CSIRO backs its VC bet Main Sequence despite nil returns
The CSIRO’s VC fund has not returned a dollar to public coffers despite receiving $175m from taxpayers over seven years, but insists it is on track.
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The CSIRO’s VC fund has not returned a dollar to public coffers despite receiving $175m from taxpayers over seven years, but insists it is on track.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Nine racehorses, six trainers, and two jockeys account for the 17 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2024 Hall of Fame ballot, as chosen by the Museum’s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are racehorses Blind Luck, Game On Dude, Gio Ponti, Gun Runner, Havre de Grace, Justify, Kona Gold, Lady Eli, and Rags to Riches; trainers Christophe Clement, Kiaran P. McLaughlin, H. Graham Motion, Doug F. O’Neill, John W. Sadler, and John A. Shirreffs; and jockeys Jorge F. Chavez and Joel Rosario. Gun Runner, Justify, and Rosario are f...
A new report by CSIRO and Main Sequence Ventures charts Australia’s progress against ten recommendations put forward in the National Synthetic Biology Roadmap.
CSIRO and Main Sequence have released an updated roadmap showing synthetic biology (SynBio) could unlock over $30B in revenue and 50,000 new jobs for Australia by 2040.
Australian startups building space tech and an AI-powered recruitment platform raised a combined $62 million in new funding this week.