Govt opens $23m start-up incubator support program

The federal government is set to reveal the details of its $23 million Incubator Support program, which Industry, Innovation and Science Minister Greg Hunt says will help start-ups get better access to advice, capital and valuable connections.

Mark Carnegie and Steve Baxter are wrong, we mustn’t discount unis in the ideas boom

by Clare Harding High-profile VC Steve Baxter joined M H Carnegie & Co founding partner Mark Carnegie in recently arguing that start-ups and corporates should avoid getting involved with universities. According to Carnegie, collaborating with universities to commercialise research and ideas isn’t worth it, because they are “incredibly cumbersome”, and according to Baxter, “not easy” to collaborate with.

OtherLevels cuts staff by 22%

OtherLevels Holdings has reduced staff by 22% as a result of adjusting its sales strategy in order to optimise sales execution in each market.

River City Labs unveils second muru-D accelerator intake

Brisbane tech startup hub River City Labs has announced the seven startups taking part in its second accelerator program run in collaboration with muru-D, the first to run since the community entered into a three year partnership with the accelerator in August.

Flying high: Indoor skydiving

Nothing can prepare you for the rush that flying gives you. Watching the feet of those before you leave the ground at iFLY Indoor Skydiving doesn’t prepare you for achieving something that people have spent centuries and billions of dollars trying to perfect – flight.

Steve Baxter’s Startup Catalyst youth mission to Silicon Valley

Startup Catalyst is looking for 20 tech-savvy youths to participate in a fully funded, 10-day immersive mission to Silicon Valley in November. Applications are open until 9 October, 2016. The mission will run from November 13 to November 25.