1. Michael Vitale (Monash)
2. NSW Innovation and Productivity Council (NSW)
3. Entrepreneur Of The Year (E&Y)
4. StartPad iAccelerate (Wollongong)
5. AU The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR)
5.1. Commercialisation Australia
6. York Butter Factory
6.1. Stuart Richardson
7. Australian Technology Showcase
8. US Connections
8.1. 500 Startups
8.1.1. Dave McClure
8.2. ANZA Technology Network
8.3. Austrade
8.3.1. Tony George
8.4. Silicon Valley
8.4.1. AU Entrepreneurs in the Valley
8.4.1.1. Bardia Housman (Business Catalyst)
8.4.1.2. Ryan Junee
8.4.1.3. Ben Keighran (Bluepulse)
8.4.1.4. Mick Johnson (GasBag)
8.4.1.5. Andrew Lacy (Tapulous)
8.4.2. DIISR Silicion Valley
8.4.3. NSW Government Business Office, San Francisco
8.4.3.1. Jason Seed
8.4.3.2. Startuphouse Incubator
9. Active with Funds
9.1. Carnegie Investments
9.2. One Ventures
9.2.1. Paul Kelly
9.2.2. Michelle Deaker
9.2.3. Anne-Marie Birkill
9.3. Starfish
9.4. Southern Cross
9.4.1. Bill Bartee
9.4.2. Gareth Dando
9.4.3. Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund ($200m)
9.5. Elevation Capital
9.6. Innovation Capital
9.6.1. Mike Quinn
9.7. Future Capital
9.8. Startive
9.9. Adventure Capital (Melb)
9.9.1. Stuart Richardson
9.10. BlueChili
9.11. SquarePeg Ventures
10. BRW
11. Rent a Digital Expert
12. Angel
12.1. InnovationBay Dinners (Syd)
12.2. Individual Angels
12.3. Aurelius Digital Angel Dinners (Vic)
12.3.1. Stuart Richardson
12.4. AAAI ($6m per year)
12.4.1. Sydney Angels
12.4.1.1. $10m Sidecar Fund
12.4.1.1.1. Proto Investment Partners
12.4.1.2. Vivian Stuart
12.4.2. Melbourne Angels
12.5. River Pitch (Brisbane)
13. Imagine Cup (Microsoft)
14. ANU
14.1. ANU Connect Ventures
14.1.1. Fiona Helms
15. Peter Bradd
16. TechStart
17. AU Industry Analysts
17.1. Telsyte
18. ipitch
19. Venture Investors (Investing In Early Stage)
19.1. Startup Australia Ventures
19.2. AVCAL
19.3. Not active, end of life
19.3.1. Allen & Buckeridge
19.3.2. Future Capital Development Fund (FCDF)
19.3.3. Netus
19.3.3.1. Allison Deas
20. Knowledge@ASB (UNSW)
21. Startup Community
21.1. iChallenge (high school)
21.2. Competitions / Awards
21.2.1. Peter Farrell Cup (UNSW)
21.2.1.1. More (URL)
21.2.2. AWS Start-Up Challenge (Amazon)
21.2.3. Enterprize Challenge (UQ)
21.2.4. John Heine Challenge (U Adelaide)
21.2.5. Pearcey Foundation Awards
21.2.5.1. Genesis Exchange (USyd)
21.3. Social Groups
21.3.1. NSW
21.3.1.1. PitchFe$t
21.3.1.2. SIFE (UNSW)
21.3.1.3. ACES (UTS)
21.3.1.4. Head Over Heels
21.3.1.4.1. Alex Burriel
21.3.1.5. The 501
21.3.1.6. 3P (UTS)
21.3.1.7. Silicon Beach
21.3.1.8. EntSoc (UNSW)
21.3.2. VIC
21.3.2.1. Silicon Beach
21.3.3. ENYA (Enterprise Network For Young Australians)
21.3.4. National
21.3.4.1. TiE Con Australia
21.3.4.2. The Hive
21.3.4.3. TiE Sydney (The Indus Entrepreneurs)
21.3.4.4. Young Entrepreneurs Meetup.com
21.3.4.5. Co-founder Speed Date
21.3.5. SA
21.4. Conferences
21.4.1. SydStart Conference
21.4.2. Sydney Startup Expo (UNSW)
21.4.3. Tech 23
21.4.4. Entorage Entrepreneurs' UnConvention
21.4.5. TiECon Sydney
