{"id":42041,"date":"2023-10-20T15:18:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/mapping-the-way-to-perth-becoming-the-new-startup-boom-town-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:18:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:18:18","slug":"mapping-the-way-to-perth-becoming-the-new-startup-boom-town-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/mapping-the-way-to-perth-becoming-the-new-startup-boom-town-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the way to Perth becoming the new startup boom-town – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Perth startup scene is booming and will continue to grow so long as entrepreneurs know where to find funding, Techboard co-founder Rafael Kimberley-Bowen says.<\/p>\n

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Techboard has released the Perth 2.0: After the Boom<\/i> report, mapping how more than 200 emerging Western Australian companies connect with the state\u2019s startup hubs.<\/p>\n

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Techboard is also tracking the progress of another 400 new Perth-based businesses.<\/p>\n

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Kimberley-Bowen says WA\u2019s blossoming startup scene is comforting as the state comes down from the highs of its resources and construction boom.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople are asking, \u2018What\u2019s next for WA?\u2019 There\u2019s a sense of excitement that comes with that,\u201d Kimberley-Bowen tells StartupSmart<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone\u2019s looking to innovation as the next chapter for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While Perth is home to a number of successful mining sector startups, the Techboard map shows software companies are the most connected in the city.<\/p>\n

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Indie game makers Offpeak Games, virtual reality developers oneVR and video surveillance company iCetana all have links to five different startups hubs across the city.<\/p>\n

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Kimberley-Bowen is encouraged by this diversity.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think it\u2019s important not to pigeonhole what the potential is of the startup scene here,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPerth doesn\u2019t want to be a one trick pony.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs we try to nurture the next wave of startups, it\u2019s important we play to our strengths and acknowledge the resources sector, but it\u2019s also important to nurture startups in different sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Techboard, which launched earlier this year, is trying to raise the profile of all of these startups.<\/p>\n

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The platform releases a fortnightly top 10 ranking of local businesses based on factors like awards, coverage in the press and social media activity.<\/p>\n

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Kimberley Bowen says the ranking is a way of celebrating the success of local startups.<\/p>\n

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Another way he and co-founder Peter van Bruchem are trying to help local entrepreneurs is by directing them to sources of funding like investment platform AngelList.<\/p>\n

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The Techboard report says 2500 investors on AngelList are interested in the Perth market but just 147 of the city\u2019s startups are listed on the site.<\/p>\n

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Kimberley-Bowen says many companies in the Western Australian capital don\u2019t even know about options like AngelList.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTechboard is going to be pushing to make our startups more aware of what sort of finance options are there,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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If the newly-minted map of Perth startups is anything to go by, many are already reaching out to accelerators, incubators and award programs for assistance.<\/p>\n

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But Kimberley-Bowen says a company\u2019s connectedness to these hubs should not be the only measure of its success.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome companies will turn up to the opening of a fridge door; go to every event to raise their profile.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat\u2019s not a bad thing, but it\u2019s not an indicator of long-term success.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThen there are startups who are winning awards and being accepted into accelerators because they are achieving something.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Maps like the one in Techboard\u2019s report have previously been made of startup ecosystems in Melbourne and Sydney<\/a>, and Kimberley-Davies says WA residents can expect another map of Perth companies later in the year when StartupWA releases theirs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTheir perspective will of course be different to Techboard’s, but it’s another sign of activity and energy building up in the space here in Perth,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Do you know more on this story or have a tip of your own? Raising capital or launching a startup? Let us know. Follow StartupSmart on<\/i> Facebook<\/i>,<\/i> Twitter<\/i>, and<\/i> LinkedIn<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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