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Applications open for CSIRO’s free Aquaculture SME Program
Free, eight weeks, aquaculture-focused. CSIRO’s Innovate to Grow program is open for applications now.
Experimental CSIRO model to help in the fight against bushfires
New bushfire modelling released by the CSIRO will help protect lives, businesses and properties from fire.
CSIRO partners with Digital Agriculture Services to help future-proof farms
Media Release Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO and rural technology start-up Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) today launched an innovative new platform that combines artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud-based geospatial technology to deliver reliable, independent and robust farm data and analytics. The Rural Intelligence Platform is the first ever software to comprehensively assess and […]
Federal Budget: startup wish list, part one
Ahead of the release of the 2018-19 Federal Budget on Tuesday (8 May), Dynamic Business spoke to a cohort of startup advocates about the measures they hope to see from the Turnbull Government. In this article, the first in a two-part series, Sarah Moran (Girl Geek Academy), Beau Leese (Intersective), Mick Spencer (ONTHEGO), Bridget Loudon […]
Crop health monitoring startup FluroSat secures $1.5 million to fuel rapid growth
Agtech startup FluroSat has secured $1.5 million in funding for its crop health monitoring technology from CSIRO Main Sequence Ventures, AirTree Ventures, and strategic agricultural investors lead by CRDC. In addition to the equity funding, Flurosat has also secured several grants with the help of deep tech startup Cicada Innovations and its Growlab accelerator program. To […]
Engage with potential customers early, don’t rely on assumptions, sci-tech innovators told
Great sci-tech innovations are trapped in the university system because there has been a failure to properly test them with potential customers in mind, according to Steve Brodie, the new Managing Director of CSIRO’s ON Accelerator program. Established in 2015, ON assists researchers from the fields of science and technology to validate – and discover a […]
WiRE’s founder discusses her mission to bring rural women entrepreneurs out of isolation
Providing female startup founders in rural, regional and remote areas with access to face-to-face and virtual capacity-building opportunities, including mentorship, will help build Australia’s entrepreneurial muscle, according to Retha Wiesner, founder of WiRE. Launched in early 2017 out of the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) – where Wiesner is Professor of HR Management –WiRE (Women […]
Peer-to-peer trading: how it could address the rising cost of electricity for small businesses
The opportunity for small to medium sized businesses to make the switch to solar and batteries is stronger than it has ever been. Similar to households, small businesses typically pay high electricity rates and unlike big businesses, possess less negotiating power on energy retail costs. Small businesses also tend to have tighter budgets when it […]
Energy startups have to be ‘very smart’ in how they challenge the big retailers: Evergen’s CEO
Evergen is taking advantage of a “once-in-a-hundred-years” opportunity for startups to gain ground against Australia’s legacy energy retailers, its CEO told Dynamic Business. Launched in August, last year, Evergen sells intelligent home energy systems that utilise solar power, batteries and CSIRO technology, which has been exclusively licensed to the energy services startup. Co-founded by Emlyn Keane […]
“Define innovation too tightly and it loses its essence”: Former IBM, Telstra CEO David Thodey
Former StartupAUS CEO and chair Peter Bradd, whose enterprise innovation consultancy Beanstalk Factory was named one of Westpac’s Businesses of Tomorrow, recently sat down with former IBM (ANZ) and Telstra CEO David Thodey to discuss the the value of (and barriers to) innovation plus the need for processes that ‘allow people to move faster’. Asked by Bradd to define ‘innovation’, Thodey, […]
How to overcome the barriers to accessing export finance
Australia’s small business exporters are concerned about accessing finance for their export journey. This isn’t a new concern, but it is one that can be addressed. This article outlines some of the perceptions of, and challenges in, accessing export finance, as well as the ways that Australian small businesses are overcoming this challenge. Access to finance […]
Half of small business owners will rely on pension
Half of Australia’s small business owners will fall short on retirement savings, and one in four anticipate they will need to rely on the government pension in later years.
New CSIRO Flagship will seek to improve Australian productivity
The CSIRO launched the Digital Productivity and Services Flagship this week at an event in Sydney, with the aim of helping Australia improve productivity, particularly in the services sector.
Pressure to delay emissions trading scheme
The Australian Industry Group has called for the Federal Government to delay the commencement of the 2010 carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) due to the current economic crisis. Supporters of the scheme, the group suggested the government pass legislation to ensure implementation, but has recommended the government postpone the scheme until 2012. “Businesses are strapped […]