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EdTech startup, Vygo, helps universities increase student engagement and lower dropout rates and announces that they recently received AU$850K investment from the Australian Catholic University (ACU).

EnergyLab’s new Climate Solutions Accelerator has chosen six startups for its six-month program including Ventures ilab Accelerator alum Bloom Impact Investing.

A safer approach to rebreather diving equipment has won the Most Creative Idea of the Ventures Curiosity PhD program.

Looking for inspiration for both your weekend activities and your career? We spent a weekend in Brisbane with UQ graduates who are running their own businesses, and picked up some of their best advice and lessons along the way. Here’s what we discovered.

After watching her son go through several nappies a day, the idea to give diapers and incontinent pads a second life was born.

A novel approach to infant formula has taken first place at the Ventures Validate pitch event.
Guillermo Tokman – a UQ Master of Business student majoring in Entrepreneurship and Innovation – showcased his startup NutraHealth after participating in the 10-week program (formerly known as Startup Academy).

To achieve any entrepreneurial vision, you’ll need a clear head – something UQ graduate Carl Hartmann can help you with. The serial entrepreneur (Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Business Management ‘05) co-founded Lyre’s Spirit Co – non-alcoholic spirits company – so people could indulge in a drink and still drive home.

The Morrison Government is providing a $4 million funding boost to Australian space researchers and businesses to help them develop new technologies for use in future NASA missions to the Moon and beyond.

Unicorns may be mythical creatures, but their sightings are becoming more and more common in the Australian tech landscape.

Australia needs to continue to expand its innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem to strengthen our economy, grow our industries and to produce new jobs.

Med-tech company and University of Queensland (UQ) Ventures ilab Accelerator startup Audeara was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (AUA:ASX) earlier this month, yet another success story to come out of the ilab Accelerator program.

- The transaction will provide gross proceeds of up to approximately US$403 million (AUD$520 million) to Tritium, assuming minimal redemptions by DCRN's public stockholders, to fully fund its growth as a technology market leader in the DC fast charging space for electric vehicles.

Illumina, Inc., the global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced today it united with leaders in precision gut microbiome science Microba Life Sciences to advance understanding of the human gut microbiome in human health and disease.

Fuelled by a passion for hockey and innovation, Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation student Jordan Davies is taking the humble ice cube to greater commercial heights.

Several University of Queensland (UQ) students and Ventures alumni have been announced as finalists in the 2021 Australian Space Awards earlier this month.

UQ entrepreneurship alumnus, Ocean Cheung's opinion for startupdaily. 'Five reasons why university is a great place to launch a startup'

While GreaseBoss co-founder Steve Barnett was on-site at a Queensland copper mine, he witnessed the collapse of a conveyer tail pulley that failed due to lack of greasing. Nobody died that day, but they could have.

Three new murals by Australian street artists in collaboration with The University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will add colour to Brisbane’s streets in a globally unique art initiative as part of the Brisbane Street Art Festival.

Last month, a Brisbane-based startup, Valiant Space, commenced testing of its “non-toxic” space-based thruster for use in small satellites. This testing marks the first step towards creating an Australian designed and manufactured liquid-fuelled rocket engine developed for this growing market.

A University of Queensland startup ready to help 1.7 million Australian diabetics has won UQ’s top entrepreneurship program, Ventures ilab Accelerator, Pitch Night.