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Australian inventor wins Gates’ backing

Bill Gates backs Aussie biotech start-up Atomo

In a rare public display of support for Australian technology, a large US investment fund backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates has taken a stake in a local biotech start-up. Launched in 2010 and based in a converted toolshop in Leichhardt, in Sydney’s inner west, Atomo Diagnostics has developed a testing platform which is making inroads into the industry globally.