Tag: iAccelerate
Australia’s own Silicon Valley; Invest Wollongong launches with focus on attracting startups and scaleups
Invest Wollongong is focused on implementing practical programs that tangibly support startups and scaleups considering the thriving region as a place to call home
Illawarra’s entrepreneurs will soon have a new home thanks to the University of Wollongong...
Construction on the Illawara region’s first high-tech business incubator officially started recently when the Minister for the Illawarra, John Ajaka MLC, joined University of...
iAccelerate alum CriticalArc raises $1 million to build campus security app
Founded in 2011, CriticalArc has seized on the idea that nearly everyone on campus carries a computing device in the form of a smartphone. The funding came from Commercialisation Australia, Hunter Angels Trust and Sydney Angels.
A new Springboard for Australian female entrepreneurs
Since 2000, the American nonprofit has helped 503 women-led companies raise more than $5.5 billion in equity financing, including 10 IPOs. Eight of the companies are listed on the Nasdaq, two on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and 26% merged, acquired or were acquired. Of the companies, 82% are still in business, generating $4 billion in revenues and creating thousands of jobs.
