Tag: Significant Investor Visa

Govt ramps up investor visa requirements

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Investor visa holders in Australia will have to allocate at least half of their funds to local startups and emerging companies as part of a raft of government changes...

Investor visa cash now tops $10b

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The total inward investment flows from Australia’s Significant Investor Visa program since it was launched in 2012 has now topped $10 billion, according to a new report from Deloitte...

SIV money finally lands in Aus VC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has taken more time than some might have liked to find its way to the Aussie tech sector, but the Significant Investor Visa program – aka the unexpected fountain...

SIV torrent turns to a slow trickle

Posted on   |  by Michael Sainsbury
The geyser of mainly Chinese money meant to fertilize Australia’s venture capital and startup sectors, and small cap companies, via the government’s recast Significant Investment Visa scheme has largely...

SIVs may distort Aussie VC sector

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The famine-to-feast nature of the Significant Investor Visa money expected to hit the Australian venture capital market could do more harm than good, according to one of the industry’s...

New rules open SIV dollar pipeline

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Changes to Significant Investor Visa rules that came into effect last week will deliver an annual pipeline of about $350 million dollars into the Australian venture capital market, according...