Ventures

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

Empower Pre-Accelerator

Build a strong, scalable startup with the Empower Women's Pre-Accelerator. In 10-weeks get the tools, mentorship, and community to shape your business for success. Apply by 11 August 2025.

Start Up AdVentures

Applications are open for Summer Startup AdVenture programs. Choose from 3 destinations - San Francisco, Hanoi, and Shenzen - and get ready for an immersive 4-weeks in a global startup hot spot.

Curiosity

Ventures Curiosity is your entry point to the UQ Ventures ecosystem, where you’ll start learning about entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship—creating solutions within organisations, not just as founders.

Industry Challenge

Join the UQ Ventures 2025 Industry Challenge and re-imagine the future of aging in Australia. Connect with industry mentors and solve real-world problems with bold, innovative thinking. Teams compete for $10,000 of prizes. Register your team by 4 August 2025.

Validate

Are you on the way to creating a startup? The Ventures Validate program provides the tools and guidance to refine, test, and prove your ideas. Register for the semester 2, 2025 program. The next program kicks-off 27 August 2025.

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