Western Australia backs 12 medtech startup ideas with $5 million in Seed funding featuring Biotome and Pretect Devices
Nearly $5 million in funding has been awarded to 12 Western Australian innovators and startups working on local health and medical innovation projects
The ideas, many from academics and WA’s universities span tests for liver cancer to heart monitoring, endometriosis diagnosis, asthma treatment and more, were funded from the Innovation Seed Fund 2024-25 Program.
The state government’s Future Health Research and Innovation Fund regularly awards grants to individual researchers and companies. Its Innovation Seed Fund backs WA innovators to develop and commercialise their innovations that could improve the health of West Australians, create high-level health sector jobs and enhance the production/manufacturing capacity of the state. Funding in the latest round ranged between $90,000 and $500,000.
