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Microsoft for Australian Space Startups
Sending entrepreneurs into orbit
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PodcastHow Microsoft and Fortifyedge stop cyberattacks at the edge with machine learning
As hackers target companies from Viasat to SpaceX, it’s becoming increasingly clear that space is critical infrastructure – and as such must be secured.
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PodcastDemocratising access to space
Find out how Gilmour Space Technologies and Microsoft are breaking down the barriers to space entry for players of every size.
Benefits of Microsoft for Australian Space Startups
Space, technical and business mentorship
24/7 technical assistance
No fees, no equity, no lock-in contract.
Microsoft for Australian Space Startups Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for Microsoft for Australian Space Startups, your startup is:
- Focussed on being part of Australia’s burgeoning space scene
- Under seven years old
- A privately held, for-profit business
- Engaged in developing a software-based product that’s owned not licensed
- Not a recipient of more than $10,000 in Azure Credits
- Not an educational institution, government entity, personal blog, dev shop, consultancy, professional services firm, agency, or bitcoin or crypto mining company
- Not a managed customer of Microsoft or one of our CSP partners
Space partnerships
Whether you’re building intelligent Earth-observation satellites, enabling the creation of climate-resilient cities with space data or building space cybersecurity solutions, Space Startups do ground-breaking work. Collaborating with Space Startups inspires and invigorates us at Microsoft, and we can’t wait to work with the next innovative company.
Learn more about our startup partnershipsCustomer Stories
Fortifyedge stretches machine learning all the way to Mars
For most of us, confirming our identity is a simple case of verifying our email and password, and perhaps a unique code sent to our smartphone. But Major Tom’s in space with his hands full; it’s not that easy.
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Spiral Blue takes edge computing into orbit, democratising space data
Taofiq Huq was just five years old when he arrived in Australia from Bangladesh. Even as a young schoolboy in Sydney, he knew that he wanted to ‘do something in space’ when he grew up and completed an aerospace engineering degree at UNSW.
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Office of Planetary Observations heads to space for a greener Planet Earth
With a background in Landscape Architecture, Thomas Gooch knows the value more vegetation and trees have for our urban environments – but he was constantly challenged to prove that with data.
Read moreStill have questions? Want to talk with our space industry experts?
Contact us for further information: SpacestartupsAU@microsoft.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Azure Space is a set of products and services that are powered by key partnerships and designed to meet the needs of the space community. For more information read the Microsoft Australia blog
The space community is growing rapidly, and innovation is lowering the barriers of access for public- and private-sector organisations. Microsoft wants to make space connectivity and compute more accessible for industries like agriculture, energy, telecommunications, and government.
Founders can apply directly from the Microsoft for Startups. We look forward to hearing from you and are excited to review your application.
Our team reviews every application and evaluates how well a company meets the eligibility criteria at the time of application. You may reapply when you feel your startup better fits the guidelines or if you’d like to provide additional information to be reviewed.
Once 14 days have passed, a previously declined founder can reapply through.
We love bootstrapped startups and would be happy to consider you. Please apply so we can learn all about you and your business idea!
The M12 venture fund and its initiatives and investments operate independently of Microsoft for Startups. Microsoft for Startups does often collaborate with M12, but we are a separate initiative and do not offer venture capital.