Tech startups are challenged in Western Australia: a remote city, with limited funding opportunities and a small market. What's the scene like? What's the funding situation? What help is required to better foster the early stage scalable tech scene in WA?

1. Perth’s
Startup Scene
Charlie Gunningham
Accelerating Commercialisation
Dept of Industry, Innovation & Science
@ChazGunningham

2. Perth/WA = Paradise … tech centre?

3. Mining $72B/yr

8. Ag $6.8B, mostly wheat

9. ‘Lithium Valley’ 40% world output

11. … so what of tech?

12. 2012-> Mining Construction slows
Layoffs & redundancies rise
CBD office vacancy hits 29%

13. 2012-> first co-working space opens

16. 2018:Startups + Co-working
~ 450 ‘Start/Scaleups’? 20+ spaces
https://www.startupnews.com.au/list-perth-co-working-spaces/

17. Educating + Accelerating
30+ Educational ~ 15 with money

18. 2012-17 across Perth city…
900+ new tech jobs
800+ education jobs
(lost 8K mining/O+G jobs)

19. FLUX 191 St G T… FULL!
…VGW takes 2 floors

20. Notable recent tech funding …
~ ASX & RTOs ~ Non-ASX Deals
60‘Back door listings’ 2013-2017
$34M ICO
$26M Sequoia India
$8M Go Capital
& angels

21. Investing into WA Companies, 2018
Total Tech Startups
$9.4B $28M

22. Loads of
extra reasons
to back tech
startups…

23. FUNDING → SUCCESS STORIES
… and SUCCESSES → FUNDING

24. Perth a tech city … what will it take?