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The article discusses factors that entrepreneurs in Australia should consider before relinquishing parts of their equity in exchange for financing. The differences between business incubators, accelerators, and co-working spaces are explained. Information is provided on the incubators Pollenizer and Blue Chilli and the accelerator Innovyz Start. Ways in which accelerators and super angel funds have caused problems for venture capital firms in the U.S. are also mentioned.

The article focuses on Follow [the] Seed, an unconditional Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership approved in August 2015 co-founded by four investors including Ajoy Mallik in San Francisco, California, Curt Shi from Beijing, China and Eliav Alaluf inTel Aviv, Israel. It discusses the use of RavingFans data-driven algorithm to screen startups in Australia. Comments from co-founder Andrey Shirben are presented.

The article reports that cybersecurity entrepreneurs have had an easy time raising funds as breaches at companies and U.S. government agencies have emerged. Topics mentioned the estimated amount of money invested by U.S. venture capitalists into private security startups in 2014, the RSA cybersecurity conference held in San Francisco, California in April 2015, and the fund obtained by endpoint protection provider Crowdstrike from equity investment fund Google Capital in July 2015.

The article reports that the University of New South Wales launched the Easy Access IP to commercialize its intellectual property to venture capital firms for free.

The article focuses on the need for Australian companies that are seeking funding from Silicon Valley venture capital funds in California to be passionate, disruptive and think globally, according to Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners general partner Andrew Braccia.

The article reports on a list of the top 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Australia which showed that information technology (IT) companies have become attractive to international venture capital and investment companies.

The article reports on the unrealized $120 million promise of Australia's federal government to three new venture capital funds under its established Innovation Investment Fund. None of the venture capital firm fund managers such as Yuuwa Capital, OneVentures and IB Australian Bioscience Fund has incurred any cent from government coffers. A condition states that each of the three funds should raise $20 million in private investments in order for the government to equate them with $20 million.

The article reports that the Australian federal government has shortlisted four venture capital companies for the third round of its Innovation Investment Fund (IIF3). The companies are Accede Capital IIF, BrandonBiosciences Fund, Prescient Ventures and Cleantech Australia Fund. Specific uses of the funds are explained.