Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation

SPECIAL REPORT: Former mining boss Charlie Bass and surgeon Peter Santa Maria are among the growing number of people in Western Australia looking to make innovation a commercial reality.

SPECIAL REPORT: Four years after exiting the iron ore sector near the top of the boom, Charlie Bass has teamed up with a pair of experienced company directors for a new mining float.

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation in Nedlands recorded two notable achievements last week, winning a state government grant and graduating its second cohort of budding entrepreneurs.

Mining and technology entrepreneur Charlie Bass has flagged six industries, including medicine, agriculture and the arts, that offer Western Australia the opportunity to forge a more sustainable economy.

Special Report: Thousands of square metres of co-working space are set to open in Perth in the next 18 months, and it’s clear smaller businesses are looking for more than just a hot desk.

Agtech startup Laconik has received a federal government grant, the only Western Australian-based business out of 15 across the country to receive a portion of a $5.3 million round of funding.

Accelerator programs can help startups get moving, and WA is well placed to deliver.

Giving increased last financial year, but the economic fallout from COVID-19 will affect the potential for generosity into the future.

Barriers separating industry, teaching and academic clinical research are impeding development of medtech in WA.

Limitless WA: Spacecubed has helped build Perth’s tech scene, having invested in 26 companies now worth more than $80 million combined.

’Tis the season for tech, with the annual West Tech Fest filling the calendar from December 6 to 10.

Perth startup Lixa is on the path to commercialising medical research from the University of Western Australia after gaining backing from tech hub CERI and raising $2.2 million.

A growing breed of educators wants to equip students with business-like skills.

The commercial side of life sciences may have reached a critical mass in WA.

West Perth startup Neurotologix has been awarded WA’s top innovation prize for a device for remote patient monitoring of neurological disorders associated with dizziness and vertigo.

The state’s commercial health-related research and technology sector has matured.