WA Labor has promised the state’s sixth-largest town, Albany, would become fully powered by renewable energy – if elected – under a $19.5 million funding commitment with Carnegie Clean Energy.
Local entrepreneur Tim Brewer has joined a cohort of mentors and advisers for a new Perth-based startup accelerator program, Plus Eight, which will begin in March, around the same time Commonwealth Bank of Australia will bring its Pop Up Innovation Lab to town.
Perth-based manufacturer Matrix Composites & Engineering says it will be paid the full $US10.9 million ($A14.2 million) owed under a previously cancelled contract with an unnamed shipyard customer, but work under a second contract will not proceed.
Cirrus Networks has been earmarked for a contract to provide IT managed services to heavy earthmoving equipment supplier Emeco Holdings for an undisclosed sum.
The investment holding company that has bought Perth startup success story SEQTA Software is poised to lead further rationalisation in the education software sector.
Perth mining industry software entrepreneur Norman Pater has put his money where his mouth is, with his private company, Pater Investments, supporting the Greens WA to the tune of $99,500.
Wyllie Group-backed Viburnum is set to receive a big payout when fintech Rubik Financial, in which it is a substantial shareholder, is acquired by Geneva-based banking and finance software firm Temenos for $68 million.
Life sciences company eSense-Lab has enjoyed steady gains on its first day of trading on the ASX, after raising $3.5 million from investors in an initial public offering.
Disruptive technologies continue to gain traction in the property market, with more than 400 Western Australian agents expected to use online advertising portal HumblAbode by the middle of this year, while a Perth-based firm is taking a software platform designed to simplify back-office transactions to the ASX.
Canadian hydroponics technology company Roto-Gro International has closed its first day of trading on the ASX, after completing a $3.6 million initial public offering managed by Perth-based Barclay Wells.
Immersia has been developing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) products and services since 2014, particularly in the safety training, mining and property development sectors, as well as for concerts and marketing.
App company SportsHero is set for its ASX debut after raising $3.2 million from investors and completing a reverse takeover of Perth-based Nevada Iron.
North Perth-based tech company Scancam has raised $1.2 million from investors as it seeks to expand sales of its anti-fuel theft technology into new markets.
Perth-based telco and managed services provider R Group International will share in an estimated $126 million worth of annual work, after securing a place on the list of providers for the Victorian state government.
MiPlan has been named Techboard’s highest trending startup in January, after the WA-based mine production management solutions company announced its acquisition by US-based Hexagon Mining for an undisclosed amount, as reported by Business News.
Six months after ending a short stint as the head of thermal energy company Enerji, former Perth Wildcats owner Andrew Vlahov has been named chief executive of sporting-focused online education provider iCollege.
