X-TEND Round 3 Programs
The successful recipients have been announced by the Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Innovation and ICT.
The funded projects are designed to support entrepreneurs, startups, and small to medium enterprises progress along their commercialisation journey as well as engender confidence in private investors to invest in the innovation sector.
For more details on how you or your startup or small to medium enterprise can participate in these projects, please follow the weblinks below.
Company name | Title of Project | Sector Focus | Location |
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VentureX HQ Pty Ltd | VentureX HQ | Female founders and female investors networking educational program | Metro |
Agristart Pty Ltd | Connect Sustainable Industries | Regional focused support for entrepreneurs in the sustainable industries and future energy sector | Regionally focused |
Life Sciences WA Inc | Life Sciences WA Investor Series | WA's first dedicated life sciences investor education program. | Metro |
Atomic Sky Pty Ltd | Quantum TX WA 2022 | Cross sector industry growth and scaleup program in the space and technology economy | Metro |
For Blue Pty Ltd | Blue Gravity | Investment and support for innovative marine SMEs and WA's 'blue' (ocean) economy | Metro and regionally focused |
IPS Foundation Ltd | CREATE | Pre-accelerator program for First Nation entrepreneurs from across Western Australia | Regionally focused |
St Catherine's College Inc | Orbit Accelerator | Accelerator for youth entrepreneurship | Metro |
Spacecubed Ventures Pty Ltd | She Codes Female Founders | Female founder development through a digital technology incubator program | Metro |
Overview and objectives
The X-TEND WA Program is a competitive grants program, funded under the New Industries Fund, which is designed to build capability and capacity within our innovation community.
In order to create new local jobs and industries, there is a recognised need for improved and expanded educational programs for entrepreneurs to support their innovation journey.
Additionally, there is also a need to expand the educational opportunities of investors and corporates to deliver better access to investment capital for entrepreneurs and innovative business owners in WA.
What we are looking for
X-TEND WA will fund organisations that deliver innovator and/or investor educational programs that support the development of entrepreneurs and stimulate private investment in innovative projects in WA.
We are seeking applications which deliver activities in one or 2 of the following streams:
- entrepreneurial education
- investor education.
They may take the form of educational forums, workshops, mentoring, and incubator and accelerator programs.
Proposed programs must be delivered in WA over 12 months and contribute towards the growth of the innovation community. Applications that strengthen innovation ecosystem collaboration and improve access to, or participation in, the WA innovation community are encouraged.
The New Industries Fund will co-contribute up to $100,000 per successful application.
Applications
Applications for X-TEND WA Round 3 are now closed. For information on future rounds, interested applicants are encouraged to sign up to the New Industries WA newsletter.
Up to $100,000 per successful application is available. A 1:1 co-investment by the service provider is preferred in this process. However, it is recognised that some vital programs may not be able to attract this level of co-investment. As such, partial or non-matched co-funding applications will still be considered and evaluated on a case by case basis where a demonstrated market need is shown.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply, you must meet the following criteria:
- Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and/or Australian Company Number (ACN);
- Have your business/organisation’s (including not-for-profits) registered business address in the State of Western Australia; or
- be an Australian business/organisation not located in the State of Western Australia, that agrees to register a business address in the State of Western Australia; or
- be an international business/organisation that agrees to set up a registered business whose registered business address is in the State of Western Australia.
- Be made by a valid legal entity that can enter into a funding agreement with the Western Australian Government;
- Be a solvent Western Australian based non-government organisation (business or not-for-profit);
- Put forward a program proposal that aligns with one or two of the streams within the Scope of Activities, as indicated at Item 6 of the Guidelines;
- Clearly explain how the proposal will contribute to job creation in Western Australian; and
- Includes a project plan that includes a timeline, deliverables, a clear and reasonable budget, resources, risks, IP management, stakeholder engagement and how impact/success will be measured.
