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BankVault Wins Global Tech Startup Competition

BankVault, a Perth financial technology and cyber security start-up, has just been announced as the winner of the FinTech category at the prestigious Silicon Valley Forum’s World Cup Tech Challenge.

Tech Special – How To Find A Tech Co-Founder

Perth has a problem at the moment, there aren’t enough developers or tech-knowledgeable people for all the startups. Getting someone on board with your idea who actually knows how to

Weekend reading

Weekly Wrap (Saturday Morning Reading)

Here is your weekend reading; a quick wrap up of all the news elsewhere about our thriving local innovation scene. BankVault, founded by Perth Startup Community stalwart Graeme Speak, wins

Flowerfox Pitches Idea Nation

Abby Page is the co-founder of Flowerfox, and they recently pitched at the Idea Nation. This is her story of the event and the Five Things she learned from it.

PopupShopup Launches

PopupShopup is a new service that activates vacant retail and commercial space, allowing new businesses to try out ideas and existing businesses to try out new markets with less risk.

Mindhack Review

Mindhack was Australia’s first hackathon for mental health, and took place at Spacecubed over Friday – Saturday 20-21st May. We take a look at what happened at this ground-breaking event.

Scancam’s Story

Scancam are a Perth startup solving a big problem for petrol stations. This is their press release about their story so far.

SWPerth8 Videos and Photos

Beacham Group captured the final pitches from Startup Weekend #8 in all their glory. Jasmine Nielsen also took a bunch of photos and wanted to share them. So here they