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Supporting More Women Entrepreneurs To Startup – 18 Dec 2020
Victorian State Budget 2020/21 – LaunchVic – 24 Nov 2020
Keeping Us Connected And Working Wherever We Are – 24 Nov 2020
Victorian Startups Set To Tackle Government’s Big Challenges – 20 Nov 2020
Government Procures $500,000 Of Victorian Startup Services – 30 Oct 2020
Victorian Startups Set To Grow Jobs Of The Future – 11 Oct 2020
Free Real Time Startup Database For Victoria – 21 Sep 2020
Supporting The Next Generation Of Tech Startups – And Jobs – 30 Aug 2020
Startup Victoria Receives Funding – 11 Aug 2020
New LaunchVic Board To Boost Startups Jobs And Economic Recovery – 07 Jul 2020
Investment In Artificial Intelligence Is Real Deal For Victoria – 26 Jun 2020
Melbourne’s Startup Ecosystem Exceeds Growth Predictions, Valued at US$4.8 Billion – 25 Jun 2020
Starting Up Victoria’s Economy – 2 Jun 2020
Latest Civvic Challenges Unveiled For Victorian Startups – 25 May 2020
New Angel Groups Provide Lifeline To Early Stage Startups – 19 May 2020
Entrepreneurs Key To Future Economic State – 14 Apr 2020
Funding To Flow For Early Stage Startup Creation – 11 Mar 2020
Startups Accelerating Health, Transport Breakthroughs – 05 Dec 2019
LaunchVic 2.0 Building For Growth – 19 Nov 2019
CivVic Labs Accelerator Invites Startups To Apply For Second Cohort – 26 Sep 2019
New Wings For Victorian Investors To Help Local Startups Fly – 25 Sep 2019
Sports Tech Funding Gives Victoria The Winning Edge – 23 Aug 2019
Startups Launch Into Future With New Support – 16 Aug 2019
Startmate Accelerator Announces New Melbourne Class – 23 Jul 2019
Further Experts Building Startup Capability And Excellence In Victorian Coworking Spaces – 24 May 2019
Startup Genome Global Entrepreneurship Network And LaunchVic Launch 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report – 10 May 2019
CivVic Labs Is Calling For Startups To Apply For Their Accelerator Program – 04 Apr 2019
Victorian Encouraged To Participate In The Scaleup Job Boom – 05 Mar 2019
$2 Million To Fuel Victorias Startup Ecosystem – 07 Feb 2019
Additional Experts Building Startup Capability Coworking Spaces – 31 Jan 2019
Experts To Boost Startups At Melbourne’s Coworking Spaces – 29 Oct 2018
Victorias Startup Ecosystem Sees Significant Growth – 23 Oct 2018
$4.8 Million Funding Injection To Support Health Startups – 02 Oct 2018
Startups Connected To Government Procurement – 24 Sep 2018
Aboriginal Entrepreneurship In Victoria On The Up – 17 Sep 2018
Startup Investors Get A Multi-Million Dollar Boost – 08 Aug 2018
Coworking Capital Victoria To Attract Experts In Residence – 07 Aug 2018
$175,000 Pledge To Support Startup Activity In Geelong – 18 July 2018
Historic Goods Shed Transformed Into Innovation Hub – 12 Jul 2018
More Than $13 Million To Accelerate Victorian Startups – 10 Jul 2018
Funding Boost To Fuel Regional Startups – 04 July 2018
Spotlight On Victoria’s Growing Health Startups – 10 May 2018
Startup Genome Melbourne Startup Ecosystem Report – 08 May 2018
Supporting Aboriginal Businesses And Entrepreneurs – 23 March 2018
Multi-Million Dollar Boost To Startup Skills And Services – 20 Mar 2018
A Review Of Melbournes Digital Marketplaces – 18 Jan 2018
Announcement of Local Government funding and Startup Guide & Toolkit – 8 Dec 2017
World-class Tech Inclusion Conference Comes to Melbourne – 13 Dec 2017
Snapshot of Victorian Startup Investment Released – 14 Nov 2017
Two-Year Pledge to Pause Fest – 1 Nov 2017
Regional Startups set to Accelerate – 14 Sep 2017
Global Callout for World-Class Accelerators for Melbourne/Victoria – 28 Aug 2017
Victoria Leads Australia’s Unicorn Race with Experienced Founders and Strong Monetisation Strategies – 23 Aug 2017
$1.4 Million for Programs to support Migrant and Refugee Startups – 21 Aug 2017
LaunchVic Moves to end contract with 500 Startups – 10 Aug 2017
Vic Founders to get high-quality programs – 2 Aug 2017
Vic Founders to become Pitch Perfect – 27 Jul 2017
LaunchVic Supports the Peninsula’s First Hackathon – 26 Jul 2017
LaunchVic to Celebrate Home Grown Heroes at Summit – 18 Jul 2017
500 Startups Commits to Rebuild Trust Locally – 8 Jul 2017
LaunchVic Media Statement: 500 Startups – 5 Jul 2017
LaunchVic puts 500 Startups on Notice – 3 Jul 17
LaunchVic Media Statement: 500 Startups – 1 Jul 2017
500 Startups Melbourne Accelerator Officially Launches – 20 Jun 2017
LaunchVic announces Strategic Focus for Next Two Years – 1 Jun 2017
Geelong startups take-off on Runway’s Bootcamp – 24 Apr 2017
Digital BACE turbocharges Melton startups – 12 Apr 2017
500 Startups Finds New Home in Victoria – 18 Mar 2017
Mapping The Path To Startup Success – 14 Mar 2017
The Future Of Social Enterprise; More Jobs Great Causes – 16 Feb 2017
LaunchVic unveils $4.9M to Boost Victoria’s Startup Sector – 31 Jan 2017
LaunchVic adds new Talent to Board – 28 Nov 2016
LaunchVic supports inaugural Collab/Collide Fintech Summit – 3 Nov 2016
Victoria Gets Another Tech Jobs Boost With Hired HQ – 27 Oct 2016
Innovators Sweep Victorian Export Awards – 7 Oct 2016
Social Media Startup Wins Top Business Export Award – 7 Oct 2016
World-Class Cyber Security Hub Opens In Victoria – 6 Oct 2016
LaunchVic calls for new round of startup funding applications – 30 Sep 2016
LaunchVic’s New CEO Announced – 31 Aug 2016
Victoria’s Startup Ecosystem gets a $6.5 million boost – 29 Aug 2016
Melbourne Growing As Region’s Internet Of Things Hub – 16 Jun 2016
Victoria’s Startup Ecosystem gets a boost with LaunchVic Funding Round open – 11 Apr 2016
Another Global Tech Star Sets Up Home In Melbourne – 26 Mar 2016
Victoria’s Biggest Inbound Trade Mission Delivers Results – 21 Mar 2016
New Data Centre To Deliver Hundreds Of Jobs In The West – 17 Mar 2016
Victorian Innovation Takes An Expert Lead – 12 Feb 2016
Heavyweight US Investors Meet Victorian Startups – 2 Feb 2016
LaunchVic Board Boasts Big Business Names – 29 Jan 2016
LaunchVic Unveiled Startups And Jobs Set For Take Off – 27 Nov 2015