1. Michael Vitale (Monash)
2. NSW Innovation and Productivity Council (NSW)
3. StartPad iAccelerate (Wollongong)
4. AU The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR)
4.1. Commercialisation Australia
5. US Connections
5.1. 500 Startups
5.1.1. Dave McClure
5.2. ANZA Technology Network
5.3. Austrade
5.3.1. Tony George
5.4. Silicon Valley
5.4.1. AU Entrepreneurs in the Valley
5.4.1.1. Bardia Housman (Business Catalyst)
5.4.1.2. Ryan Junee
5.4.1.3. Ben Keighran (Bluepulse)
5.4.1.4. Mick Johnson (GasBag)
5.4.1.5. Andrew Lacy (Tapulous)
5.4.2. DIISR Silicion Valley
5.4.3. NSW Government Business Office, San Francisco
5.4.3.1. Jason Seed
5.4.3.2. Startuphouse Incubator
6. Active with Funds
6.1. Carnegie Investments
6.2. One Ventures
6.2.1. Paul Kelly
6.2.2. Michelle Deaker
6.2.3. Anne-Marie Birkill
6.3. Starfish
6.4. Southern Cross
6.4.1. Bill Bartee
6.4.2. Gareth Dando
6.4.3. Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund ($200m)
6.5. Elevation Capital
6.6. Innovation Capital
6.6.1. Mike Quinn
6.7. Future Capital
6.8. Startive
6.9. Adventure Capital (Melb)
6.9.1. Stuart Richardson
6.10. BlueChili
6.11. SquarePeg Ventures
7. BRW
8. TechStart
9. AU Industry Analysts
9.1. Telsyte
10. ipitch
11. Knowledge@ASB (UNSW)
12. Local Heroes / Success Stories
12.1. Atlassian
12.1.1. Mike Cannon-Brookes (Co-Founder, Atlassian)
12.2. Spreets
12.2.1. Dean McEvoy (Co-Founder, Spreets)
12.3. Freelancer
12.3.1. Matt Barrie
12.4. Lars Rasmussen
12.5. BigCommerce
12.6. OzSale
12.7. OzForex
12.8. Norton Rose List of Deals
12.9. Adrian Giles (Executive Chairman WebFirm, Founder Hitwise)
13. Press / Info Hubs
13.1. News.com
13.1.1. Ben Grubb
13.2. Anthill
13.3. Slattery
13.4. ZDNet Australia
13.5. Experts/Consultants
13.5.1. Thomas Barlow (AU Miracle)
13.5.2. Ross Dawson
13.6. SMH
13.6.1. George Wright - Smoke and Mirrors Blog
13.7. StartUpSmart
13.7.1. Oliver Milman
13.8. Startup Australia
13.9. Shoe String
13.10. Digital Sydney
13.11. TechCrunch (US)
14. AU Government/Policy/Industry Bodies
14.1. Government
14.1.1. VIC Dept of Business and Innovation
14.1.2. NSW Dept of Trade and Investment
14.1.2.1. Australian Technology Showcase (ATS)
14.1.3. ACT Economic Development Directorate
14.1.4. Qld Dept of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
14.2. Industry
14.2.1. AIIA (Australian Information Industry Association)
14.2.2. Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation (ACBI – A CSIRO and NICTA initiative)
14.2.3. Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES – Vic)
