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COVID-19 drives YBF tech hub to call in liquidators

Aussie co-working space and tech hub YBF is in liquidation, following long stretches of COVID-19 restrictions that saw CBDs almost empty.

University partners with YBF for co-working tech hub

The University of Melbourne has announced a partnership with tech hub experts YBF. The University of Melbourne has announced a partnership with tech hub experts YBF to power a new co-working space that will operate within Melbourne Connect. The coworking tech hub will sit over two levels of the precinct stretching across 2,200 square-metres and offering a selection of flexible private offices, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, project spaces, media studios and event spaces, creating a world-class tech hub––in the spirit of YBF’s other hubs in the Melbourne and Sydney CBDs located in the heart of iconic Carlton and right on the doorstep on the University’s Parkville campus and Medical Precinct.

Tech Entrepreneurship Program Launches Victoria into a New Era

YBF Ventures Melbourne (13 APRIL 2021): In response to the economic, societal and employment challenges that the world faced, and primarily Victoria in Australia in 2020, YBF partnered with the Victorian Government to launch the YBF Startup Immersion Program (SIP)––a first-of-its-kind pilot program in Australia aimed at upskilling experienced corporate professionals with entrepreneurial roles and capabilities. At the time of launch in October 2020, the program was overwhelmed with applications––with over 500,000 people having been displaced from their jobs as a result of the pandemic in Victoria [source: IBISWorld] and a further three million Australian workers looking for a post-COVID-19 career change [source: ING Future Focus Report].

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