Tag: Yasser El-Ansary

On poaching HK tech talent and companies

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia will introduce a range of incentives in an effort to attract high-growth export companies from Hong Kong and will fast-track special talent tech visas from the country. Following...

Huge VC and talent opportunity: AIC chief

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A comprehensive plan for Australia’s innovation economy is urgently needed, with an opportunity to attract offshore capital and talent at unprecedented levels following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Australian...

Now is not the time to cut the RDTI

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Now is not the time for the government to cut the research and development tax incentive, with Australia facing an economic crisis potentially worse than the GFC, the Australian...

Yet another share scheme inquiry opens

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has launched another inquiry into employee share schemes after its previously announced changes to the popular initiative stalled. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last month referred the issue of...

Private investors eye Australia

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Australia-based private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) fundraising achieved record highs in 2018, with a new report by the Australian Investment Council revealing that local firms secured $30...

Super pool can fund scale-up VC

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s venture capital pool has likely doubled for FY2017 as the proportion of VC bound money coming from the country’s super funds ramps up. Last year Australia’s VC sector...

AVCAL calls for scale-up support

Posted on   |  by Graeme Philipson
The Turnbull Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda was all very well, but it concentrates on startups. What is needed is support for ‘scale-ups’, says the Australian Private Equity...

Election 2016: Where to now?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With Australia having entered a faux election campaign, the time is ripe for a faux election preview. InnovationAus.com has been out testing the temperature of the ‘innovation electorate’ to...

Budget Insider: Policy wonks unite!

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The chief executive officer of high-profile, female-focused angel network Scale Investors, Laura McKenzie, has been named as the final panelist for InnovationAus.com’s Budget Insider 2016, a wine-filled journey into...