21.5. Incubators/Accellertors/co working
21.5.1. Victoria
21.5.1.1. Angel Cube (Melb)
21.5.1.1.1. Andrew Birt
21.5.1.1.2. Adrian Stone
21.5.1.1.3. Nathan Sampimon
21.5.1.2. BlueChilli
21.5.1.3. The Hub Co Working
21.5.1.3.1. The Entrepreneurial Chase
21.5.2. Canberra
21.5.2.1. Canberra Tech Park (Canberra)
21.5.2.2. Lighthouse innovation
21.5.3. National
21.5.3.1. Aus Clean Tech
21.5.4. Non AU Based (But recruiting from AU)
21.5.4.1. Citrix startup accelerator
21.5.4.2. IBM SmartCamp
21.5.4.2.1. Smartcamp Sydney
21.5.4.3. IBM Global Entrepreneur
21.5.5. NSW
21.5.5.1. Green Lane Digital
21.5.5.1.1. David Kowalski
21.5.5.1.2. Portfolio
21.5.5.2. Sydney
21.5.5.2.1. See Also Blue Chili Map of Sydney Ecosystem
21.5.5.2.2. Fishburners
21.5.5.2.3. Co Working
21.5.5.2.4. Accellerator (Ycombinator like)
21.5.5.2.5. Events
21.5.5.3. South East (Sapphire) Coast
21.5.6. Queensland
21.5.6.1. Brisbane
21.5.6.1.1. ilab (queensland)
21.5.6.1.2. River City Labs (co Working)
21.5.6.1.3. Silicon Lakes
21.5.6.1.4. App Start Studios (incubator accellerator)
21.5.7. South Aust
21.5.7.1. Adelaide
21.5.7.1.1. ANZ innovyz start
22. Tech Funding
22.1. Government / University
22.1.1. Commercialisation Australia ($60 M Per Year)
22.1.2. Uniseed
22.1.3. NSW Government
22.1.3.1. Techvouchers($15k)
22.1.3.2. Minimum Viable Product ($15k)
22.1.3.3. ANU (Canberra)
22.1.3.3.1. ANU Connect Ventures
22.1.3.3.2. Discovery Translation Fund
22.1.3.4. Collaborative Solutions (up to $100k)
22.2. See also: Andrew Steads Graphic
22.3. Corporate
22.3.1. Citrix Systems Angel Fund
22.3.1.1. Martin Dursma
22.3.2. Telstra (AVG)
22.3.3. Sing Tel (Optus) Innov8
22.4. Crowdsourced
22.4.1. Crowd Tilt
22.4.1.1. PRODUCT LAUNCH
22.4.2. Kickstarter
22.4.3. Indiegogo
22.4.4. Pozible
22.5. Other
22.5.1. Enya Microenterprise Loan
23. Local Heroes / Success Stories
23.1. Atlassian
23.1.1. Mike Cannon-Brookes (Co-Founder, Atlassian)
23.2. Spreets
23.2.1. Dean McEvoy (Co-Founder, Spreets)
23.3. Freelancer
23.3.1. Matt Barrie
23.4. Lars Rasmussen
23.5. BigCommerce
23.6. OzSale
23.7. OzForex
23.8. Norton Rose List of Deals
23.9. Adrian Giles (Executive Chairman WebFirm, Founder Hitwise)
24. Press / Info Hubs
24.1. News.com
24.1.1. Ben Grubb
24.2. Anthill
24.3. Slattery
24.4. ZDNet Australia
24.5. Experts/Consultants
24.5.1. Thomas Barlow (AU Miracle)
24.5.2. Ross Dawson
24.6. SMH
24.6.1. George Wright - Smoke and Mirrors Blog
24.7. StartUpSmart
24.7.1. Oliver Milman
24.8. Startup Australia
24.9. Shoe String
24.10. Digital Sydney
24.11. TechCrunch (US)
25. AU Government/Policy/Industry Bodies
25.1. Government
25.1.1. VIC Dept of Business and Innovation
25.1.2. NSW Dept of Trade and Investment
25.1.2.1. Australian Technology Showcase (ATS)
25.1.3. ACT Economic Development Directorate
25.1.4. Qld Dept of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts
25.2. Industry
25.2.1. AIIA (Australian Information Industry Association)
25.2.2. Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation (ACBI – A CSIRO and NICTA initiative)
25.2.3. Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES – Vic)
