Chair, Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review
Stories naming Sally-Ann Williams. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
A profile of six life-science ventures that graduated from Melbourne bioincubator Jumar's debut program, one of which, Tessara Therapeutics, won a $3 million research grant in December.
Industry minister Ed Husic told a Tech Council summit the National Reconstruction Fund is close to its first investments after asking for a $300m drawdown; the piece recaps federal tech funding moves including PsiQuantum's.
Startup Daily and Cicada Innovations profile five health-focused deep tech startups selected for the August Cicada x Tech23 event in Sydney; one founder recalls earlier angel and VC fundraising.
Cicada Innovations is opening a health-tech incubator at Sydney's Westmead precinct with NSW government grant backing, working with Brandon Capital and Brandon BioCatalyst to help researchers commercialise medical discoveries.
Deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations is opening a health-focused facility at Sydney's Westmead precinct with Investment NSW backing, working with Brandon Capital and Brandon BioCatalyst to help early medical startups commercialise.
CRDC profile celebrates FluroSat founder Anastasia Volkova topping The Australian's 100 Innovators list, recalling its startup workshop support since 2017 and FluroSat's acquisition of Dagan's soil modelling capability to form Regrow Ag.
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Roundup covering Instacart's US$265 million raise, Xendit's Series B, EZZ Life Science's ASX debut, Grimes' NFT art sales, Service NSW app usage figures, and a Cicada Innovations women-in-STEM event.
Marking Cicada Innovations' 20th anniversary, this profile describes agtech FluroSat, founded by Anastasia Volkova, which joined the incubator in 2017 and uses satellite analytics to cut farm fertiliser and water use.
A profile marking Cicada Innovations' twentieth anniversary examines Morse Micro, founded by ex-Broadcom engineers, which develops long-range, low-power HaLow Wi-Fi chips for connected devices and grew within the incubator.
Anniversary profile of incubator Cicada Innovations' two decades, telling portfolio biotech Elastagen's story: its tropoelastin work, Series A backing, a government grant, and its 2018 sale to Allergan.
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A Startup Daily series marking Cicada Innovations' 20th anniversary profiles SpeeDx, a biotech founded by Alison Todd and Elisa Mokany, whose enzyme-based diagnostics help clinicians treat superbugs and infectious diseases.
Sydney deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations has hired a senior Google Australia executive as its next chief executive from July, succeeding the outgoing CEO; the new hire also holds board roles elsewhere.