Anthill Magazine

LinkedIn helps Irish startup raise over $250,000 in 8 days

Limerick-based software startup Goshido recently completed its first round of private fundraising in only eight days. What is more impressive is that it accomplished this feat solely via the social media networking site LinkedIn. Investors were offered 10 slots valued at €25,000 each and representing two ...

Free ASX know-how forum to help small caps grow with IPO

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) announced yesterday that it will be staging a free IPO workshop, on 16 February, for small cap companies (companies with a market capitalisation of between $300 million and $2 billion) interested in growing their business through public listing. The event, held ...

NSW launches scheme to help SMEs with funding and research access

Of note to NSW SMEs and public sector research organisations (PSRO) is the launch last week of the NSW government’s TechVouchers scheme, a pilot program to encourage collaboration between SMEs and PSROs based in NSW. The program will be jointly implemented through Industry and Investment ...

NICTA spin-off Audinate secures $4 million funding

Digital media networking solutions company Audinate (a NICTA spin-out company since 2006) has secured an additional $4 million funding round, which was led by its existing investors Starfish Ventures and Innovation Capital. Audinate produces TCP/IP-based Dante™ networking technology that provides high performance media transport. The technology ...

Solar-Gem wins 2010 Australian Innovation Shoot Out in California

NSW-based company Solar-Gem has been awarded the 2010 Australian Innovation Shoot Out, hosted overnight at Microsoft’s Mountain View, California campus. The fourth annual Innovation Shoot Out, staged as part of G’Day USA: Australia Week 2010, assembled seven pioneering Australian technology companies, each vying for top honours. Solar-Gem ...

Life after government stimulus: How will the global economies perform in 2010?

Dun & Bradstreet’s 2010 Economic & Risk Outlook Report, released last week, suggests that major emerging markets such as China and India continue to experience rapid economic expansion and both the US and Europe have pulled out of recession. However, the winding down of stimulus programs ...

IBISWorld identifies Australia’s top 10 growth industries to 2015

With Australia’s economy now well and truly on the rebound, the next five years are set to deliver strong growth in many sectors. And growth, of course, delivers job and investment opportunities. Students, professionals seeking a career change and investors are always on the lookout for ...

Public feedback sought for proposed Federal R&D Tax Concession changes

As part of the Federal Government’s dramatic overhaul of its commercialisation program, now called Commercialisation Australia, the R&D Tax Concession will replace the R&D Tax Credit from 1 July, 2010. Just prior to Christmas, exposure draft legislation (pdf) and explanatory material needed to implement the changes ...

Student entrepreneurial challenge champion announced

The pre-Christmas chaos may have meant you missed the announcement of the overall winner of the 2009 John Heine Entrepreneurial Challenge (JHEC) in Melbourne. The award was granted to the Double Tamper Guard team from Swinburne University of Technology. The Double Tamper GuardTM is a ...

Bionic Eye within sight for Monash following Federal grant

Just prior to Christmas, Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, announced that Monash V1sion had been awarded grant assistance from the Australian Research Council to develop the Bionic Eye. In collaboration with commercial partners MiniFAB and Grey Innovation, Monash V1sion will work ...