14.2.4. Blackbird Fund (AKA founders fund) - In formation
14.2.4.1. Niki Scevak
14.2.5. Information Technology Industry Innovation Council (fed)
14.3. Industry Councils
15. Foreign Connections
16. Innovation "Experts"
16.1. Mark Dodgson (Univ Queensland)
16.2. Asher Moses
16.3. Companies with innovation managers
16.3.1. Fonterra (NZ)
16.3.2. Rio Tinto
16.4. Hargraves Institute
16.5. Jonathan West (Tasmania)
17. AU Corporate Environment
17.1. Companies doing tech R&D in AU
17.1.1. Citrix
17.1.2. CISRA (Canon) ($50m Budget)
17.1.3. Cochlear
17.1.4. IBM (700 People, $100m Budget)
17.1.5. Silverbrook (400 employees)
17.1.6. Google
17.1.7. NEC
17.1.8. Honeywell
17.1.9. SAP
17.1.10. Oracle
17.1.11. Red Hat
17.1.12. QT
17.1.13. RSA Security
17.1.14. UNISYS
17.1.15. Fujitsu
17.1.16. Silverbrook Research
17.1.17. EA (Electronic Arts)
17.1.18. Mincom
17.1.19. Atlassian
17.1.20. EM Solutions
17.1.21. GroundProbe
17.2. Early Technology Adopters
17.2.1. Suncorp
17.2.2. CBA
17.2.3. Telstra?
18. Training
18.1. Universities and associated
18.1.1. UNSW (incl AGSM)
18.1.1.1. Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
18.1.1.1.1. Martin Bliemel (Director)
18.1.1.1.2. J. Peter Murmann
18.1.1.1.3. Linda Glave (Manager)
18.1.2. University of Queensland Business School
18.1.2.1. Mark Dodgson
18.1.3. Centre for Infustry and Innovation Studies (UWS)
18.1.3.1. Oscar Hauptman
18.1.4. Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research Group (USyd)
18.1.4.1. Richard Seymour
18.1.5. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (QUT)
18.1.5.1. Per Davidsson
18.1.6. Centre for Entrepreneurial Managment and Innovation (UWA)
18.1.6.1. Tim Mazzarol
18.1.7. Academic Conferences
18.1.7.1. ACERE (formerly AGSE) (AUS)
18.1.7.2. WCRS (US)
18.1.7.3. Babson (US)
18.1.8. Other (DIISR list)
18.1.9. Melbourne University
18.1.9.1. Melbourne Business School
18.1.9.1.1. David Austin
18.1.10. University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
18.1.10.1. UTS Business School
18.1.10.1.1. Christine Burton
18.1.10.1.2. Executive Education
18.2. NSW Enterprise Workshop
18.3. IP and TTO Industry Groups
18.3.1. Les Anz (IP)
18.3.2. Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (Tech Transfer)
18.3.3. Autm (US Tech Transfer)
18.3.4. ATTP - Alliance of Tech Transfer Professionals
18.4. Education & Training (non-university)
18.4.1. MBE Education
18.4.2. MEGA
18.4.3. Sch. of PE Strat. & Ent.
18.4.4. Social Ent Sch.
18.4.5. CEO School
18.4.6. Founder Institute
18.4.7. Pollenizer Academy
18.4.8. General Assembly
18.5. Universities
18.5.1. University of Sydney
18.5.1.1. Internet Business Strategy Course
19. IP Creators
19.1. Universities
19.1.1. Melbourne Uni
19.1.1.1. Melbourne Ventures
19.1.2. James Cook (Townsville)
19.1.3. University of Sydney
19.1.3.1. Sydnovate
19.1.3.2. Next Technology
19.1.4. University Of Queensland
19.1.5. UTS (Universidty of Technology Sydney)
19.1.6. University of Tasmania
19.1.7. UNSW
19.1.7.1. UNSW Computing
19.1.8. Technology transfer
19.1.8.1. Uniquest
19.1.8.1.1. UniSeed
19.1.8.2. Intellectual Ventures
19.1.9. University of Adelaid
19.1.9.1. NewSouth Innovations (UNSW)
19.1.9.1.1. Easy Access IP Program
19.1.9.2. Adelaide Research and Innovation (ARI)
19.1.9.2.1. Robert Chalmers (Managing Director)
19.2. Govt Funded Labs
19.2.1. CSIRO
19.2.1.1. Karl Rodrigues
19.2.2. NICTA
19.2.3. CRCs
20. product launch
21. product launch
22. Entrepreneur Of The Year (E&Y)
23. York Butter Factory
23.1. Stuart Richardson
24. Australian Technology Showcase
25. Rent a Digital Expert
26. Angel
26.1. InnovationBay Dinners (Syd)
26.2. Individual Angels
26.3. Aurelius Digital Angel Dinners (Vic)
26.3.1. Stuart Richardson
26.4. AAAI ($6m per year)
26.4.1. Sydney Angels
26.4.1.1. $10m Sidecar Fund
