Sadly, there are few good news stories on the screen right now.

Despair and devastation are on endless scroll as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic plays out across the planet's economic, social and political scapes, with no end to the uncertainty in sight.

So it's heartening and hope-fuelling to read today's story by Yolanda Redrup in The Australian Financial Review about the remarkable shifts and sprints that are happening in the deep tech startup arena, where founders are rapidly pivoting their technologies and redeploying their staff to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, as the sector begins to treat the outbreak with a wartime mentality.

Entrepreneurs previously tackling problems as varied as occupant sensing and renewable energy sources have all adapted their business models and modus operandi over the past few weeks to refocus their efforts on helping solve major problems in containing the coronavirus spread.

It is said that innovation is born from the interaction between constraint and north star vision.

In a time of unprecedented constraint, we will hopefully see more solutions like these growing through the cracks.

Read full article by Yolanda Redrup here.

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