With a number of WA's biggest businesses relying on unmanned drones to reduce surveying and inspection costs, new schools are teaching drone pilots how to fly.
Artificial intelligence company OpenDNA has announced plans to list on the ASX, with Perth-based stockbroker Argonaut to lead a $10 million initial public offering.
Local fintech CrowdfundUP tops this fortnight's Techboard ranking, having closed a $2.1 million capital raising led by Sydney-based Positive Investment Enterprise.
A $400 million lithium hydroxide plant to supply the battery industry will bring highly skilled technical and scientific jobs with it, Premier Colin Barnett said at the facility's groundbreaking ceremony today in Kwinana.
Vocus Communications boss Geoff Horth has survived a proposal to remove him from the helm of the firm by Perth venture capitalist Anthony Grist and Vocus founder James Spenceley.
Curtin University has announced a collaboration agreement with Victora-based Gekko Systems to commercialise new technology designed to make gold processing more efficient.
PayNow for Stripe is a minimalist point-of-sales app, allowing users to accept credit card payments quickly on any mobile device. NFC is used to enable PayPass payments without any need for a swipe card reader.
SPECIAL REPORT: The recent sale and merger of two testing laboratories in Perth has allowed the vendors of each business to achieve very different outcomes.
Marine manufacturing firm VEEM has raised $25 million from its initial public offering, with its stock expected to start trading on the ASX later this month.
Two of Scitech's travelling exhibitions, which account for part of the organisation's near-$2 million export operation, have made a landing at the Nasa Science Centre in the US.
Perth-based Trident Capital has been brought in to advise an Israeli technology company on its $6 million inital public offering and listing on the ASX.
Perth's first innovation hub dedicated to the resources sector plans to focus on the impact of disruptive technologies after its official opening last night.
Innovation Minister Bill Marmion has named the three inaugural winners of the Start IT Up WA Challenge, with the teams to share in a $100,000 prize pool to develop their projects in collaboration with the state government.
A lack of clear information in Australian broadband advertising is contributing toward unrealistic expectations of internet speed, the chairman of the consumer watchdog says.
On October 15 the Perth Concert Hall will again unveil some of the state's most innovative thinkers, with the first eight speakers of this year's TEDxPerth announced today.
Perth-based biotechnology company Metavone hopes to list on the ASX next month after raising up to $5 million from investors in an initial public offering.
Carnegie Wave Energy has taken first place in Techboard's top trending startup rank this fortnight, after announcing a $2.5 million grant for a wave and solar power microgrid on Garden Island.
ASG Group's board has recommended its shareholders approve a takeover offer from a Japan-based consulting and IT services firm, which values the business at more than double that of a previous bid three years ago.
Perth-based Avita Medical has struck a distribution deal in Iran for its spray on skin products for the treatment of burns, wounds and skin defects, potentially paving the way for a new market for the the group.
MMJ Phytotech has announced plans to spin-out its medical cannabis-focused Canadian subsidiaries onto the TSX Venture Exchange through the reverse takeover of a resources company.
Software technology company Veriluma has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX, after completing a reverse takeover of Perth-based Parmelia Resources.