More information
An online Information Session on X-TEND WA Round 3 was hosted on Tuesday 16 November 2021.
A copy of the slides are available below.
For all other queries, please email innovation@jtsi.wa.gov.au or call 08 6277 2815.
Previous recipients
X-TEND WA Round 3 Recipients 2022
Show moreCongratulations to the successful Round 3 recipients of the X-TEND WA program, announced by the Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC, Minister for Innovation and ICT on 17 February 2022.
The successful projects were:
Company name | Title of Project | Sector Focus | Location |
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VentureX HQ Pty Ltd | VentureX HQ | Female founders and female investors networking educational program | Metro |
Agristart Pty Ltd | Connect Sustainable Industries | Regional focused support for entrepreneurs in the sustainable industries and future energy sector | Regionally focused |
Life Sciences WA Inc | Life Sciences WA Investor Series | WA's first dedicated life sciences investor education program. | Metro |
Atomic Sky Pty Ltd | Quantum TX WA 2022 | Cross sector industry growth and scaleup program in the space and technology economy | Metro |
For Blue Pty Ltd | Blue Gravity | Investment and support for innovative marine SMEs and WA's 'blue' (ocean) economy | Metro and regionally focused |
IPS Foundation Ltd | CREATE | Pre-accelerator program for First Nation entrepreneurs from across Western Australia | Regionally focused |
St Catherine's College Inc | Orbit Accelerator | Accelerator for youth entrepreneurship | Metro |
Spacecubed Ventures Pty Ltd | She Codes Female Founders | Female founder development through a digital technology incubator program | Metro |
The recipients will deliver innovator and/or investor educational programs that support the development of entrepreneurs and stimulate private investment in innovative projects in Western Australia.
They will deliver their programs over the next 12 months to the benefit of the innovation community. To learn more about their programs and how you can access them for your business, directly contact the companies listed above via their weblinks.
X-TEND Follow on Funding 2020-21
Show moreOn 25 November 2020, the Hon. Dave Kelly, Minister for Innovation and ICT, announced $100,000 co-contribution funding through the $16.7 million New Industries Fund, to Atomic Sky to deliver another round of their successful Quantum TX accelerator program.
Quantum TX supports start-ups and SMEs to enter the space sector supply chain, and encourages technology exchange in other critical sectors such as oil and gas, mining, agriculture and defence.
Program | Company Name |
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Quantum Spacetech Accelerator | Atomic Sky Pty Ltd |
X-TEND WA Round 2 recipients 2020
Show moreCongratulations to the successful round 2 recipients of the X-TEND WA Program, announced by the Hon. Dave Kelly in February 2020.
The successful programs were:
Program | Company Name |
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AgriStart | AgriStart |
China Gateway | Triangle Equity Partners |
Growth and Diversity | Perth Angels |
Peel Entrepreneurial Academy | Meshpoints |
Perth Biodesign | University of Western Australia |
The recipients will deliver innovator and/or investor educational programs that support the development of entrepreneurs and stimulate private investment in innovative projects in Western Australia.
They will deliver their programs over the next 12 months to the benefit of the innovation community. To learn more about their programs and how you can access them for your business, directly contact the companies listed above.
For more information visit the media statement 'Regional and women entrepreneurs and investors get boost from latest X-TEND WA grants.'
X-TEND WA Round 1 recipients 2019
Show moreCongratulations to the successful round 1 recipients of the X-TEND WA Program, announced by the Hon. Dave Kelly in July 2019.
Program | Company Name |
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Digital Health Commercialisation | Telethon Kids Institute |
Quantum Spacetech Accelerator | Atomic Sky Pty Ltd |
Boosted series SMEs and Scale Ups | Spacecubed |
Launchpad@Bloom | St Catherine’s College |
Profound Incubator | Apps People |
Impact Seed | Impact Seed Pty Ltd |
For more information visit the media statement 'Investor and start-up training to boost WA innovators and create WA jobs'.