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Labor announces $500 million Smart Investment Fund policy, startups welcome move to ease funding crunch
5:55PM | Friday, 15 May 2015 | Andrew Sadauskas
The startup community has welcomed Labor’s intention to increase the amount of capital available to startups, but some have questioned whether a proposed $500 million startup investment fund is the right mechanism to achieve that goal.
Planning | Business planning | Business Grants | Government and RegulationIntergenerational prosperity depends on supporting research
3:41PM | Monday, 16 March 2015 | Michael Withford
According to the Intergenerational Report (IGR) released earlier this month, Australia’s future productivity and prosperity depends on innovation and technology.
| Planning | Innovation | Business Grants | Government and RegulationGovernment data hackathon smashes participation records with over 1000 participants nationwide
7:55PM | Friday, 11 July 2014 | Andrew Sadauskas
A hackathon aimed at getting developers to make use of government data sets has attracted a record number of participants across 11 events nationwide.
| Planning | Business planning | Technology | Business Grants | Government and RegulationStartup industry looks to budget for government investment in innovation
5:50PM | Friday, 9 May 2014 | Kye White
Funding and tax policy changes to support innovation are two outcomes a number of startup industry figures will be looking for on Tuesday night.
| Planning | Business Grants | Government and Regulation“Short-sighted”: Startup community blasts Commission of Audit’s funding findings
5:57PM | Friday, 2 May 2014 | Kye White
The National Commission of Audit report’s contention that government support of startups provides no real benefit to the community is flat-out wrong, according to a number of startup industry figures and two major reports into the industry.
| Planning | Business Grants | Government and RegulationCommercialisation Australia grants on hold: where the $200 million+ has gone
4:00AM | Tuesday, 1 April 2014 | Rose Powell
The federal government’s venture capital organisation is on hold, with the Department of Industry announcing applications will not be accepted or processed until after the May 2014 budget.
| Planning | Business Grants | Government and RegulationCurtin University’s Ignition program signs up sponsors
9:12PM | Monday, 2 September 2013 | Gavin Lower
Curtin University’s Ignition entrepreneur and innovation program has received sponsorship backing from the West Australian Department of Commerce.
| Planning | Business planning | Financing a business | Venture Capital | Business GrantsSydney calls on start-up savvy to give laneway culture a boost
6:19PM | Tuesday, 25 June 2013 | Rose Powell
Starting up in a restaurant or shop in Sydney’s notoriously competitive and expensive central business district has become a bit easier, thanks to a targeted funding initiative and an evolving laneway culture.
| Retail | Business GrantsYoung entrepreneurs lobby Canberra for seed funding for job creators
6:22PM | Thursday, 6 June 2013 | Rose Powell
A group representing young entrepreneurs in Australia has called on the federal government to create a $20 million loan fund to encourage the creation of new businesses and jobs.
| Financing a business | Venture Capital | Business Grants | Government and RegulationSmall business to be a cabinet role in Coalition government
5:03PM | Friday, 17 May 2013 | Rose Powell
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has announced in his budget reply that small business will be a cabinet position in his Coalition government, if elected.
| Sole trader | Business Grants | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: The start-up winners and losers
5:24AM | Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
In a budget where there was very little to excite businesses of any size, let alone start-ups, it’s hard to see how any entrepreneur will be in tears of either joy or despair this morning.
| Financing a business | Tax | Business Grants | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: Tech hub NICTA scrapped as new cash flows to NBN projects
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Oliver Milman
The government has pledged $12.9 million in new funding to help small businesses take advantage of the National Broadband Network, although the ICT Centre of Excellence will be scrapped.
| Financing a business | Tax | Business Grants | Government and RegulationFederal budget 2013: SMEs to get $29.4 million boost to aid bids for government contracts
5:54PM | Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | Cara Waters
Small and medium businesses vying for government services and tenders will receive $29.4 million in assistance under the budget.
| Business Grants | Government and RegulationClean tech start-ups braced for savage funding cuts
5:55PM | Thursday, 9 May 2013 | Daniella White
Funding for clean technology and green start-ups may be on the chopping block, as the government deals with lower than expected revenue following the collapse of the European carbon price.
| Business GrantsSeven reasons why surfing start-up Boardcave.com is riding high
4:59PM | Tuesday, 30 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
As surfwear retail giant Billabong struggles to secure a solid bid for its ailing business, a two-year-old start-up named Boardcave.com is slowly but surely shaking up the industry.
| Planning | Business planning | Technology | Business GrantsCould the federal budget hurt your business?
4:32PM | Monday, 29 April 2013 | TaskmasterPrime Minister Julia Gillard has warned of a larger than expected $12 billion blowout in the federal budget. How will future budget cuts hurt your business?
| Planning | Business planning | Business Grants | Government and RegulationNew crowdfunding platform Dreamstarter aims for socially-minded start-ups
4:32PM | Wednesday, 17 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
Entrepreneurs with a social mission are the target of a new crowdfunding platform called Dreamstarter, created by a partnership between ING Direct and StartSomeGood.
| Financing a business | Technology | Business GrantsThe five-step process to landing a start-up grant
4:31PM | Wednesday, 17 April 2013 | Marc Peskett
There are now more than 600 grants worth $50 billion available to businesses in Australia, making it a great way to raise capital. If you’re looking to apply for one, here are five steps you need to follow.
| Mentor | Marc Peskett | Business GrantsATP Innovations to host Australia’s first-ever ‘biohackathon’
4:46PM | Monday, 15 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
ATP Innovations will host Australia’s first ‘biohackathon’ later this week, when 11 teams will compete for the chance to win a $3000 cash prize.
| Planning | Business planning | Technology | Business GrantsMedical research grant revamp could hurt start-ups, industry body warns
4:55PM | Thursday, 11 April 2013 | Michelle Hammond
The federal government’s changes to medical research grants could have an adverse affect on start-ups, according to the president of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes.
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