Tag: Kate Cornick

LaunchVic lands $40m boost in state Budget

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Victorian government has set aside $40 million for its startup agency LaunchVic as part of a 10 per cent increase in overall Budget funding for Industry, Small Business...

Startup lobby never wastes a good crisis

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
At a time when it seems the whole world needs a bridging loan to get through to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, a new tech sector lobby...

LaunchVic’s new delivery strategy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
LaunchVic will take a more active role in the delivery of services and focus on growing the Victorian angel investing sector as part of a new one-year strategy. This...

LaunchVic slams encryption bill

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian government’s independent innovation agency has raised serious concerns about the federal government’s controversial encryption bill, saying it would “greatly threaten” Australian startups and have a “deleterious effect”...

CivVic Labs aims at public sector

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian government will spend $2.5 million on a new program to help open up procurement opportunities to the state’s tech startups. An accelerator program, backed by the state’s...

LaunchVic remakes 500 fund

Posted on   |  by James Riley
LaunchVic has learned from last year’s 500 Startups mess, chief executive Kate Cornick said, as the Victorian government body revealed how the funding recovered from the deal will be...

LaunchVic tackles skills shortfall

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian government has dished out nearly $3 million in grants to educational services for startup founders, the first funding round LaunchVic has unveiled in more than six months....

500 Startups was a wake-up call

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The 500 Startups scandal in Victoria appears to have jolted the country’s venture capital community into acknowledging the need for more female involvement in the tech and innovation ecosystem....

LaunchVic loses another director

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The board member who served as acting chair of LaunchVic for most of this year has quietly resigned from the $60 million government body, the ninth director to depart...