Events

The ScaleUP Showcase 2025, presented by UQ Ventures and supported by QIC and UniQuest Extension Fund, brings together the people and ideas shaping Queensland’s innovation future. Experience founder showcases, connect with investors from around the world, and be part of the grand finale Pitch Night — where one pitch will have the opportunity to be awarded up to $100,000 of investment.

UQ students, get ready for the biggest Ventures event of 2025! Buy your tickets and join a high-energy celebration of UQ student innovation, entrepreneurship, and startup culture on Saturday 18 October.

Join UQ Ventures for a 5K run (or walk, pups welcome!) to celebrate and support the next generation of change makers.

Join us as our top teams from the 2025 UQ Ventures Industry Challenge share their ideas to reimagine the future of aging.

Join us for an inspiring session where student entrepreneurs share their journeys. Coming from diverse backgrounds, these students have participated in entrepreneurship programs while at university and have been supported by Protostars—a program led by the Blackbird Foundation that provides $1,000 grants to young entrepreneurs to work on their passion projects.

Early-stage investment is a critical part of the commercialisation and a powerful source of financing for high growth companies.

Meet a cutting-edge Brisbane-based technology startup specialising in autonomous drone technology, LiDAR mapping, and data analytics.

Join us for an interactive session with Notion and a startup founder, as we explore the powerful intersection of tools and entrepreneurship. Whether you're building your first side hustle or dreaming big, this is your chance to get inspired, get insights, and get Notion working for you.

Our guest speakers will share their stories of failure including the lessons they learnt and how their failures ultimately led to success.

Cheer on our newest founders as they kick off their entrepreneurial journeys and take the stage to share their inspiring startups.

Join Ventures at The Princess Theatre for ilab Pitch Night: Chapter 1, Thursday 10 April, where UQ’s startup entrepreneurs will present their cutting-edge innovations – from solutions for disability care, energy efficiency, and diagnostic medicine. Book your tickets.

UQ Ventures, in partnership with Angel Loop, hosts the monthly Morning with Angels. This monthly meetup gives you the opportunity to meet with local Angel Investors for a coffee and a chat.

Want to find out more about the UQ Ventures Startup AdVenture program? Come and join our upcoming information sessions to find out more, ask questions, and hear from students who have previously participated the program.

Want to find out more about the UQ Ventures Startup AdVenture program? Come and join our upcoming information sessions to find out more, ask questions, and hear from students who have previously participated the program.

Early-stage investment is a critical part of the commercialisation and a powerful source of financing for high growth companies. This workshop will present potential investors with case studies, expert presentations and facilitated discussions designed to help you learn how to successfully identify, evaluate and manage your own personal early-stage investment portfolio.

Got a side hustle, passion project, or idea? Side Hustle Club is your weekly space to co-work, connect, and level up with a lunch and learn featuring founders, industry guests, and experts.

Network with some of Brisbane's best local startups. Our Startup Mixer event includes a reverse pitch where our startups pitch their business to you! Startups range from health tech, fintech, and sustainability.

Are you a UQ staff member or student with a business idea or passion project you’ve been wanting to turn into reality? This International Women’s Day, join us for an interactive "March Forward" workshop designed to help you take your first steps toward starting your own business or side hustle, or apply an entrepreneurial mindset to your current work!

UQ Ventures, in partnership with Angel Loop, hosts the monthly Morning with Angels. This monthly meetup gives you the opportunity to meet with local Angel Investors for a coffee and a chat.

Step into the Ventures space and discover a world of possibilities! We’re opening our doors to the community to welcome everyone—whether you’re curious about innovation, looking to develop new skills, or just want to see what we’re all about.

Early-stage investment is a critical part of the commercialisation and a powerful source of financing for high growth companies. This workshop will present potential investors with case studies, expert presentations and facilitated discussions designed to help you learn how to successfully identify, evaluate and manage your own personal early-stage investment portfolio.

Discover how an innovative mindset can help you make an impact! Visit UQ Ventures at Gatton O-Week to learn about our programs and meet students who are turning ideas into action. Whether you have an idea, a side hustle, or are just curious about innovation, we’d love to chat with you!

Discover how an innovative mindset can help you make an impact! Visit UQ Ventures at St Lucia Market Day for HMBS to learn about our programs and meet students who are turning ideas into action.

Come meet other students, and through hands on activities, you will learn and practice how to meet like-minded people across UQ, and how to find experts and mentors to help your projects come to life.

Discover how an innovative mindset can help you make an impact! Visit UQ Ventures at St Lucia Market Day for Science to learn about our programs and meet students who are turning ideas into action.