Startup Catalyst to send the next generation of Australian entrepreneurs on a “once in a lifetime” trip to Silicon Valley – StartupSmart

Startup Catalyst will soon be sending the next generation of Australian startup founders to Silicon Valley after receiving a $270,000 grant from the Queensland government.

River City Labs to host first RiverPitch for early stage innovation

RiverPitch, Australia’s leading bi-annual pitching event for start-ups, will for the first time focus on early stage innovation companies in line with a new tax program by the federal government. RiverPitch ESIC will be held on 19 October, 2016 and has been specifically designed for early stage investors and start-ups looking to benefit from the government’s 20 per cent tax offset for investing in innovative companies.

Success sets Brisbane medtech company DoseMe up for U.S. market

It was 2012 and Dr Robert McLeay was chatting to his wife’s colleague at a backyard Brisbane barbecue. While enjoying his burger, McLeay listened intently to a story about a scientific innovation not yet easily available to clinicians, but which should have been.

Forget universities and let entrepreneurs lead Australian innovation

by Steve Baxter I have judged more than 20 start-up weekend events – if you have not been to one I highly recommend it. Over the course of 54 hours, participants pitch an idea, build a team, road-test the idea with potential customers by getting out of the building and talking to people, change the idea to reflect the reality of things and then pitch it to judges.

GoCatch takes on Uber in Queensland

GoCatch, which was founded in 2011, on Monday extended its phone app taxi-booking service to include ride-sharing as it was legalised in Queensland. Chief executive officer David Holmes says GoCatch, which uses an app similar in format to Uber’s, has effectively been competing against an illegally-operated business.

Impedimed dosed on sweet medicine

SHARES in Impedimed have jumped after the Brisbane-based biotechnology company received positive medical news about its device, which detects a horrible swelling affliction. Impedimed on Wednesday revealed the American Medical Association had released coding for its device covering the swelling affliction for all cancers, not just breast cancer.