World’s biggest startup accelerator coming down under

[1] The federal government is collaborating with Microsoft to ensure that the world’s biggest startup accelerator, MassChallenge, is coming  to Australia.

[2] Minister for Innovation Christopher Pyne confirmed that the government would hand over $280,000 to the Boston-based program.

[3] As part of the government’s ‘ideas boom’ initiative, the program is aimed at assisting the development of Australia’s startup ecosystem through idea-pitching competitions, start-up boot camps, etc.

[Source] Australian Information Technology News – World’s biggest start-up accelerator coming down under