Pacific Channel offers $100k award for women deeptech founders

Pacific Channel offers $100k award for women deeptech founders
Cather Simpson, a judge for the award, says the tricky business of turning science into business can be even harder for women. (Image: Supplied)
Ben Moore
Pacific Channel, a deep tech investment firm, is launching a new award offering one female academic a prize worth $100,000 to help commercialise her work.The Women in STEM Commercialisation Award will provide the winner with a $50,000 investment from Pacific Channel’s Kea fund, $45,000 worth of legal, finance and communications advice from the firm and its partners, as well as $5,000 cash. STEM subjects are a broad grouping of science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.Brent Ogilvie, Pacific Channel’s managing directo...

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