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Resistance is futile: seven superconductor companies that want to change the world
From healthcare to fusion to quantum computing to space, superconductors have the potential to revolutionise the world. And the technology is finally ready to commercialise.
ANSTO’s Tim Boyle moves to ARCS
Tim Boyle, who currently leads ANSTO's nandin innovation centre and is a former chairman of ATTP, will become CEO of ARCS in November.
Main Sequence Ventures unveils $305m Fund III
CSIRO-founded deeptech investment fund Main Sequence Ventures has set itself fibres and food as a key area for its venture science model in the third fund.
Unearthing new innovations: 7 mining spinouts to watch
From carbon-negative lithium to quickly assessing the safety of mines, here are seven university spinouts that could transform the mining industry.
8 quantum spinouts breaking new ground
From a diamond-based, room temperature quantum computer to a unified programming language, here are eight quantum technologies of note.
10 spinouts to watch: April 2023
A treatment for all lung diseases, a rose petal-inspired coating to make solar cells more efficient and a device to resuscitate newborns are among this month's picks.
How to crack the nut of turning science into jobs: an Australian…
Campus Plus CEO Nick McNaughton looks at overseas programmes for early-stage innovation to understand how Australia could improve its own offering.
10 spinouts to watch: January 2023
How do you stop AI from being racist? What if you could diagnose autism at birth using a single strand of hair? Here are 10 spinouts doing this and more.
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10 spinouts to watch: December 2022
Enzymes to infinitely recycle plastic, a way to make green ammonia and an app to detect early Alzheimer's are among this month's noteworthy technologies.
10 spinouts to watch: November 2022
Cures for HIV and blurred vision and using cosmic rays to monitor nuclear waste drums are on our list of recent promising university spinouts.
10 spinouts to watch: August 2022
These are the spinouts that caught our eye over the past month. Here's why they should be on your radar, too.
Monash makes Hick chief commercialisation officer
Alastair Hick spent, up until now senior director of Monash Innovation, will serve as the university’s inaugural chief commercialisation officer.
Breakthrough Victoria steps forward with $70m
Just one week after investing in University of Melbourne’s Genesis Pre-Seed Fund, Breakthrough Victoria has unveiled plans to create funds with more local universities.
Melbourne doubles down on venture funds
Tin Alley Ventures and Genesis Pre-Seed Fund will have a total of nearly $81m at their disposal to invest in University of Melbourne’s innovations.
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The Big Deal: Husk targets "half the planet" with its solar systems
Husk Power Systems has just raised $100m from investors including Shell to build 1,500 solar mini-grids in India and Nigeria in the next four to five years.
Coke launches $137.7m sustainability fund
The beverage giant and eight of its bottlers are pitching in to invest in sustainability across their ecosystem.
New Zealand dairy company Fonterra targets microbiome investments
Fonterra launched an investment arm last month and its first deal, a $10m funding round US startup Pendulum, targets gut health.
Fonterra launches NSS fund
The New Zealand dairy producer’s Nutrition Science Solutions unit has disclosed a $10m investment in US microbiome startup Pendulum.