Talk to the Australian Computer Society (ACS) annual conference. June 2018. An overview of the local economy, and changes seen since the slowing of the mining construction boom. Many have taken to the tech sector to startup, scale up, invest or find jobs. What stage is the local tech sector at, and what does it need next? Why is the local tech sector so important, and how can we encourage it to grow further?

1. Encouraging
the local
tech sector.
Charlie Gunningham
Accelerating Commercialisation
Dept of Industry, Innovation & Science
@ChazGunningham
slideshare.net/CharlieGunningham

2. Perth Paradise city
… tech centre?

3. Mining $72B/yr

8. Ag $6.8B, mostly wheat

9. ‘Lithium Valley’ 40% world output

11. … so what of tech?

12. Late 90s. Dotcom boom.
(Remind you of anything?)

13. 10 years
later…

14. 2012-17… Mining Construction slows
Layoffs & redundancies rise
CBD office vacancy hits 29%

15. 2012:

18. 2018:Startups + Co-working
~ 450 ‘Start/Scaleups’? 20+ spaces
https://www.startupnews.com.au/list-perth-co-working-spaces/

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

20. 2012-17… 900+ new tech jobs
800+ education jobs
(lost 8K mining/O+G jobs)

21. 191 St G T… FULL!
…VGW takes 2 floors

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

23. WA Funding: Mar Qtr 2018
ASX Non-ASX
$43M $15M
Source

24. The Pitch
Scalable. Create jobs. Diversify.
1. Real biz’s emerging
2. Solve probs,disrupt industries
3. Under funded
4. More success stories needed

25. Loads of
extra reasons
to back tech
startups…

26. FUNDING → SUCCESS STORIES
… and SUCCESSES → FUNDING

27. StartupNews.com.au

28. Tech city
… what can YOU do?

29. Thank you for
encouraging
the local
tech sector!
Charlie Gunningham
Accelerating Commercialisation
Dept of Industry, Innovation & Science
@ChazGunningham
slideshare.net/CharlieGunningham