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21 WA Startups Share $1.9 Million In Latest Round Of IBG & CBG Government Grants

Western Australia's latest Innovation Booster and Commercialisation Bridge grant round gives 21 startups a combined $1.9 million, unveiled at West Tech Fest; two-thirds are regional, First Nations or female-founded ventures.

Startup West podcast 110: Founders Panel (live) – the Climate for Tech

Year-end podcast episode: a festival panel with the founders of Uluu, Raaise and Electro Ventures on climate tech challenges, wins and plans for 2024.

Startup West podcast 109: Dan Dawson, Paperly

Podcast chat with Paperly founder Dan Dawson, whose education technology company joined a Perth accelerator and won backing from venture fund Purpose Ventures.

Startup West podcast 105: Simon Anderson, Notis and Swayz

Simon Anderson discusses building school engagement platform Notis over a decade with overseas funding, and his newer social video app Swayz, on Perth's Startup West podcast.

Startup West podcast 102: Nik Bappoo & Nick Buckley, Veintech

Podcast episode in which the co-founders of a medtech startup discuss their vein-visualising device, last year's seed raise, a grant win, and progress toward trials.

Also Carbon Group

Startup News Award winners 2022

Startup News hands out its fifth annual community-voted awards, honouring WeMoney, Stuart Kidd and Paula Taylor, plus Spacecubed's Golden Ticket won by Matilda, and recaps the year's most-read stories including several funding rounds.

Also Startup News (WA)·Startup News (WA)·Startup Daily

Startup West podcast 87: John Barrington, Artrya

Startup West podcast episode with Artrya co-founder John Barrington on the ASX-listed healthtech firm, which raised $40 million when it listed in November 2021 at a $105 million valuation.

Startup West podcast 86: Tim Hyde, SWAN Systems

Podcast interview with SWAN Systems co-founder and CEO Tim Hyde covering the water and fertiliser scheduling platform's farming origins, awards, cumulative raising, team size and overseas clients.

Startup West podcast 81: Matt Hart, Soter Analytics

Podcast interview with Soter Analytics co-founder Matt Hart on the Perth-born workplace-safety wearables firm, now London-headquartered, its growth beyond 50 staff and its most recent raise exceeding A$16 million.

77. Startup West podcast: Nicole Gazey & Rebecca Loftus – IDEA

Podcast episode with the two founders of IDEA, a new school for young entrepreneurs, covering their accelerator graduation, early backing from BetterLabs Ventures, and first student cohort.

73. Startup West podcast: Mihailo Bozic, Envited

Interview with the founder of Envited about a social-media-agnostic event tool for teenagers, covering his recent pre-seed raise and upcoming launch.

71. Startup West podcast: Annie Brox, Origo farm

Podcast interview with Annie Brox, founder of Western Australian agtech startup Origo farm, covering her path from Norway and telecoms into building IoT connectivity products for farmers, including two government grant wins backing the business.

Also Women's Agenda·Startup News (WA)

Startup West podcast 62: Dan Jovevski, WeMoney

Podcast interview with Dan Jovevski, WeMoney's founder and CEO, covering his earlier fintech exit at SwitchMyLoan and the two million dollars his Covid-era startup WeMoney has raised.

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Startup West podcast 58: Erin Bell, Camp Connect

Podcast interview with Erin Bell, whose Camp Connect app tackles FIFO worker wellbeing on mine sites, now winning its first paying client and a place in the 2021 Plus Eight tech accelerator.

StartupWA awarded $160K from New Industries Fund

Western Australia's government will give advocacy group StartupWA $160,000 over two years from its New Industries Fund, funding startup summits and a part-time events employee to support the local ecosystem.

Startup West podcast 46: Michael Palmer, Ads on Wheels

Podcast chat with Ads on Wheels co-founder Michael Palmer on the Perth adtech business's graduation from Plus Eight Tech and its goal of returning $3 million to the community by 2023.

Startup West podcast ep43: Vanessa Rauland & Alexander Karan, ClimateClever

Podcast interview with ClimateClever's two founders about their carbon-footprint tracking tool for schools and homes, their ABC TV appearance, and a funding round completed during the pandemic.

Startup West podcast ep41: Olivia Humphrey, Kanopy

Podcast conversation with Kanopy founder Olivia Humphrey about building the Perth library-streaming company, relocating it to the US, and its later sale to an American private equity buyer.