Techboard’s Chief Data Nerd Rafael Kimberley-Bowen takes a look at the comparative valuations of Australian seed accelerators.
An accelerator is a cohort-based program which offers mentorship and education to startups to help set them up for solid growth once they complete the program. More specifically, a seed accelerator takes a small share of a startup’s equity in exchange for a modest capital injection and an educational program with access to mentors.
At Techboard we have been actively exploring how we can support Australian Startup companies in raising money and enable investors to discover, research and invest in Australian startups.
Techboard was already a platform which enabled companies to promote themselves generally to an audience which included investors. So we decided it was not that big a step to take to enable the same companies to promote their capital raisings and make Techboard a true investment discovery platform. Â
The promotion and publicity of capital raisings by unlisted private companies is tightly regulated in Australia by the Corporations Law and we are not able to distribute information on private capital raisings publicly on the Techboard Platform. The law requires that we only make such information available to users that have first subscribed to receive such information and who have also been exposed to investor notices.
So the first step in enabling us to help companies promote their capital raisings and to facilitate investment in Australian Startups is to get investors to register on the Techboard platform. We are pleased to announce that we have activated Investor Registration. Investors can now sign up to receive notifications of  opportunities to invest in Australian Startups and Tech Companies.
The recent introduction of the Innovation Tax Incentive provides tax benefits to both Sophisticated and Retail Investors and we are keen to enable all interest investors to find investment opportunities that fit their preferences and risk profile. We anticipate that many opportunities which will be promoted on Techboard will only be available to sophisticated or s708 Investors, we are however exploring options to enable retail investors to invest in startups (whether direct or indirect) so they can access the Innovation Tax Incentive in way suitable to their needs. We will therefore be accepting registrations from any interested investors.
We are continuing to make changes to the Techboard platform over the coming months to enable companies to promote their capital raising and will keep companies, readers and registered investors apprised of all developments.
The Techboard Team
We’ve had a tremendous response to our call for State Community Managers to help Techboard get established across Australia, with responses so far from NSW, Victoria and Northern Territory. It’s great to see that the passion we have for supporting local startup ecosystems echoed across the country, and we look forward to working with those local communities over the coming 12 months.
It would be great to hear from representatives of the South Australian and Queensland communities though – if you know of anyone who might fit the bill, please get in touch.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity, for people who are passionate about startups and tech companies, well connected to their local communities, and who are keen to support their local startups. The role primarily consists of staying abreast of new and trending startups, attending startup events, reading the business press, collating metrics on companies, all in order to generate ecosystem reports and Techboard’s startup ranking, and to encourage engagement by companies with the platform. The role is best suited to a methodical, data-driven type of personality, balanced with an appropriate amount of enthusiasm, people skills and willingness to tackle challenges head-on.
Expressions of interest should be emailed to Raf Kimberley-Bowen at [email protected]. Alternatively, you can call Raf for more information on 0439 829 898.
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FinTech Perth welcomes ASIC Commissioner, John Price to our August Meetup.
Join Fintech Perth us for a presentation on the Australian regulatory landscape, Q&A session, and networking with Perth’s FinTech industry – a Meetup not to be missed!
Wednesday, August 24th
5:45pm
FLUX, 191 St Georges Terrace, Perth
Please pass this event to your networks and anyone who you think may be interested in attending – let’s show ASIC how well the Perth FinTech industry is growing!
Techboard is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Startup Soda, Startup Soda produces a daily hand curated email of the best news, blog posts and tactical resources from Australian Startups, Founders & VC’s. Startup Soda is curated by Sydney-based Paul Towers.  This partnership helps increase the exposure of the Techboard brand on the East Coast of Australia amongst Startups and Investors alike and will raise broaden the Audience for Startups already active on Techboard.
The Techboard Team
Techoard is hiring.
Techboard recently celebrated its first birthday, and it’s fair to say we’ve come a long way in achieving our goal of raising awareness of Western Australian startups. Techboard is a promotional and investment discovery platform for local startups to celebrate and communicate their successes to potential investors, customers, partners, employees and fans. Companies who have claimed their profiles can make announcements on our ASX style announcements platform. We also publish a fortnightly ranking of trending startups picking up and amplifying the pulse of the startup space here in WA. Our partnerships with the likes of WA’s largest business newspaper Business News, WA’s local startup newsblog startupnews, Techknow Invest Roadshow, TechInvest Magazine and others have enabled us to make that happen.
The next part of the journey is to build on this success and roll out our coverage to the broader Australian ecosystem of startups and tech companies, and to begin publishing rankings of trending companies in each state.
As such, we are now looking to appoint State Community Managers in each state. This is a unique and exciting opportunity, for people who are passionate about startups and tech companies, well connected to their local communities, and who are keen to support their local startups. The role primarily consists of staying abreast of new and trending startups, attending startup events, reading the business press, collating metrics on companies, all in order to generate ecosystem reports and Techboard’s startup ranking, and to encourage engagement by companies with the platform. The role is best suited to a methodical, data-driven type of personality, balanced with an appropriate amount of enthusiasm, people skills and willingness to tackle challenges head-on.
Expressions of interest should be emailed to Raf Kimberley-Bowen at [email protected]. Alternatively, you can call Raf for more information on 0439 829 898.
Techboard is pleased to announce that in line with our increased emphasis on investment and repositioning of Techboard as an investment discovery platform we have partnered with TechInvest Magazine a new quarterly technology magazine produced by leading Public Relations Firm PPR.
Techinvest Magazine will become Australasia’s most widely circulated technology publication for investors – with approximately 70,000 copies being inserted into the Australian Financial Review (AFR) nationally.  The magazine will also be distributed directly to more than 1000 leading institutional fund managers, brokers, analysts, retail investors and key technology/ business media in Australia.
This partnership will greatly increase the exposure of Companies that are active on Techboard and those performing well in our Startup Ranking. TechInvest will provide exposure of the Techboard Startup Ranking including by publishing an extract from our quarterly and annual rankings. Techboard’s announcements and Investment Discovery Platform will also be profiled to a national audience. Techboard also has online publishing rights for the TechInvest Magazine and any stories featuring companies on Techboard will be connected to those companies’ Techboard profiles.
On Wednesday 3 August Techboard held our first investor focussed event. The event was aimed at educating investors about the new Innovation Tax Incentive and informing them about Techboard’s increased emphasis on investment and our repositioning as a platform where investors will be able to find Innovation Tax Incentive eligible investments.
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