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• Startup Catalyst extends deadline for applications

  Startup Catalyst has extended by a week the window for young Queenslanders to apply for its program, which will offer participants a taste of Silicon Valley's startup culture.

• NRMA kicks off second Jumpstart program

  The National Roads and Motorists’ Association (NRMA) has committed to a second Jumpstart program after the success of its first startup accelerator program last year.

• 12 hot application container startups

  The container revolution is upon us.

• StartupAUS appoints first CEO

  Peter Bradd has been appointed StartupAUS’ first CEO.

• Google-infused storage startup Cohesity reveals itself

  Mohit Aron has a tough act to follow: His previous startup, Nutanix, may be on the cusp of filing for an IPO that values the hyperconverged infrastructure company at $2.5 billion. But Aron is off to a good start with his new venture, Cohesity, which this week emerges from stealth mode with $70 million in venture funding, reference-able customers such as Tribune Media, and a focus on a potentially big market in converging the secondary storage that houses so much DevOps, data protection, analytics and other unstructured data.

• HP buying SDN company for NFV

  HP this week signed a definitive agreement to acquire <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2184029/data-center/sdn-company-helps-build-clouds.html?nsdr=true">ConteXtream, a provider of OpenDaylight-based SDNs for service providers</a>.

• Square opens Melbourne office

  California based payment startup Square has opened an office in Melbourne.

• Budget 2015: StartupAUS sees missed opportunities in budget

  StartupAUS has welcomed government moves in the budget to support small business but says it has failed to address many of the key issues facing tech-focussed startups in Australia.

• Bigcommerce rolls out 'enterprise' ecommerce platform

  Australian-founded ecommerce platform provider Bigcommerce has taken the wraps of a new offering targeting high-volume retailers.

• Billions of reasons to listen to these Unicorn startup founders

  Unicorns are all the rage these days, and we're not talking about the ones in fantasy stories or on your kids' bedspreads. The unicorns that people at events like last week's <a href="http://tiestartupcon.com/">TIE Startup Con</a> (formerly TIEcon East) are agog over are private companies with valuations of $1 billion or more, such as co-working office space provider <a href="https://www.wework.com/">WeWork</a> and data virtualization company <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2216568/security/actifio-debuts--introduces-new-data-protection-applications.html">Actifio</a>, whose founders talked shop during the opening panel at the Cambridge, Mass., get-together for entrepreneurs and investors.

• Canva targets SMBs with new subscription product

  Australian-founded startup Canva is set to next month unveil a new design product for teams and organisations called Canva for Work.
  

• How venture capitalists can support startups better

  Corporates looking to put venture capital into startups should take a long term approach to funding so the entrepreneur isn’t left high and dry according to Reinventure Group co-founder Simon Cant.

• Australia recorded 100 tech deals in 2014

  Australia proved to be a popular place for technology deals in 2014 with 100 recorded, according to Right Click Capital founder Benjamin Chong. The number includes companies conducting acquisitions and startups raising money.

• SDN start-up stitches together Clouds

  A software-defined networking start-up has emerged from stealth mode proposing accelerated deployment of applications and services spanning private, public or hybrid clouds.

• Government just doesn't 'get' startups, says StartupAUS

  Despite some initiatives that will help make life easier for Australian startups, the government still doesn't really understand what tech startups are and their potential impact on the country's economy, according to StartupAUS.