Up to $100,000 grant funding for West Australian entrepreneurial education programs
The West Australian Government New Industry Fund is offering grant funding up to $100,000 on a competitive application basis.
The X-TEND WA program aims to invest in organisation that deliver initiatives which assist and support the WA Innovation Ecosystem. This may come in a variety or formats such as educational forums, mentoring, ideation, incubator, accelerator, scale-up or investor ready programs, co-working spaces, recurring events and/or innovation hubs.
Applicatoins will be accepted from eligible entities that have a proven track record of success and can deliver activities in one or more of teh following streams:
Entrepreneurial Education: e.g. business mentoring, ideation, incubators, accelerators, scale-up and investor read programs where there is a strong market need.
Investor Education: Education and activation of current and potential investors by providing best practice tools to make more successful investment decision for investing in local innovation ventures.
Broader ecosystem support: e.g. co-working spaces, entrepreneurs in residence, recurring events, incubators and innovation hubs that educate and build networking in regional Western Australia.
Program guidelines can be found here.
For more information and access to the online application portal click here.
To find out more about the WA New Industry Fund programs click here.