Ventures - University of Queensland

Ventures reflects the entrepreneurial spirit of our community. While you can’t predict the future, you can develop the knowledge, networks and skills to pivot between current and emerging careers and flourish wherever life takes you.

ABOUT VENTURES

ScaleUP Showcase & Pitch Night Review

Queensland’s founders, investors and industry connected across one action-packed day this October. The event focused on scaling up - celebrating our mission-driven founders and their bold ideas and connecting them to the incredible network of supporters at the ready to help them advance to their next phase.

Student StartUP Showcase

UQ students turned up for the biggest Ventures event of 2025! It was a high-energy celebration of UQ student innovation, entrepreneurship, and startup culture on Saturday 18 October.

StartUp AdVenturers are taking flight

We say em đi vui nha and bon voyage to 40 UQ students who are heading off to explore the world of innovation and entrepreneurship through our Startup AdVenture programs in Hanoi, Shenzhen, and San Francisco during the 2025/26 summer semester break! If you're keen to take your own leap into the startup world, express your interest now for the 2026 Startup AdVenture programs.

Industry Challenge Pitch Night

Join us as our top teams from the 2025 UQ Ventures Industry Challenge share their ideas to reimagine the future of aging. Tuesday 14 October, 5pm - 8pm.

Nominate an amazing LeadHer

Nominations are open for the 2025 LeadHers Awards. Make your nominations across 3 categories: Student leadership, Community leadership, and Entrepreneurial leadership.

What's it really like to launch a startup at UQ?

At UQ, we’re continuously impressed by the entrepreneurial spirit and startup ideas that come out of our UQ Ventures community.

Tom Bizzell, a Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Laws (Honours) student and 2022 UQ’s Chief Student Entrepreneur tells us about his startup Wakeshare and his experiences with UQ Ventures.

Own the unknown