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Cyber Founders & Startups: Open Call for 2025 Cyber Lab

Fusion Growth Labs is opening applications for Founders and Startups building across third-party risk, vendor assurance, and compliance automation. The Cyber Growth Lab gives founders unprecedented access and visibility to Australia’s leading CISOs to co-build, pressure-test, and land enterprise adoption.

 

🕵️Are you a founder who can build, implement, and navigate highly regulated environments?

⚡️What You’ll Get

• CISO access: Direct feedback loops with Australia’s top security leaders (real problems, real customers).

• Institutional traction: Pathways to pilots, proof-of-value, and deployment inside regulated organisations.

• Global from day one: Introductions across Australia and international Landing Pads to accelerate market entry.

• Company-building support: practical support from market entry to capital, tailored for global enterprise implementation.

• Paid pilot target: the top startup receives investment and and anchor customer engagement.

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⚡️Who Should Apply

Builders working on:

• Third-/fourth-party risk (continuous monitoring, risk quantification, SBOM/supply-chain)

• Compliance automation (CPS 230/234, ISO/SOC, sector-specific controls)

• Vendor assurance & evidence exchange (beyond static attestations)

• AI-assisted audits, incident response readiness, resilience analytics

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⚡️Why Now

Australia’s national strategy targets global cyber leadership by 2030, with industry-government momentum behind it. At the same time, APRA’s CPS 230 (in force from 1 July 2025) elevates operational resilience and tightens expectations for third-party arrangements, creating a tailwind for founders who solve real vendor-risk pain.

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How to Apply