by Wayana | Jan 14, 2025 | Grants & Funding
2025 ACT Innovation Connect Grant Round 1 If you are a Canberra based start-up business looking for funding to assist in your proof of concept, then the 2025 ACT Innovation Connect Grant may be for you. What funding is available? The Innovation Connect Grant program...
by Wayana | Jan 10, 2025 | Grants & Funding
Raise Equity without full disclosure documents In Australia, businesses can raise equity without a prospectus under s708 exemptions — including the 20/12/2 small-scale offer rule, offers to sophisticated or professional investors, and offers to senior managers or...
by Wayana | Jan 10, 2025 | Grants & Funding
2025 NAIDOC Local Grants The 2025 NAIDOC Local Grants aims to assist with the cost of activities being held during NAIDOC Week 2025 (6-13 July 2025) What is NAIDOC Week? NAIDOC (which is the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week is held in...
by Wayana | Jan 6, 2025 | Grants & Funding
Understanding Preference Shares and the possible sting in the tail for founders When you hear investors talk about preference shares, it can sound technical. But the way these shares are structured often determines how much money founders really receive when the...
by Wayana | Dec 20, 2024 | Grants & Funding
Thoughts on Round 4 of the Export Market Development Grant As Round 4 of the Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) closes today, I thought I would share my views on where the program did not work this round, and some ideas to improve it for next time. Firstly, some...
by Wayana | Dec 12, 2024 | Grants & Funding
Enabling Technologies under the National Reconstruction Fund (NRF). I was interested to see in the latest Startup Muster 2024 Report that 37% of the startups stated that they were aligned with the “Enabling Capabilities” priority area of the National Reconstruction...
