A Fremantle startup believes it can use water from Regis Resources’ gold mining pits to grow red seaweed that makes cow burps and farts less pollutive.
Adrian Rauso
A Perth tech mentor has been picked to lead a board advising the Federal Government on research, innovation and science.
Matt Mckenzie
Administrators believe directors could have breached their duties to the WA cannabis startup formerly known as Creso Pharma, which is facing liquidation owing creditors nearly $22 million.
Sean Smith
A UK biotechnology startup is entering the crowded obesity drug market, armed with $US411 million ($664.2m) and a promising next-generation weight-loss pill.
Ashleigh Furlong
WA gin distillery Old Young’s has raised just over $1.4 million in its latest crowdfunding round after its founder offered a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world for investors with deep pockets.
Cheyanne Enciso
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Bill Tai was one of the first investors to back Canva after meeting founder Melanie Perkins in 2010. He reveals how WA can recreate that success story.
WA-based gin distillery Old Young’s is offering a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world for investors willing to dig deep as it sets its sights on raising $2 million.
Canva, a Perth-founded developer of creative design software, has hired former Zoom chief financial officer Kelly Steckelberg as its top financial executive.
Daniel Newell
Strengthening WA’s entrepreneurial ecosystem could see 350 new startups and create as many as 3500 highly skilled jobs, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre has claimed in a new report.
WA-founded design technology darling Canva is now worth more than Rio Tinto, Woodside Energy, Telstra and Woolworths after it raised almost $10 billion through new investors.
A WA startup harvesting methane-busting seaweed to reduce greenhouse emissions in cattle is among the local businesses set to receive a $50,000 cash injection as part of a global accelerator program.
Melanie Perkins remembers when her boyfriend used to cook lunch for employees in the early days at Canva. The company has since become one of the most successful tech unicorns to emerge from Australia.
Olivia Poh and Yoolim Lee
Perth-raised entrepreneur Elke Pascoe wants to deliver her goat milk formula using drones to improve accessibility and consequently, make the product more mainstream.
Canva is acquiring image generation startup Leonardo.ai in its second acquisition this year, accelerating a charge into artificial intelligence to take on creative software leader Adobe.
Olivia Poh
WA startup sector seeking to introduce code of conduct for conferences, after-work drinks and business trips.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A WA medical technology startup is aiming to have its 3D printed heart valves implanted in patients within two to three years as it looks to transform a global market poised to reach $US13.4 billion by 2030.
A Perth-based startup aiming to develop an alternative to plastic using seaweed has secured a $200,000 cash injection, in what its founders say is a major boon for its manufacturing capabilities.
Medical technology firm OncoRes is now eyeing TGA submissions as early as next year after clinical trials to-date have positively shown its handheld imaging tool can detect breast cancer.
Her eponymous skincare line may have already experienced “huge success” internationally since its inception five years ago, but Emma Lewisham says growth in Australia and New Zealand is still the top priority.
Medicinal cannabis manufacturer Cannaponics has bought a hotel to accommodate staff in response to WA’s crippling housing shortage.
The brain behind multi-million dollar baby bag brand Alf the Label is back with a new venture aiming to make insurance sexy for the younger generation.
A Perth-founded content monetisation platform, backed by American rapper Ice Cube, hopes to take on OnlyFans by offering artists and creators a ‘clean space’ to monetise their work.
It was a cash injection of $50,000 that enabled WA game developer Paul Turbett to compete with global industry players. Now Screenwest hopes to replicate his success for other developers.
WA tech founder Tina Ambrose could be in for a full-circle moment if she expands her multi-million dollar startup into London — the city where she once experienced youth homelessness.
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