Tag: Melbourne

Sydney slips in global Startup Genome rankings

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Global funding and large exits for startups fell off a cliff last year with a decline of nearly 50 per cent, but there are some signs of stabilisation and...

Moderna opens research hub in Melbourne

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Biotechnology giant Moderna has opened a new research centre and regional headquarters in Melbourne in anticipation of the arrival of its mRNA manufacturing facility next year. The Asia-Pacific Regional...

$16bn GDP boost expected from second AWS cloud region

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Amazon Web Services has launched its second Australian cloud infrastructure region more than a decade after its first, which is expected to generate an estimated $16 billion lift to...

Moderna finalises multi-billion dollar Aussie partnership

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
As Moderna has finalised its multi-billion dollar partnership with the Commonwealth and Victorian government, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese continued to flag the importance of commercialising local research. Moderna’s multi-billion...

Silicon Valley investor’s $50m AgTech fund targets ANZ

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Silicon Valley based AgriFood investor SVG Ventures will launch a $50 million venture fund targeting AgTech firms across Australia and New Zealand. SVG Ventures will establish an Australia and...

Victoria’s first electric bus depot to open this year

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Victoria’s first fully electric bus depot at a converted depot in Ivanhoe will be complete later this year as a part of the state government’s Zero Emissions Bus Trial....

Victoria invests $179m in innovation precinct

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new centre of innovation will be established at the old Holden factory on the outskirts of the Melbourne CBD with $180 million in funding from the Victorian government....

Health dept stands by COVIDSafe app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal Health department has stood by COVIDSafe at a Senate hearing, despite confirming it was yet to identify a new close contact in Victoria, where contact tracers stopped...

Melbourne rejects Apple at Fed Square

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Melbourne City Council has rejected Apple’s “completely undercooked” application to demolition part of Federation Square to make way for a “global flagship” store after receiving more than a thousand...