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MP Space’s $23m Raise Gives Sydney’s Space Hardware Scene A New Manufacturing Test
Sydney-founded MP Space has raised $23 million to expand spacecraft-power manufacturing, putting a locally based hardware business at the centre of a high-stakes scale-up.
28 October 2026 · 3 min
Artarmon founders event puts practical introductions ahead of pitch theatre
A free Artarmon gathering next week is offering founders, investors, mentors and makers a more direct way to find collaborators and customers.
17 October 2026 · 5 min
North Sydney Business Expo Brings Operators And Agencies Into One Room
A free afternoon expo at Vic X Tower is putting local operators in front of government, education and industry support services.
15 October 2026 · 4 min
Inner West Startup Night Asks What Founders Build After Hub Closures
A Rozelle meetup tomorrow is asking founders what support remains after the Sydney Startup Hub closure, Techstars Sydney shutdown and Fishburners administration.
14 October 2026 · 5 min
humAIn Puts Sydney Marketing Leaders In The AI Trust Room
humAIn is running at The Collider in Haymarket today and tomorrow, turning AI adoption into a practical test for marketing, media and agency leaders.
13 October 2026 · 5 min
Team 400 Turns Sydney's Claude Training Into A Two-Day Build Test
Team 400's Sydney CBD Claude AI training is asking business owners and teams to move from AI tips into hands-on agent and build work.
13 October 2026 · 5 min
CAFBA's Barangaroo Lunch Puts Tax Debt On The Broker Warning List
CAFBA's Sydney Lunch & Learn is using tax debt as an early-warning signal for brokers working with businesses under cash-flow pressure.
13 October 2026 · 5 min
Camden Business Grants Webinar Puts Operators Into Funding Readiness Tonight
Camden's Small Business Month program turns to grant applications on Monday evening, with Keith Whelan leading a free online session for local operators.
12 October 2026 · 5 min
Buy Rainbow Moves Sydney's LGBTQIA+ Business Fair To World Square This Week
The Pride Business Association-backed Buy Rainbow fair returns on Saturday, giving LGBTQIA+ owned and operated businesses a World Square showcase during NSW Small Business Month.
12 October 2026 · 5 min
Cup Of Kindness Turns Sydney Cafes Into A Youth-Support Network
Youth Off The Streets' October coffee campaign is linking cafes from Surry Hills to Parramatta with frontline youth homelessness and support services.
5 October 2026 · 5 min
Small Business Month Puts Parramatta Operators Back In The Advice Queue
NSW Small Business Month has opened with more than 300 events, including a Parramatta Library session for operators looking at technology, customers and growth.
5 October 2026 · 5 min
Spark Festival Turns Sydney Founder Week Into A Practical Growth Clinic
Spark Festival's late-September program put Sydney founders in rooms built around practical operating problems, from cap tables and grants to customer strategy and AI product growth.
28 September 2026 · 5 min
Tom Willis Lawpath Index Puts Camden Penrith Blacktown And Liverpool In NSW Startup Growth Frame
Western Sydney's growth councils are again showing up as business formation hotspots, with Lawpath's latest NSW analysis putting Camden, Penrith, Blacktown and Liverpool inside the state's startup story.
5 August 2026 · 6 min
North Sydney Council Adds Funding And Fee Waivers To Keep Crows Nest Fest Growing
North Sydney Council is putting more money and in-kind support behind Crows Nest Fest, increasing its annual contribution as the precinct prepares for more residents, smaller homes and stronger demand for public life around local business strips.
3 August 2026 · 4 min
Dev Punjani Brings Free Startup Accounting Office Hours To North Parramatta Founders
Western Sydney founders and small-business operators have a fresh set of practical finance sessions to consider, with Dev Punjani offering free mentor-in-residence accounting appointments at Western Sydney Startup Hub in North Parramatta.
4 August 2026 · 4 min
Tech Ready Women And The Founders Union Bring August Founder Morning Teas To North Parramatta
Western Sydney Startup Hub will turn its Wednesday morning tea series into an August founder-networking run, with Tech Ready Women and The Founders Union sponsoring four free gatherings at North Parramatta from 5 August.
5 August 2026 · 4 min
Menzies Aviation First Cargo Flights Put Western Sydney International Airport Into Live Freight Mode
Western Sydney International Airport has moved from construction milestone to freight reality, with Menzies Aviation saying it handled the airport's first cargo flights on the official opening day for cargo operations. For households and businesses from Liverpool to Penrith, the…
29 July 2026 · 4 min
UNSW Founders South West Pitch Night Brings $40,000 Founder Prize Pool To Bankstown
South West Sydney founders have a dated event to work toward this week, with UNSW Founders promoting Pitch Night South West at Bryan Brown Theatre in Bankstown on Thursday 30 July 2026. The event is built around emerging founders, students, industry supporters and…
29 July 2026 · 4 min
Lailei Huang's Western Sydney Tech Innovators Series Targets Founders Using AI Agents
Western Sydney Tech Innovators founder Lailei Huang has put solo founders and small business owners at the centre of a practical July workshop series, with the next session in North Parramatta focused on building AI agents for marketing and sales.
