Tag: Cicada Innovations

Early-stage commercialisation package backed by industry

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A $390 million early-stage commercialisation initiative designed to ready homegrown SMEs and startups for future investment through the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund has been widely praised by industry...

What’s wrong about the startup ‘valley of death’

Posted on   |  by Sally-Ann Williams
It’s a myth that tech startups will face just one ‘valley of death’ over the course of their lives. For decades the tech startup valley of death has been broadly...

‘Shifting spectrum of sunlight’ to boost plant growth

Posted on   |  by Jennifer O’Brien
The story of LLEAF, which stands for luminescent light emitting agricultural film, began at the University of NSW when Dr Alex Falber invented novel light shifting dyes, according to...

NSW semiconductor bureau locked with unis, CSIRO

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A $6 million semiconductor bureau to be established in central Sydney will provide local companies with services and connections into the booming global market as part of a state...

Climate startups a focus of latest Startmate intake

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Climate-focused innovation and gaming are among focus areas of Australian startup accelerator Startmate’s largest ever intake of companies revealed this week as part of its winter cohort. The nineteen...

NSW expands MedTech commercialisation program

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New South Wales Health’s Medical Device Commercialisation Training Program is being expanded beyond its namesake, with Sydney deep tech incubator Cicada Innovations to deliver a new version of the...

The absurdity of our innovation theatre

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Sally-Ann Williams is chief executive of Cicada Innovations, the nation’s leading deep tech incubator, “supporting visionary entrepreneurs as they commercialise research and turn ideas into businesses.” Cicada has been...