Technology, Innovation & Science

MSM Corporation International and Department 13 International both debuted on the ASX today, after completing their respective reverse takeovers and backdoor listings.

US-focused biotech company pSivida has released pricing details of a $US16 million capital raising, after two weeks of volatile trading in its ASX-listed shares.

More than 30 parties have shown interest in the assets of the collapsed Dick Smith retail business in Australia and New Zealand.

A Perth-based online gaming company that has raised $14.6 million from private investors is pursuing a stockmarket float after reporting spectacular growth in revenue.

Perth-based Algae.Tec's share price is blooming after the company started producing algae for the nutraceuticals market.

Three directors of Claremont-based Structural Monitoring Systems have taken advantage of the company’s recent share price surge by selling down a portion of their holdings.

After plans for a backdoor listing fell through in 2014, former New Tel boss Peter Malone has signed up Patersons Securities as lead manager for a $4 million initial public offering for his sunscreen and cosmetics company Skin Elements.

Shares in Perth-based Orthocell have soared after the tissue regeneration company was granted a patent for its "cell factory" technology in the United States.

Telco giant Telstra and national contracting companies Service Stream and BSA have been awarded contracts for the building and maintenance of the national broadband network (NBN).

Experienced investors such as Gavin Rezos and Tony Grist have shone brightly as the technology sector has attracted growing interest.

Social networking company migme has announced the acquisition of two Indonesia-based companies, while finalising a $3.5 million convertible note issue.

Data and networks solutions business Amcom Telecommunications has won a $12.9 million contract to provide its services to SA Health over a three-year term.

KodaChat is a supervised chat application that makes social media safer for children.

Memory technology company 4DS Memory has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX, closing well below its opening price but above the price of its recent capital raising.

Nemex Resources has dropped plans to acquire a majority stake in Wavefront Biometric Technologies after losing support from its major shareholders.

Mining and technology don’t have to be in competition when it comes to capital, Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy said today, with the extractive industry in a prime position to export its knowledge in addition to hard commodities.

Doubleview-based Ausnet Real Estate Services, which is backed by mortgage aggregator Finsure and led by chief executive Paul Niardone, is seeking an ASX listing through a reverse takeover of Namibian Copper, which saw its share price crash by more than 50 per cent after the deal was announced.

WA needs to get behind its early stage tech sector or risk losing 25 per cent of state GDP.

Techboard provides Perth tech startups with their own ‘ASX-style’ announcements platform.

Perth company directors Ian Middlemas and Domenic Martino have joined a flurry of pre-Christmas M&A deals that are valued at nearly $300 million, and designed to revive moribund resources companies.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is seeking to buy what will be the first flight simulator of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, as part of plans to develop a state-of-the-art training centre in Western Australia.

Gleneagle Gold will make a second attempt at a reverse takeover with plans to buy a local unlisted medical cannabis company in a deal worth about $8 million.

This year's Business News Rising Stars award winner, Seqta, has concluded a capital raising with support from a number of high-profile investors, including Mineral Resources chief executive Chris Ellison and chairman Peter Wade, Revel Systems investor Sean Tomlinson and Navitas co-founder Peter Larsen.

The announcement of a $1.1 billion ‘ideas boom’ innovation package yesterday was well timed for Western Australia’s startup sector, representatives from which had gathered at the Perth Town Hall for the annual West Tech conference and OzAPP Awards.

Parmelia Resources has announced plans for a reverse takeover of a NSW-based software company, while one of the first local companies to complete a backdoor listing has flagged a new acquisition.

Sydney-based mobile app Swift has won this year’s OzAPP Awards for its logistics dispatch service, which can be used to easily route deliveries and reduce transport costs.

A chance discovery many researchers may have dismissed as an error has brought about a series of surprising and rewarding events for University of Western Australia PhD student Callum Ormonde.

Tax breaks for risk-taking businesses and a boost in science spending lie at the heart of a four-year $1.1 billion innovation package designed to drive an "ideas boom" in Australia.

Working with BGC Development, oneVR has successfully developed a ‘virtual property tour’ mobile application

Perth-based technology company Peppermint Innovation is planning to take its mobile payments technology across South-East Asia after listing on the ASX through a reverse takeover of Chrysalis Resources completed today.

Five finalists have been announced for the 2015 OzApp awards program run by Curtin University, including Perth company Simply Wall St, with the winner to be unveiled next week.

As part of a backdoor listing with Falcon Minerals, prominent technology investor Anthony Grist has paid $US1.5 million to become a major shareholder in a US-based company that has experienced rapid growth selling 3D printers.