Cicada Innovations – Westmead HealthTech Hub
Interview with Cicada Innovations CEO, Sally-Ann Williams
Cicada Innovations is the home of deep tech for Australia and has opened a new premises in the HealthTech hub of Westmead’s Innovation Quarter. CEO Sally-Ann Williams shares how Cicada’s global networks, connections to industry, capitals, and startups will complement and strengthen Westmead’s collaborative community of innovation. Being located in Westmead, Cicada will be well-placed to enable local researchers, entrepreneurs, and clinicians bring game changing MedTech innovations to market.
About the Cicada HealthTech Hub
Located inside Westmead Health and Innovation District’s Innovation Quarter, The Cicada HealthTech Hub will be a home to early stage health companies, a space for collaboration and commercialisation activation, and a landing pad for industry seeking solutions to their research and business challenges. Helping to contribute to the vision of making Westmead a world-class innovation district in health and education.
The Cicada HealthTech Hub is for entrepreneurs and innovators with the ambition to create and launch health tech innovations. Residents have access to:
- Affordable and flexible office suites
- Co-working spaces
- Range of shared facilities
- Valuable connections in the Westmead Health & Innovation District and to the broader NSW and Australian health and deep tech sector.
- Support/ Access to Funding Sources
- Specialist business support powering startups’ commercialisation journey
- 1-1 coaching with the Fast Start program
