{"id":44037,"date":"2023-10-20T15:32:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/canberra-start-ups-to-showcase-creativity-at-festival-of-ambitious-ideas-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:32:59","slug":"canberra-start-ups-to-showcase-creativity-at-festival-of-ambitious-ideas-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/canberra-start-ups-to-showcase-creativity-at-festival-of-ambitious-ideas-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Canberra start-ups to showcase creativity at Festival of Ambitious Ideas – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thirteen Canberra-based start-ups are set to share their plans and visions this week at the second Festival of Ambitious Ideas, launched to showcase and encourage innovation in the Australian Capital Territory.<\/p>\n

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Anna Pino, chief executive of Lighthouse Business Innovation Centre and event facilitator, told StartupSmart<\/i> the event was launched to combat the idea Canberra wasn\u2019t creative.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOne of the issues start-ups have in Canberra is people think we\u2019re not a very innovative city, but there is a lot of activity,\u201d Pino says. \u201cEvents like these are vital for a community like Canberra where even the locals misunderstand what\u2019s going on here and all the incredible activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is the second time the event has been run. The first event was in March, and Pino says her team was blown away by the level of activity in the Canberra start-up scene<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had no idea there were so many great projects going on here that had almost no visibility beyond their own team. We\u2019re hoping to connect people so they can network and set up collaborations,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s not an investment pitching competition, Pino says one of the start-ups in the March event has received angel investment from someone who saw them pitch on the day.<\/p>\n

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The Canberra start-up community is well-placed to work with one of Australia\u2019s largest clients, the federal government. Pino says the event is designed to encourage this connection.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe see Canberra as an incubator in itself, with high quality graduates coming out of our institutions and one of the world\u2019s biggest customers right here on your doorstep,\u201d Pino says. \u201cIf you can sell something to government and make it work, you\u2019re off to an excellent start. Nurturing that relationship is really important for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pino adds despite the ongoing conversation about the need for cities and start-up hubs to specialise, they\u2019ve picked a diverse group of start-ups to share on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is a whole lot of discussion about whether we need to focus on something, and the natural fit would be the IT industry. But we know there is a strong cohort of creative, IT-enabled industries that we\u2019re playing in as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 13 start-ups are Uberglobal, SimplyShow.Me, Seeing Machines, Vegies to Your Door, GPSports, APositive, Makin Trax, Fat Zebra, Telework How To, Chamberlains Online, CityArt Project, Sugar Glider Genetics Project, and Nican App.<\/p>\n

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Amber Standley, founder of six-month-old design company APositive, told StartupSmart<\/i> she was looking forward to meeting other entrepreneurs as well as possible clients and collaborators.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve got a distributed studio model, which means essentially I\u2019m a company of one with a big network, so it\u2019s quite scalable,\u201d Standley says. \u201cCanberra is starting to be a bit of a hub for innovation, but it\u2019s only just the beginning and events like this are going to help drive that momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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