Posts tagged "r&d"

The R&D tax incentive is the single biggest government program supporting startups in Australia. But is this major startup funding source at risk?

A crackdown on the R&D tax incentive scheme could put early-stage startups off making claims altogether, to the detriment of innovation in Australia.

“When would I use behavioural economics in my business?” Bri Williams outlines the four points at which businesses are triggered to seek behavioural economics solutions and the benefits they can offer.

Education tech startup Intersective wants to get students learning real-world skills, and a $3.75 million investment from Main Sequence Ventures is allowing its founders to “get back into the lab”, with a renewed focus on R&D.

In 2015, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomed us to the “ideas boom” and launched a National Innovation and Science Agenda. But in 2018, we're still only part way there.

The R&D Tax Incentive is Australia’s largest source of Government funding provided to ensure that we can stay competitive in the globa…

The federal Labor opposition plans to support the first phase of the government’s planned income tax cuts, but the party claims the 2018-19 …

In its changes to the R&D tax incentive, the federal government has chosen to target primarily big business rather than startups in its efforts to save $2.4 billion over the next four years.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has flagged Australia’s R&D tax incentive scheme may receive a rework in the upcoming federal budget, after declaring the scheme had been “taken for a ride” by some opportunistic companies.

San Francisco-based but Adelaide-founded startup HappyCo has completed a $US10.8 million ($14 million) Series A funding round led by Australian investors, as the proptech startup looks to bring its research and development efforts back to Adelaide.

Research has revealed the increasing difficulty with generating ideas and declining research productivity amid the rising cost and scale of innovation.

Eleven years ago Lara Bingle strode onto screens asking, “Where the bloody hell are you?”

This uniquely Australian tourism campaign embod…