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Featured In the Media
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Eight Aussie Startups That Raised $108.6 Million This Week
Defence 10x Alum Feature
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Meet the Australian Startup Taking on China’s Grip on Critical Minerals
UNSW Founders Alum Feature
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Hullbot Raises $16m from the Bottom of the Harbour
Defence 10x Alum Feature
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Harriet Farlow’s AI Cybersecurity Journey to Startup Leadership
New Wave and 10x Alum Feature
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Number 8 Bio Faises $11m to Commercialise Methane-busting Cow Capsules
UNSW Founders Alum Feature
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Aurora Expeditions’ New AI Navigation Collaboration with CounterCurrent
Climate 10x Alum Feature
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Shipping Climate Tech Startup Hullbot Steams Ahead with $16 Million Series A
Defence 10x Alum Feature
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Entrepreneurs to Showcase Their Innovative Ideas During Sydney Pitch Night
Pitch Night South West Feature
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Australia’s Pattern-matching Mindset Leaves Money on the Table
Dina Titkova Oped
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What Australia Still Doesn’t Get About Deep Tech
UNSW Founders Feature
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Australia’s Deep Tech Founders Need Better Capital, Not Bigger Dreams
UNSW Founders - Investors Summit Feature
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‘Push Hard and Go Early’: NRF Investment Approach up for Debate
UNSW Founders - Investors Summit Feature
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Neural Notes: Why the Best AI Startups Might Not Exist Yet
David Burt
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UNSW Founders, Luminary Partners to Back 18 Deeptech Startups with $3.6m
UNSW Founders Feature
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The Little-known Sexually Transmitted Disease That Can Cause INFERTILITY - and it's on the Rise in Australia
Amelia Bio | Health 10x Alum Feature
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UNSW Founders to Fund 18 Startups with $200,000 Each
10x Accelerator Feature
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UNSW Teams up With Luminary Partners for $3.6m Deep Tech Startup Boost
10x Accelerator Feature
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Workplace Culture Platform Hoogly Takes the World by Storm, Winning UK and US Awards as it Closes $1 million Raise
Hoogly | 10x Alum Feature
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Aussie Biotech Startup Secures $1.2m to Disrupt Palm Oil Market with Lab-grown Oils
Levur | 10x Alum Feature
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Top 25 Entrepreneurs Breaking New Ground in Australia
Hullbot | Defence 10x Alum Feature
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Kylie Frazer Joins UNSW Founders as its First Investor-in-Residence
UNSW Angel Investor Program Feature
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Hangxiety in The Spotlight
Hayley North | New Wave Alum Feature
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New IVF Technique Shows How to Select Best Sperm to Achieve Pregnancy
NeoGenix Bioscences | 10x Alum Feature
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From Research Powerhouse to Global Medtech Leader: Australia’s Missing Commercialisation Link
Joseph Po Oped
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Concerningly High Number of Aussies on Sleeping Pills
Hayley North | New Wave Alum Feature
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From a Galaxy Far, Far Away: The AI Behind Star Wars-like Robots
Breaker | Defence 10x Alum Feature
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The Secret to ‘UNSW Founders’ Success
UNSW Founders Feature
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Women’s Health Innovation is Australia’s Multi-billion Dollar Opportunity
Dina Titkova Oped
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Psylo Announces First Close on $8 Million Series Seed Financing to Advance Neuroplastogens
Psylo | 10x Alum Feature
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$2.5m of Singapore-Australia Green Innovation Grants Finalised
LLEAF | 10x Alum Feature
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How to Become an Angel Investor
UNSW Angel Investor Program Feature
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Drone Tech Company Aerologix Flying High After Closing $4.2 Million Raise
Aerologix | 10x Alum Feature
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10,000: The Magic Number to Build Entrepreneurship
UNSW Founders Feature
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Biotech Startup Pikkl Wins The Pitch With Pledge to Generate Energy From Algae
Pikkl | PFC Alum Feature
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How Startup Accelerator Health 10X is Transforming The Landscape for Women’s Healthcare
Health 10x Feature
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UNSW Accelerator Receives $1.6 Million to Uncover The Best Climate Tech Startups
Climate 10x Feature
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From Cancer Detection to a Rollerskating club: The Female-led Startups Awarded in UNSW Founders’ New Wave program
New Wave Feature
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UNSW Claims Title of Australia’s Most Entrepreneurial Uni, Again
UNSW Founders Feature
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Tech Council Urges Merger Reforms to Consider Aussie Startup Dependence on Acquisitions for Exits
UNSW Founders Feature
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'We Risk Stifling Innovation': Startups, Tech Council Cool on Labor's Merger Changes
UNSW Founders Feature
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Why Australia Needs Start-up Funds Like Breakthrough Victoria
UNSW Founders Feature
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Why is it so Hard to Find Exit Education? Three Things Founders Should Consider
UNSW Founders Feature
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Australian Startup Funding Shows Mixed Recovery Amid Global Headwinds
UNSW Founders Feature
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Cutthroat Competition
UNSW Founders Feature
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State-backed Fund Faces Chop After Pumping Millions into Failed Medical Company
UNSW Founders Feature
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Do You Live in a Region Without a Uni? This $67m Boost Could Help
UNSW Founders Feature
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Why UNSW is Australia’s Best University for Building Successful Entrepreneurs
David Burt Oped
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Investor Zamel Says it’s Time to Give Back
UNSW Founders Feature
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The Federal Government’s Proposed Social Media Ban Will Condemn Young Australians to Digital Illiteracy
David Burt Oped
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The Budget is Trying to Fix Things for Startup Innovation That Aren’t Broken
David Burt Oped
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University Entrepreneurship Programs are Central to Australia’s Economic Recovery
David Burt Oped
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The Women Smashing the Start-up Stereotypes
Kristen Phillips & New Wave Feature
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‘Time and time again I’m overlooked’: Women Locked Out of Tech Funding
New Wave Feature
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Women’s Equality Should be Championed Every Day, Not Just One Day a Year
Kristen Phillips Oped