News Articles for Innovation Bay

Three new local funds proposing to focus on early-stage investment are raising expectations.

West Tech Fest showcases WA's wide range of talent, ideas and successes in an increasingly competitive market.

Startup businesses in Perth have access to a new source of funding after the Royal Automobile Club of WA launched a $3 million investment fund last night, while also disclosing it is a substantial shareholder in fast growing blockchain business Power Ledger.

There are plenty of people who want success for the local startup scene, but fewer seem willing to commit to fund it.

For Perth to become an innovation hub, in a global context, there will need to be a step-change from a range of stakeholders – the startup community and its funders, schools and universities, and, importantly, the state government – in order to support the structural change needed to achieve significant success.

The call is clear – government and angel investors need to do more to help startup businesses.

Perth's tight-knit angel investment community is growing more comfortable with soft tech plays, but there are calls for more investment in the ‘trickier' tech.

Sydney-based networking group Innovation Bay is expanding to Perth, aiming to give technology entrepreneurs a new pathway to attract seed capital from angel investors.