Peace, among the first round keynote speakers unveiled for the annual event. West… Read more »
Murdoch University and national science agency CSIRO have partnered to launch the $8 million The Bioplastics Innovation Hub in Perth to develop a new generation of 100% compostable plastic. CSIRO research program director Dr Andy Whiteley, said the Hub aims to bring together experts in microbiology, molecular genetics, synthetic biology, biochemical engineering, advanced manufacturing and circular… Read more »
Western Australian self-manage care platform PlanCare has topped up its Seed round to $2.5 million from existing backer Purpose Ventures. The new Perth VC originally backed PlanCare in July 2023, and the additional funding is the first follow-on investment from Purpose. PlanCare founder Dave Newman previously ran Morning Startup for more than a decade and… Read more »
Startups in Western Australia looking to address biodiversity and the environment will get a helping hand thanks to a $7.2 million grant from the state government. The global tech investor and accelerator Founders Factory is setting up shop in Perth, as its first Australian base, with the funding. The WA government’s investment of $2.4 million… Read more »
Six months after launching Purpose Ventures with a $37 million war chest to back Western Australian startups, strong support from local investors has seen the VC top up its first fund with another $8 million as it backs its third company. The Purpose Ventures Fund is committed to investing at least 70% of its capital… Read more »
Perth venture capital firm Purpose Ventures has demonstrated there’s plenty of cash in the west to back local startups, raising $37 million towards a $40 million target in just six weeks. The VC opened its fund to investors on February 8 – the midst of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and attracted $37 million in… Read more »
On August 28, a SpaceX rocket will blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying supplies bound for the International Space Station. But also on board will be a small satellite that represents a giant leap into space for our research program here in Western Australia. Our satellite, called Binar-1 after the Noongar word for… Read more »
A satellite designed and built by staff and students from Curtin University’s Space Science and Technology Centre (SSTC) is set to head to space this week aboard the SpaceX mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Binar-1 CubeSat is Western Australia’s first home-grown satellite and will be part of the cargo aboard the SpaceX… Read more »
The Royal Automobile Club of WA’s seed capital fund BetterLabs Ventures, has tipped another $20 million into the kitty of the $3 million fund it launched in 2018. The initial success of the fund, which received more 150 applications and made four investments – Power Ledger, Complete Home Filtration, and SpacetoCo – in its first… Read more »
Sitting at the corners of fan engagement, content and gamification, QuizJam gives clubs and organisations another channel to integrate a sponsor’s message into game-based campaigns.
The WA government has launched a state STEM skills strategy to help students and the current workforce alike develop science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) skills to prepare for “the jobs of the future”.
Tap into Safety was founded by Susanne and Geoff Bahn in 2014 after decades spent looking at health and safety in the workplace from different angles.
The idea for Speqs and its virtual try on solution came from cofounder Bjorn Russell’s experience playing around with the L’Oreal Makeup Genius app.
Fifty-two projects across Australia have received funding through the first round of the government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs Program, with grants totalling $28.5 million.
The WA Government will be offering $16.7 million in grants towards startups, while $19 million will go towards STEM skills, according to the State Budget.
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Brisbane’s Felons Brewing Co is hitting Sydney 
Event management platform Attekus ends 7-year bootstrapping run with $5 million raise 
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