News Articles for StartupWA

Not-for-profit legal organisation The Piddington Society has announced the appointment of Tracey Cinavas-Prosser as executive officer, commencing in August.

Technology sector leaders have lambasted the lack of investment in the federal budget, labelling it a missed opportunity to enhance competitiveness and productivity.

Perth will host the first-ever Australian chapter of the UN AI for Good Innovation contest; with five finalists selected to pitch for a trip to the peak AI conference in Geneva.

StartupWA chair Charlie Gunningham has welcomed WA Labor's promise to extend the New Industries Fund but said the $40 million injection was less than half the amount needed.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Charlie Gunningham, Clare Pollock, Merinda March, Mark Hyde, Sharon Payn, Alex McGlue, Gina Williams, George Bauk and Julian Hanna.

The WA government has quietly updated its procurement policy to allow projects up to $5 million to be fulfilled by local manufacturers without a tender – up from $50,000.

Members of WA's start up community are calling for a $100 million commitment to extend the New Industries Fund beyond 2025, warning a failure to do so risked WA falling behind other states.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Mark Norwell, Bill O'Keeffe, Derek Hays, Brook McGowan, Michael Barnes, Tim Ungar, Charlie Gunningham, and Nathan Drudi.

Former Pearcey Entrepreneur of the Year Charlie Gunningham has been appointed to chair of the StartupWA board, bringing more than 25 years of experience to the think tank.

Three new local funds proposing to focus on early-stage investment are raising expectations.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Simon Barnes, Deon Baddock, Ben MacKinnon, Tracie Clark, Marcus Tan, Lindsay O'Sullivan, Danelle Cross, Donna Cross, Tom Goerke, Charlie Caruso, Andrew Stead, Helga Mikkelsen, Sara Giunco, Eddie Chia Wei Quan and Kristen Di Gregorio.

Tech startups are hoping the new state government will help develop, and fund, opportunities.

The state government has committed $160,000 in funding to advocacy group StartupWA, which plans to host a series of summits to help build the state's start-up and technology sector.

Ambitious entrepreneurs and sensible policies could make WA the world's pre-eminent location for data analytics, remote operations and high-tech industries.

Tech innovators, investors and entrepreneurs descended on Perth during the past fortnight for a series of startup events that sparked wide-ranging discussions about how to strengthen the local ecosystem and compete on the world stage.

There are plenty of people who want success for the local startup scene, but fewer seem willing to commit to fund it.

The investment holding company that has bought Perth startup success story SEQTA Software is poised to lead further rationalisation in the education software sector.

OPINION: The startup and innovation sector is well prepared for the challenge ahead.

Perth company SEQTA Software has combined with Melbourne-based Synergetic Management Systems to create Australia's largest education software business.

Cooperation between the startup community and government is welcomed, but what form it takes is yet to become clear.

At yesterday's WA Innovation Summit, put together for new Innovation Minister Bill Marmion, 250 invited guests came up with plans on how best to spend the newly allocated $20 million of innovation funds.

Western Australia's peak business group has welcomed the state government's budget, but other business groups believed more could have been done for their respective sectors.

For Perth to become an innovation hub, in a global context, there will need to be a step-change from a range of stakeholders – the startup community and its funders, schools and universities, and, importantly, the state government – in order to support the structural change needed to achieve significant success.

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

A new not-for-profit representative organisation led by several local startup entrepreneurs and business leaders has officially launched today.