Victorian coworking spaces are set to get a boost. New ‘Expert-In-Residence’ program will invest up to $25K per successful application to support the short-term appointment of experienced startup professionals for the benefit of coworking residents.
$4.8 million of funding to accelerate the growth of Victoria’s health & life sciences startups and bolster Melbourne’s reputation as a leading HealthTech hub in Asia Pacific.
An investment of $2.5 million to run Australia’s first accelerator designed to help startups gain access to government procurement – CivVic Labs Accelerator. Read more
$1.37 Million in funding for Entrepreneurial Programs for Aboriginal Victorians. Recipients will deliver education, acceleration, incubation & mentoring programs. Congratulations Barayamal, Ngarrimili, Global Sisters, Ngamai. Read more
LaunchVic, will invest $2.35 million to improve local investor education and help create the next generation of startup angel and venture capital (VC) investors. Read more
In this series; Redbubble was founded in Fitzroy, Victoria in 2006 when Peter, Martin and Paul sat around to talk about an idea. It's since become a global three-sided creative marketplace for artists to upload their work and it reproduced on-demand for customers. In 2018 Redbubble, still based in Melbourne, has been through it all; leadership changes, the Global Financial Crisis, a down-round, legal controversy, an Initial Public Offering and more.
If you have a startup or work in a startup LaunchVic has a wide-range of free or low to medium cost education and training available across topics ranging from export and growth skills, personal leadership and development through to investment and marketing support.
To complement our health startup funding, LaunchVic has a new research report that looks at the challenges and opportunities in Victoria so that we can continue to position Victoria as a globally recognised HealthTech hub.
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