This isn’t your typical talk, and Ellis Guitars isn’t your typical startup. Come and hear one of Western Australia’s untold success stories as Andrew Ellis takes you on his journey from creating his first guitars that were so bad that “they weren’t even worth using as a cricket bat” (his words), to creating sought after… Continue reading Morning Startup – The Story of Ellis Guitars: From Dream to Global Success

The program provides support to Australian companies for up to $10 million in funding for hydrogen research, development and demonstration projects in partnership with UK companies, as part of the Government’s Strategic International Partnerships measure. Projects should support renewable hydrogen technologies needed to deliver on the Australian Government’s National Hydrogen Strategy and the State of… Continue reading DEADLINE: Australia – UK Renewable Hydrogen Innovation Partnerships

Do you have an awesome idea for a new product or service and need to know best next step? 🧠 Perhaps you have a startup business and want to know how to growth hack it to take it to the next level? 🚀 Maybe you working in a business and have innovative ideas to change… Continue reading DEADLINE: Future Founders Program EOIs

Do you have an awesome idea for a new product or service and need to know best next step? 🧠 Perhaps you have a startup business and want to know how to growth hack it to take it to the next level? 🚀 Maybe you working in a business and have innovative ideas to change… Continue reading DEADLINE: EOI’s Future Founders Program

Funding to create a national centre to support and grow the Australian quantum industry The grant will provide funding to create a centre that will undertake industry growth activities to catalyse industry growth, support collaborative research and strengthen Australia’s position as a global quantum leader. What do you get? Up to $18.5 million over 4… Continue reading DEADLINE: Quantum Growth Program

Funding projects that identify and add Indigenous values to Australian Heritage places The First Nations Heritage Grants Program aims to assist in adding Indigenous values to Australia’s World and National Heritage listed places. The program also seeks to aid the identification of culturally significant First Nations places. What do you get? Grants between $25,000 and… Continue reading DEADLINE: First Nations Heritage Grants Round 1

The $11M XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year competition to innovate firefighting technologies that will end destructive wildfires. The two competition tracks are designed to support near and long-term impact goals and address core fire management problems. The competition tracks will individually and jointly transform how wildfires are managed and fought. Track A: Space-Based Wildfire Detection… Continue reading DEADLINE: XPRIZE Challenge Wildfire Registration

Support for WA Agtech Start-ups to attend evokeAG 2024 The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is excited to support Western Australian (WA) agtech start-up businesses to attend evokeAG 2024 in Perth from 20-21 February 2024 evokeAG. creates one meeting place to see what is happening across agrifood tech in Australia and the world.… Continue reading DEADLINE: EOIs Support for WA Agtech Start-ups to attend evokeAG 2024

The StartupWA team would like to invite you to join our Annual General Meeting (AGM), followed by networking. This is a great opportunity to hear what StartupWA has achieved in 2023 and meet the board over networking drinks. Date: 25th January 2024 Time: 4:30 PM till 6:30 PM Venue: WeWork, Level 32, 152 St Georges Terrace, Perth 6000. This AGM will… Continue reading StartupWA Annual General Meeting

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adopt Program  Grants between $3 million and $5 million over four years for up to 50% of eligible project expenditure, for businesses in Australia that can establish centres to help Australian SMEs adopt AI technologies in their business. Deadline 29 Jan   DETAILS

Participants in this workshop will work together in a writing exercise to help complete content development for this guideline. Location Online 7-9 AM GMT | 8-10 AM CEST | 9-11 AM SAST | 10 AM -12 PM AST | 3-5 PM AWST | 5-7 PM AEST Background There are many factors a mine must consider… Continue reading Implementation of Autonomous Systems in Mining – Workshop

Are you nailing your customer interviews? Speaking with customers is a critical ongoing habit for startup teams in order to continue innovating and focusing efforts on the most important growth opportunities. But are you making critical mistakes by leading the customer towards answers you want to hear? Or are you extracting genuine insights that, when… Continue reading Morning Startup – How to Nail your Customer Interviews

What are your professional development plans for 2024? Each year 80 people from a diverse range of professions and institutions around Australia are selected to join the BridgeTech Program, delivered by QUT. Fully funded by MTPConnect and a consortium of industry and university partners, BridgeTech Program participants join one of the country’s most significant medtech professional networks. The… Continue reading DEADLINE: BridgeTech Program

Inquiry into innovation in Western Australia The Committee will inquire into and report on Western Australia’s innovation ecosystem, with reference to: a) the current state of the innovation ecosystem b) the role of the Western Australian government in supporting entrepreneurship, start-ups, and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) c) any other matters that the Committee… Continue reading DEADLINE: Inquiry into Innovation in WA

The National AI Centre is excited to host a conversation that explores how Australian organisations can prioritise their time and teams to unlock the economic opportunity of generative AI (GAI) in 2024. Join experts from the Tech Council and Microsoft Australia to learn more about the broader economic impact associated with GAI in Australia as… Continue reading CSIRO: Economic Impact of Generative AI

Investor and Founder Meetup - Perth About Join us in Perth for the Wholesale Investor & Founder Meetup, part of an exciting series across Melbourne, Auckland, Sydney, and Brisbane. This event is a unique opportunity to network and engage in discussions about the latest investment trends and technology innovations. The evening will focus on the… Continue reading Investor and Founder Meetup – Perth

This is event is for small business owners of both established businesses and startups. Here’s what you’ll come away with: Find out how to identify the 5 fundamentals of your business & your priority… Continue reading Yhub Workshop: 2024 Business Roadmap