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What offers can I access as a resident of Cicada?

Being a resident at Cicada means you can access special offers, exclusive mentoring, and software discounts from some of our partners

Here are a few of Cicada's partners and offers:

Pioneer Partners

Pioneer Partner program designed to connect our community of residents and innovators with the complementary products and services they need to grow. Meet our current partners

Radium Capital

Australia’s market leader in R&D financing, specialising in R&D advances for businesses claiming the R&D Tax Incentive refund.

What residents can access:

  • One hour advisory session with R&D financing expert
  • Referrals to network of accountants 
  • Attend workshops focused on R&D 

Read full fact sheet

Wrays

One of the largest privately-owned IP specialist firms in Australia. Wrays is a patent and trademark attorney service, a law firm, and a corporate advisory service – culminating in a complete end-to-end IP solution delivered to their clients.

What residents can access:

  • One hour advisory session with IP lawyer
  • Attend workshop focused IP and patent law

Find out more at https://www.wrays.com.au/


Software

AWS Activate - 25k credits

1/ You can apply to AWS Activate here:  http://amzn.to/2BUVqyk

2/ Use your AWS Account ID and the following Organisation ID (case sensitive): 1YKN8

  • AWS Activate credits are a cost-saving opportunity for experimenting, building, testing, and deploying startup architecture on AWS. 
  • You may be eligible for up to USD 25k credit / expires after 2 years. 
  • Credits cannot be extended by default.
  • Application turnaround takes typically 7-20 business days.  
  • Please note that AWS Activate Portfolio package is for recent or newly funded, at a Series A, seed or earlier level, startups
  • T&Cs apply

Getting Hands-on Experience Prototyping Innovative IoT Solutions at your Startup

Learn more about AI/ML with AWS

Mathworks 

One year free access to MatLab and Simulink

  • More than 100 add-on products
  • Up to 10 licenses per company
  • Full technical support services
  • 50% off Training Credits
  • Startups are considered full Commercial Customers. Technical Support provided by phone and email
  • Application Engineering support available - Conference calls, WebEx presentations, Limited on-site options in some cities
  • Training Credits 50% off commercial pricing – Can be used for all Public, On-line, and Self-paced: https://www.mathworks.com/services/training.html?s_tid=hp_ff_l_training
  • Free Onramps
    – MATLAB - Simulink
    – Machine & Deep Learning - Signal Processing - Image Processing
    – Control Design with Simulink – Reinforcement Learning - Simscape
    https://www.mathworks.com/services/training.html?s_tid=hp_ff_l_training