{"id":45317,"date":"2023-10-20T15:42:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/startup-supergroup-techsydney-successfully-raises-more-than-500000-as-it-aims-to-create-a-world-leading-tech-ecosystem-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:42:34","slug":"startup-supergroup-techsydney-successfully-raises-more-than-500000-as-it-aims-to-create-a-world-leading-tech-ecosystem-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/startup-supergroup-techsydney-successfully-raises-more-than-500000-as-it-aims-to-create-a-world-leading-tech-ecosystem-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup supergroup TechSydney successfully raises more than $500,000 as it aims to create a world-leading tech ecosystem – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tech supergroup TechSydney has successfully raised more than $550,000 via a crowdfunding campaign and has now set its sights on transforming Sydney into a world-class startup ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Late last month, TechSydney became Pozible\u2019s biggest non-profit campaign<\/a> after it topped $400,000 in just two weeks.<\/p>\n

Now, after a month-long campaign, the group has secured $<\/span>564,401 in funding from early-stage startup founders all the way through to tech giants like Atlassian and Canva.<\/span><\/p>\n

TechSydney CEO Dean McEvoy says the campaign’s success is more than he could have hoped for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it really showed the grassroots support for the TechSydney initiative among all stages,\u201d McEvoy tells StartupSmart.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe now have some resources to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the top of his list is building out the city\u2019s pool of talent for startups.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn acquiring more talent into the industry, it\u2019s firstly about why young people leaving university aren’t considering a career in high growth companies\u201d McEvoy says.<\/p>\n

He adds that the organisation will also be figuring out how to capture smart people in corporate firms and great talent overseas.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiversity overlays all of that,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

In the upcoming months, McEvoy says the group will be working to address and overcome these challenges to help create a more vibrant and representative startup community.<\/p>\n

Another of McEvoy\u2019s key priorities is to increase the amount of startup buzz and activity in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who has ever been in Silicon Valley will testify to the value of meeting people who can help you with your business so quickly,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can build density of more startups in a particular location, it will not only help with the talent issue, it will help individual companies solve problems faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of this, McEvoy will be using his connections to make inner city office space more accessible to new startups.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll interface between the [startup] industry and property industry so if five companies need five desks each, I can accumulate and aggregate that demand,” he says.<\/p>\n

McEvoy will also be working more closely with big companies to get them better connected with the opportunities in high-growth tech companies and the startup sector.<\/p>\n

\u201c22% of our GDP is about to be disrupted by high growth tech companies,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cTechSydney offers ways to authentically connect with that disruption, we\u2019ve started talking with [corporates] and are working with them to support these initiatives in upcoming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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