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More than $643,000 in Innovation Booster Grants announced

WA's New Industries Fund is backing 34 home-grown ventures with over $643,000 in Innovation Booster Grants, most receiving up to $20,000 for commercialisation support, with four funded via a life sciences stream.

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BetterLabs invests $2.7M into WA startups

RAC's corporate venture fund BetterLabs has made four recent investments totalling over $2.7 million, backing three WA female-founded startups — The Volte, Digii Social and Hey Lady — plus US insurtech Waffle.

The Grateful Eight

Plus Eight has selected eight Western Australian startups from 70 applicants to share a $350,000 investment pool, advancing them to the seed-funding stage after a bootcamp, mentoring and a pitch day.

Corona won't stop these startups

Fifteen selected startups join Spacecubed's Plus Eight Accelerator Program despite the pandemic, with workshops shifted online and the participants later pitching for funding of between $20,000 and $100,000.