25.2.4. Blackbird Fund (AKA founders fund) - In formation
25.2.4.1. Niki Scevak
25.2.5. Information Technology Industry Innovation Council (fed)
25.3. Industry Councils
26. Foreign Connections
27. Innovation "Experts"
27.1. Mark Dodgson (Univ Queensland)
27.2. Asher Moses
27.3. Companies with innovation managers
27.3.1. Fonterra (NZ)
27.3.2. Rio Tinto
27.4. Hargraves Institute
27.5. Jonathan West (Tasmania)
28. AU Corporate Environment
28.1. Companies doing tech R&D in AU
28.1.1. Citrix
28.1.2. CISRA (Canon) ($50m Budget)
28.1.3. Cochlear
28.1.4. IBM (700 People, $100m Budget)
28.1.5. Silverbrook (400 employees)
28.1.6. Google
28.1.7. NEC
28.1.8. Honeywell
28.1.9. SAP
28.1.10. Oracle
28.1.11. Red Hat
28.1.12. QT
28.1.13. RSA Security
28.1.14. UNISYS
28.1.15. Fujitsu
28.1.16. Silverbrook Research
28.1.17. EA (Electronic Arts)
28.1.18. Mincom
28.1.19. Atlassian
28.1.20. EM Solutions
28.1.21. GroundProbe
28.2. Early Technology Adopters
28.2.1. Suncorp
28.2.2. CBA
28.2.3. Telstra?
29. Training
29.1. Universities and associated
29.1.1. UNSW (incl AGSM)
29.1.1.1. Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
29.1.1.1.1. Martin Bliemel (Director)
29.1.1.1.2. J. Peter Murmann
29.1.1.1.3. Linda Glave (Manager)
29.1.2. University of Queensland Business School
29.1.2.1. Mark Dodgson
29.1.3. Centre for Infustry and Innovation Studies (UWS)
29.1.3.1. Oscar Hauptman
29.1.4. Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research Group (USyd)
29.1.4.1. Richard Seymour
29.1.5. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (QUT)
29.1.5.1. Per Davidsson
29.1.6. Centre for Entrepreneurial Managment and Innovation (UWA)
29.1.6.1. Tim Mazzarol
29.1.7. Academic Conferences
29.1.7.1. ACERE (formerly AGSE) (AUS)
29.1.7.2. WCRS (US)
29.1.7.3. Babson (US)
29.1.8. Other (DIISR list)
29.1.9. Melbourne University
29.1.9.1. Melbourne Business School
29.1.9.1.1. David Austin
29.1.10. University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
29.1.10.1. UTS Business School
29.1.10.1.1. Christine Burton
29.1.10.1.2. Executive Education
29.2. NSW Enterprise Workshop
29.3. IP and TTO Industry Groups
29.3.1. Les Anz (IP)
29.3.2. Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (Tech Transfer)
29.3.3. Autm (US Tech Transfer)
29.3.4. ATTP - Alliance of Tech Transfer Professionals
29.4. Education & Training (non-university)
29.4.1. MBE Education
29.4.2. MEGA
29.4.3. Sch. of PE Strat. & Ent.
29.4.4. Social Ent Sch.
29.4.5. CEO School
29.4.6. Founder Institute
29.4.7. Pollenizer Academy
29.4.8. General Assembly
29.5. Universities
29.5.1. University of Sydney
29.5.1.1. Internet Business Strategy Course
30. IP Creators
30.1. Universities
30.1.1. Melbourne Uni
30.1.1.1. Melbourne Ventures
30.1.2. James Cook (Townsville)
30.1.3. University of Sydney
30.1.3.1. Sydnovate
30.1.3.2. Next Technology
30.1.4. University Of Queensland
30.1.5. UTS (Universidty of Technology Sydney)
30.1.6. University of Tasmania
30.1.7. UNSW
30.1.7.1. UNSW Computing
30.1.8. Technology transfer
30.1.8.1. Uniquest
30.1.8.1.1. UniSeed
30.1.8.2. Intellectual Ventures
30.1.9. University of Adelaid
30.1.9.1. NewSouth Innovations (UNSW)
30.1.9.1.1. Easy Access IP Program
30.1.9.2. Adelaide Research and Innovation (ARI)
30.1.9.2.1. Robert Chalmers (Managing Director)
30.2. Govt Funded Labs
30.2.1. CSIRO
30.2.1.1. Karl Rodrigues
30.2.2. NICTA
30.2.3. CRCs
31. Resources
31.1. Service Providers
31.1.1. Mitchell Lake
31.1.1.1. Phaedon Stough (Managing Partner, MitchelLake)
31.1.1.2. Innovation Bay
31.1.2. Delloite
31.1.3. Microsoft
31.1.3.1. BizSpark
31.2. Resources
31.2.1. Startmate Company Documents
31.2.2. CIE's simple business outline and financial model (incl valuations), mentor guidelines
31.2.3. Australian Techonolgy Showcase (ATS) resources page
31.2.4. Series Seed Documents
31.3. Services
31.3.1. Naming Right Solutions
31.3.2. Startup and Go
31.3.3. Freelancer