Tag: Deep Tech

The National Space Industry Hub was launched on 10 February at Cicada Innovations in the Australian Technology Park at Eveleigh. 

Applications for young, high-growth, deep-tech startups to present at the Tech23 Showcase 2021 are now open.

Australian deep tech venture firm Main Sequence has announced a $250 million fund to increase its focus on solving some of the world’s biggest issues in areas such as climate and food.

Today, being disconnected from Wi-Fi would be incapacitating for most businesses. Yet Wi-Fi is a relatively recent innovation. Wi-Fi was invented in Australia just over 20 years ago by the CSIRO. Now almost all laptops, phones and tablets are connected to Wi-Fi. While most Wi-Fi chip companies compete to invent faster speed Wi-Fi chips for […]

Some of the world’s most important advances in robotics are happening here in Australia. While interest and investment pour into the global robotics industry, there are no sensors in the market that can measure friction. “There’s lots of research but it’s not commercially available,” said Dr Heba Khamis, CEO and Co-founder of Contactile. This means […]

Quitting your job and following your passion is more common on theatre screens than in real life, however it’s exactly what happened with the fruit-picking robotics company Ripe Robotics.  “I am a massive risk taker so I was quite happy to quit my job and put all my money into this,” said Hunter Jay, founder […]

The Tech 23 Deeptech Festival is hosting the AI Conclave on the 11 to 12 November, providing an opportunity for businesses to hear expert advice on the latest AI and machine learning trends. The AI Conclave is a free online event that helps businesses build customer-centric, scalable solutions in the cloud with Amazon’s machine learning […]

Sally-Ann Williams is the CEO of Cicada Innovations, one of Australia’s leading deep tech incubators. Before joining Cicada, Sally-Ann was an Executive Program Manager at Google Australia for 12 years, driving Google’s entrepreneurship and startup engagement. We asked her about building resilience into Australian industries, cultural shifts in the way we innovate and emerging opportunities […]

Applications for the Tech23 Deeptech Festival are now open for young, high-growth tech companies. Since 2009, the Tech23 has aimed to unlock new ways of working by joining the dots between enterprise and clever tech. Tech23 seeks to encourage the deeptech ecosystem to collaborate; learn and respond – leveraging a wealth of talents, contacts and […]

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 […]