Conrad Crisafulli, who was one of the pioneers of venture capital investing and technology commercialisation in Western Australia, has died after a long illness.
ROTARY Clubs probably wouldn't claim to be the most socially progressive of community groups – the Dalkeith club's current policy of not allowing female members makes this clear – but Perth's newest Rotary based in Crawley is endeavouring to change this r
Conrad Crisafulli has devoted much of his recent time to developing a new-age rotary club on the side of his passion for bringing new technology to the world.
Alternative capital raising platform, the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board, has signed up Australian Securities Exchange-listed Ipernica Ltd as its second Western Australian accredited member.
Just 8 months after commencing commercial operations, Scanalyse has begun the international roll-out of its 3D laser scanner technology, accompanied by the appointment of a new chairman and a $250,000 capital raising.
Intellectual property commercialisation company, QPSX Ltd, has recorded a half year net loss of $1.1 million as compared to a net loss of $1.6 million for the same period in 2004.
Perth's Technology Park got an unexpected result when it invited the commercialisation experts from Perth's four public universities to speak at its 20th anniversary conference last week.
Two recent Australians of the Year, Professor Fiona Stanley and Dr Fiona Wood, head the list of influential people in the field of science and technology.
In universities, in public research institutions, even in the proverbial backyard sheds, vast numbers of inventive, creative types around Australia are looking for the next big breakthrough.
Perth company Cool Energy is preparing for field trials of a ‘gas sweetening' technology that could allow dozens of ‘shut in' gas fields around the world to be developed.
PROVIDING a big pool of in-house pre-seed funding is not the only path to commercialisation, according to The University of Western Australia Office of Industry and Innovation director, Andy Sierakowski.
WESTERN Australia's venture capital industry is experiencing a burst of change, with two local venture capital providers restructuring their business and a ‘business angels' group holding its first Perth meeting.
NEW Perth-based seed capital fund Add Venture Capital claims to be on its own in the Australian market as a fund that truly devotes itself to investing in start-ups offering amounts as low as $50,000.
