Cicada Innovations Stride

Run by Cicada Innovations.

Stride is the longer of Cicada Innovations' Sydney programmes: a 6-month hybrid commitment with bi-weekly coaching sessions, monthly check-ins and supplementary mentoring. There is no direct cash grant — the coaching and support value is stated as AU$40K per venture — and the programme is fully funded by government and industry partners with no fees or equity taken. Ventures come from deeptech, agritech, healthtech, medtech, biotech and space.

Investment

Not disclosed

Equity taken

0% (Like 72% of East Asia & Pacific · Like 79% globally)

Duration

26 weeks (Longer than East Asia & Pacific median 15 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

hybrid

Cadence

Not disclosed

Location

Sydney, Australia

Sectors

• Deep Tech
• AgriTech
• Health Tech
• MedTech
• Biotech
• Space

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.cicadainnovations.com/support/stride read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, sectors, format, application url
• https://www.cicadainnovations.com/ read 2026-09-07 — supports contact email

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• Cicada Innovations Assemble
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Last verified 2026-09-07.