CEO of Canberra Innovation Network Petr Adamek discusses why Canberra is an ideal place to create a startup.
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00:00So Canberra is fantastic for early stage innovation companies. We have fantastic
00:07institutions here, knowledge institutions, the population is highly educated and
00:13ready to experiment with new products and solutions. Also the innovation
00:18ecosystem here is quite mature. It has matured over the last decade a lot. We
00:24have technology companies, deep tech companies, but also sort of left field
00:29innovations and they are part of a large and growing community that meets
00:33together, supports each other. We have access to venture capital, angel
00:38networks and also supportive government. So the ACT government's Innovation
00:44Connect grant has been part of building this innovation community for a very
00:50long time now and it's a fantastic sort of early stage support tool that will
00:55enable you, if you have an idea, to try to pitch it, get that support, refine it,
01:02build a prototype and then find your first customers. We also have accelerator
01:06programs here and in general a lot of activity and innovation hubs and
01:12institutes in the foundation members of the Canberra Innovation Network that
01:17can help researchers commercialize or student-led innovations to come to the
01:23world.
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