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Dr Megan Sebben: My name is Megan and I’m the Programme Manager of CSIRO’s Kick-Start programme.
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The programme exists to help Australian companies that have a scientific or technical challenge that they need some help with and we can provide them dollar match funding that’s going to help them advance their business.
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So far we’ve worked with more than 190 companies across 210 projects.
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We’ve helped them develop their products and ultimately get those products out onto the shelf.
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The benefits the companies get is they get to build a relationship with that research team.
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They can undertake the piece of work often more quickly, or more cheaply than if they needed to raise all the capital themselves.
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And they’re working with an organisation of experts and bringing that expertise into their business early on.
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So, a problem that a start-up might come to us with is that they require a specific capability that they don’t have in house. So, that’s where the Kick-Start team comes in.
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We fully facilitate the programme. So, you just reach out to us.
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Then we will have a chat with you to understand your requirements and where we might be able to assist you. From there we will go through the organisation and find who would be the best research partner and connect you with them directly.
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So, if you are an Australian business, you can reach out to us at any time to have that conversation, and you never know where it’s going to take you.
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