Funding for WA small enterprises and startups

Overview

Funding may be used for projects or items that develop:

• product readiness (product testing and validation, laboratory verification, machining and tooling etc)
• team readiness (hiring experienced C-suite personnel, developing an advisory board etc)
• IP readiness (legal and other professional advice, protection of intellectual property etc)
• commercialisation readiness (innovation management and consulting services export readiness etc).

Matched funding requirements for targeted cohorts have been reduced to encourage applications from:

• businesses headquartered in regional WA
• First Nations founded businesses, and
• female founded businesses.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, businesses must:

• be registered in WA
• have a current Australian business number (ABN) and/or Australian company number (ACN)
• have a trading history of 6 months or more, and has not previously raised significant capital
• continue to be based in WA for the next 3 years
• be a WA-based startup or small business employing between 1 and 50 people
• be solvent.