Tag: LaunchVic

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”...

Survey wars: A murky tale

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Three significant surveys of the Australian startup sector have been released in the last week, with each painting a very different picture of the small industry. The contrasting results...

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...

Vic’s target new indigenous tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Victorian government’s $60 million innovation fund has dished out $1.37 million to four programs looking to “strengthen entrepreneurship and startup activity” amongst indigenous Victorians. LaunchVic has now handed...

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 still a troubled target

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian state opposition has fallen short in its bid to force an inquiry into problems at LaunchVic, the organisation overseeing the deployment of state government’s $60 million innovation...

Vic funded tech conferences MIA

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A large tech conference due to take place in Melbourne this year has been postponed, despite the Victorian government paying for the rights to hold it exclusively in the...