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Over $1 Billion in funding for Australian Startups and Young Tech Companies in the December 2018 Quarter

Peter van Bruchem

Techboard is pleased to present its Report into funding secured by Australian Startup and Young Tech Companies in the quarter ending 31 December 2018.   During the December quarter 2018 Techboard identified over 160 funding events across a broad range of funding types ranging from accelerator program funding, acquisitions, equity crowdfunding, major debt instruments (sometimes called venture debt), grants (including awards and prizes), initial coin offerings, initial public offerings and reverse takeovers, ASX placements and private investment (including angel, VC and other large-scale private investment).

The report reveals that Australian Startups and young tech companies received $1.066B in funding during the December 2018 quarter. The quarter was strong in general with a small reduction in funding from the September Q 2018, but a significant increase from the Dec Q 2017 ($762m) by almost 40%.

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New York Fund increases its stake in R&D Lender Radium Capital

Peter van Bruchem
Image:  Steve Ferrier, courtesy of the West Australian

Techboard's Partner Radium Capital is pleased to announce it has secured further financial backing to step-up its offering of quarterly R&D advances.

Specialist research and development funder Radium Capital is poised for new period of rapid growth after an affiliate of New York-based hedge fund Brevet Capital bought a 50% stake in the Perth based company.

In the 15 months since Radium Capital was launched by long-term friends David Weir and David Brennan, it has supported more than $130 million of Australian research and development expenditure and is aiming for $300 million in the next 12 months.

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Techboard Roundtable Video: the future of funding for Western Australian startups and tech companies

Peter van Bruchem

On Thursday 13 December we held our first ever Techboard Roundtable, an event aimed at getting the conversation around the future of funding for Western Australian Startups and Tech Companies into the public arena and highlighting Techboard's Funding Data. We had an awesome panel of ten experts representing the different funding types and a great audience an exceptional facilitator in Stephen Carroll from our partners RSM. Our friend Jurgen van Pletsen of Niche Interview recorded the entire session for posterity.

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Fintech Dominates a Big Year of Funding for Australian Startups

Peter van Bruchem

Techboard, Australia’s Startup and Tech Data company has just published its latest Australian Startup and Young Tech Company Funding Report for the 2017/18 financial year. The report revealed that over the course of the financial year $3.5B of funding flowed to Australian Startup and Young Tech Companies (up to 10 years old). Fintech Companies featured very prominently in the report, accounting for $988m of funding events over the financial year making Fintech the most funded category of company overall.

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Winners of the National Angel Awards 2018 Announced

Peter van Bruchem

Late last week the inaugural National Australian Angel Awards 2018 were announced at the 2018 Angels of Australia Conference, recognising those active in the angel investment community. The awards formed part of the Angels of Australia conference, are a joint initiative between Techboard based in Western Australia and Angels of Australia based in Queensland and are part of Techboard's ongoing collaboration with Australian Investors and Investment Groups.

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