Despite the COVID turmoil SPAC launches have doubled in 2020 and raised 3 times as much capital as 2019 In the last 6 months, there has been a rash of new SPAC announcements in the US. With three months to go in 2020 there have been 128 SPACs filed, up from 59 last year raising $50 billion, 3x more capital than 2019. A special purpose acquisition company, sometimes called…

Subtitle: No one expects the Spanish inquisition… No easy way to say this, 3 weeks ago just before the hugely successful Main Sequence Ventures national tour, my specialist diagnosed me with Stage 3 Oral & Neck Cancer. TLDR: The surgeons are confident they can treat this but its going to…

I am excited to announce that the team at Main Sequence Ventures have co-led an investment in next generation Wi-Fi company Morse Micro alongside Pan Group Australia, a Melbourne based specialist investor. Based at Cicada Innovations in Eveleigh, NSW, the Morse Micro team are developing a microchip to support the…

Calling researchers, students and alumni — applications now open for Class 10 — Hot on the heels of the most successful cohort in INCUBATE history it’s now time to recruit the next batch of entrepreneur superstars! Applications are open for INCUBATE Class 10, please apply here. The INCUBATE accelerator offers: 14-week intensive startup accelerator program $5,000 grant (we do not take equity) ~50…

Lessons from the fastest growing Class in INCUBATE’s history — The ten teams from INCUBATE Class 9 are getting ready to move out of our incubator after arguably one of the most successful intakes for INCUBATE so far. We had a bunch of highlights and set new records this round: Increased from 8 to 10 startups, our biggest cohort The…

I found this email from Paul Budde while going through my old files this week, a list of instructions for life written by Richard Vincent who mentored me for a very short period before he passed away, it seems as relevent as ever. From: Paul Budde [pbc@budde.com.au] Sent: Friday, 30 May…

Helping more women become startup founders at university — As I get older and somewhat wiser it’s become obvious to me that some things have to change. In some cases, it is up to us older guys to find ways to lead that change, in particular levelling the playing field for women and minorities in startup and STEM land. …

Over the past few months I have been surprised by the level of outrage and dissatisfaction in the startup ecosystem about the state of our industry and lack of support from various Governments. While there is still a decade of work to be done to establish a significant technology industry…