The state government has committed $160,000 in funding to advocacy group StartupWA, which plans to host a series of summits to help build the state's start-up and technology sector.
Perth startup QuizJam, which was best known for its quiz widget, has been remaned Komo to reflect its range of digital engagement tools. The rebranding followed a successful private capital raising.
Western Australian startups and ‘young' tech companies raised $295 million last financial year, which was 8.3 per cent of the amount raised nationally, a new report has found.
Local startups and young technology companies registered a big decline in funds raised in the March quarter compared to December, according to the latest report from tech sector analysts Techboard.
Western Australian startups and young technology companies attracted about $109 million in funding in the December quarter, according to the latest report from tech sector analysts Techboard.
Tech innovators, investors and entrepreneurs descended on Perth during the past fortnight for a series of startup events that sparked wide-ranging discussions about how to strengthen the local ecosystem and compete on the world stage.
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.
Fastbrick Robotics has topped Techboard's startup and tech company ranking this fortnight, following its win at the 2016 WA Innovator of the Year awards.
Carnegie Wave Energy has taken first place in Techboard's top trending startup rank this fortnight, after announcing a $2.5 million grant for a wave and solar power microgrid on Garden Island.
Shark Mitigation Systems has climbed to the top of Techboard's latest ranking of startup companies, having spent the previous three fortnights at number two.
Techboard has named Velpic as its top trending company this fortnight, with the eLearning platform undertaking a capital raising and signing its first sporting and hospitality client.
Vehicle protective system Rhinohide has dominated Techboard's startup ranking this fortnight following a successful pitch on Channel Ten's Shark Tank, which led to a bidding war between three of the investors.
Listed companies have made up a strong contingent of this fortnight's hottest startups and tech companies, with the top five spots all taken by ASX-listed or soon-to-be listed companies.
Justin Miller's Nuheara has ranked first in this fortnight's Techboard ranking, with Storekat and Curtin University startup ePAT ranked second and third respectively.
Perth-founded stock investing platform Simply Wall St has been ranked as Techboard's top startup for the past fortnight, making it the first ever company to have topped the ranking twice after having previously topped the list in December last year.
Local companies Avita Medical, Nuheara and ResApp Health have all featured in this fortnight's Techboard list, which ranks the online presence of Perth tech firms.
Regenerative medicine group Orthocell has topped Techboard's first startup and tech company ranking for the year, following news it had been granted a US patent for its ‘cell factory' product.
