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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Funding gap means growing pains for Australian unicorns

Atlassian's Scott Farquhar and Tesla's Robyn Denholm were among tech players speaking in Brisbane. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australian technology startups are expected to attract as much early funding as those in Silicon Valley by 2030 but could suffer a $53 billion financial gap when they try to grow bigger, a conference has heard.

Locally grown tech ventures might also struggle to attract enough talent without changes to the education sector or if tech companies insist all workers return to an office.

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