From benchtop to IPO, we support entrepreneurs throughout the startup lifecycle, helping them to grow their commercialisation skills and scale their ideas into deep tech ventures.

Our community is for those who believe in the potential of deep tech. We connect and engage entrepreneurs, scientists, investors and policymakers in meaningful conversations, and inspire action to develop more R&D driven businesses to create a more sustainable and prosperous future.

The long running event Tech23 joins the Cicada family, united by our shared mission to celebrate and amplify Australia's radical innovators. 

Showcasing 23 of Australia’s most promising early-stage ventures, Cicada x Tech23 is an annual festival celebrating radical innovation and brave ideas from the world of deep tech. The event connects founders with an audience of problem solvers, investors and big thinkers – inviting the ecosystem to support game-changing people and ideas that can revolutionise our world.

Cicada is proud to be the operator of Jumar Bioincubator. A soon to open Melbourne-based incubator that provides wrap around support and services to early-stage and scaling biotech ventures so they can progress discoveries towards real-world treatments and therapies.