26.4.1.1.1. Proto Investment Partners
26.4.1.2. Vivian Stuart
26.4.2. Melbourne Angels
26.5. River Pitch (Brisbane)
27. Imagine Cup (Microsoft)
28. ANU
28.1. ANU Connect Ventures
28.1.1. Fiona Helms
29. Peter Bradd
30. Venture Investors (Investing In Early Stage)
30.1. Startup Australia Ventures
30.2. AVCAL
30.3. Not active, end of life
30.3.1. Allen & Buckeridge
30.3.2. Future Capital Development Fund (FCDF)
30.3.3. Netus
30.3.3.1. Allison Deas
31. Startup Community
31.1. iChallenge (high school)
31.2. Competitions / Awards
31.2.1. Peter Farrell Cup (UNSW)
31.2.1.1. More (URL)
31.2.2. AWS Start-Up Challenge (Amazon)
31.2.3. Enterprize Challenge (UQ)
31.2.4. John Heine Challenge (U Adelaide)
31.2.5. Pearcey Foundation Awards
31.2.5.1. Genesis Exchange (USyd)
31.3. Social Groups
31.3.1. NSW
31.3.1.1. PitchFe$t
31.3.1.2. SIFE (UNSW)
31.3.1.3. ACES (UTS)
31.3.1.4. Head Over Heels
31.3.1.4.1. Alex Burriel
31.3.1.5. The 501
31.3.1.6. 3P (UTS)
31.3.1.7. Silicon Beach
31.3.1.8. EntSoc (UNSW)
31.3.2. VIC
31.3.2.1. Silicon Beach
31.3.3. ENYA (Enterprise Network For Young Australians)
31.3.4. National
31.3.4.1. TiE Con Australia
31.3.4.2. The Hive
31.3.4.3. TiE Sydney (The Indus Entrepreneurs)
31.3.4.4. Young Entrepreneurs Meetup.com
31.3.4.5. Co-founder Speed Date
31.3.5. SA
31.4. Conferences
31.4.1. SydStart Conference
31.4.2. Sydney Startup Expo (UNSW)
31.4.3. Tech 23
31.4.4. Entorage Entrepreneurs' UnConvention
31.4.5. TiECon Sydney
31.5. Incubators/Accellertors/co working
31.5.1. Victoria
31.5.1.1. Angel Cube (Melb)
31.5.1.1.1. Andrew Birt
31.5.1.1.2. Adrian Stone
31.5.1.1.3. Nathan Sampimon
31.5.1.2. BlueChilli
31.5.1.3. The Hub Co Working
31.5.1.3.1. The Entrepreneurial Chase
31.5.2. Canberra
31.5.2.1. Canberra Tech Park (Canberra)
31.5.2.2. Lighthouse innovation
31.5.3. National
31.5.3.1. Aus Clean Tech
31.5.4. Non AU Based (But recruiting from AU)
31.5.4.1. Citrix startup accelerator
31.5.4.2. IBM SmartCamp
31.5.4.2.1. Smartcamp Sydney
31.5.4.3. IBM Global Entrepreneur
31.5.5. NSW
31.5.5.1. Green Lane Digital
31.5.5.1.1. David Kowalski
31.5.5.1.2. Portfolio
31.5.5.2. Sydney
31.5.5.2.1. See Also Blue Chili Map of Sydney Ecosystem
31.5.5.2.2. Fishburners
31.5.5.2.3. Co Working
31.5.5.2.4. Accellerator (Ycombinator like)
31.5.5.2.5. Events
31.5.5.3. South East (Sapphire) Coast
31.5.6. Queensland
31.5.6.1. Brisbane
31.5.6.1.1. ilab (queensland)
31.5.6.1.2. River City Labs (co Working)
31.5.6.1.3. Silicon Lakes
31.5.6.1.4. App Start Studios (incubator accellerator)
31.5.7. South Aust
31.5.7.1. Adelaide
31.5.7.1.1. ANZ innovyz start
32. Tech Funding
32.1. Government / University
32.1.1. Commercialisation Australia ($60 M Per Year)
32.1.2. Uniseed
32.1.3. NSW Government
32.1.3.1. Techvouchers($15k)
32.1.3.2. Minimum Viable Product ($15k)
32.1.3.3. ANU (Canberra)
32.1.3.3.1. ANU Connect Ventures
32.1.3.3.2. Discovery Translation Fund
32.1.3.4. Collaborative Solutions (up to $100k)
32.2. See also: Andrew Steads Graphic
32.3. Corporate
32.3.1. Citrix Systems Angel Fund
32.3.1.1. Martin Dursma
32.3.2. Telstra (AVG)
32.3.3. Sing Tel (Optus) Innov8
32.4. Crowdsourced
32.4.1. Crowd Tilt
32.4.1.1. PRODUCT LAUNCH
32.4.2. Kickstarter
32.4.3. Indiegogo
32.4.4. Pozible
32.5. Other
32.5.1. Enya Microenterprise Loan
33. Resources
33.1. Service Providers
33.1.1. Mitchell Lake
33.1.1.1. Phaedon Stough (Managing Partner, MitchelLake)
33.1.1.2. Innovation Bay
33.1.2. Delloite
33.1.3. Microsoft
33.1.3.1. BizSpark
33.2. Resources
33.2.1. Startmate Company Documents
33.2.2. CIE's simple business outline and financial model (incl valuations), mentor guidelines
33.2.3. Australian Techonolgy Showcase (ATS) resources page
33.2.4. Series Seed Documents
33.3. Services
33.3.1. Naming Right Solutions
33.3.2. Startup and Go
33.3.3. Freelancer