14 July 2026 · 6 min
Amanda Rose's Western Sydney Women Funding Puts Female Founders Into The AI Economy
Western Sydney Women's Women Leading AI event has been named in the latest NSW Fostering Innovation Sponsorship round, putting female founders in the west at the centre of the AI economy conversation.
3 July 2026 · 6 min
Glen Mezei's Site Pizza Bar Attack Puts Little Bay Business Safety In Focus
A masked-group incident at Glen Mezei's Site Pizza Bar in Little Bay has become the practical local face of a wider small-business safety question in Sydney's east.
3 July 2026 · 7 min
Andrew Steel's Freightquip Role Puts Electric Ground Equipment Into WSI Airport Launch
Western Sydney International Airport has confirmed Freightquip will supply and operate an almost entirely electrified ground support equipment fleet as part of Australia's first airport-wide GSE pooling program.
2 July 2026 · 8 min
John Azar And Sydney Business Groups Push Back On Town Hall Square Demolition Plan
Retail union and business groups, including Hotel Coronation's John Azar, are pushing back on the City of Sydney's Town Hall Square plan, warning of jobs and service impacts.
29 June 2026 · 7 min
Shan-Shan Wang's Roam Technologies Wins Sydney Startup World Cup Spot For Silicon Valley
Sydney founder Shan-Shan Wang will take Roam Technologies to Silicon Valley after winning the Sydney regional final of the Startup World Cup with a handheld oxygen device.
28 June 2026 · 7 min
Benjamin Chong-Led Sydney Founder Institute Opens Spring 2026 Path For Part-Time Founders
Founder Institute has opened applications for its Australia Spring 2026 semester, a part-time Sydney program for aspiring tech founders led by Sydney Seed Fund and Right Click Capital partner Benjamin Chong.
27 June 2026 · 7 min
Sydney Renewable Energy Zone Proposal Puts Apartments And Warehouses Into Rooftop Solar Debate
A proposed Sydney City Renewable Energy Zone would push solar and batteries onto warehouses, apartment blocks and commercial roofs, shifting some of the state's renewable rollout back to where power is actually used.
24 June 2026 · 7 min
Guy Hudson Loam Bio CEO Move Puts University Of Sydney Soil Science Into Founder Scale-Up Story
Loam Bio co-founder Guy Hudson is moving to executive chairman as Rob Hranac becomes chief executive, marking a scale-up phase for a soil-carbon company built from University of Sydney research.
24 June 2026 · 7 min
NSW Budget Puts Small Business Advisory Program Back On Founder Watchlist
A $37 million small business advisory program and a two-year workers compensation premium freeze put the 2026-27 NSW Budget back on the Sydney founder and operator watchlist.
23 June 2026 · 7 min
Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks Ovum Raise Puts Sydney Clinical Trials Into Women's Health Start-Up Focus
Sydney women's health startup Ovum has raised $4 million in seed funding and is running clinical trials with St George Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women.
23 June 2026 · 6 min
Anthony Gabrielian Green Knott Profile Puts Sydney Food Waste Start-Up Into Urban Circular Economy Focus
Sydney founder Anthony Gabrielian is using black soldier fly larvae to upcycle food waste into reusable protein, putting a local start-up at the centre of urban circular-economy thinking.
22 June 2026 · 7 min
Parramatta Pre-Accelerator Puts Western Sydney Founders Into June Pitch Sprint
A free Parramatta-based pre-accelerator is helping western Sydney founders validate ideas, refine models and prepare to pitch through a structured June program.
20 June 2026 · 6 min
James Manning Sharon AI Raise Puts Sydney Founders In The AI Infrastructure Race
Sydney-based Sharon AI's reported $US1.6 billion raise and six-year Nvidia compute deal puts a founder-led local company at the centre of Australia's AI infrastructure question.
19 June 2026 · 6 min
Inner West high streets: how a strip survives a decade
From Marrickville to Balmain, the Inner West runs on its high streets. What makes one strip endure while another fades?
9 June 2026 · 5 min
Small business precincts outside the CBD
Beyond the CBD, dozens of suburban precincts quietly support thousands of small businesses. They deserve more attention.
9 June 2026 · 4 min
Cost of living: the local angles that get missed
The national cost-of-living story plays out differently in each Sydney suburb. The local angles are where the real picture sits.
9 June 2026 · 5 min
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