This semester, the Curiosity Program sparked dozens of bold ideas across 2 cohorts, but 3 teams truly shone. The early-stage founders and winners of the Curiosity Shane Chidgzey Award for Semester 2 2025 exemplify grit, creativity, and courage - imagining boldly and acting bravely from day one.
A 15-year-old Brisbane entrepreneur is on a mission to support local pandemic-affected businesses, reduce road congestion and help motorists using tolls in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne save time, money, fuel and stress by launching a new toll cashback service — Tollz.
National takeaway pizza chain Pizza Capers co-founder Anthony Russo has joined Brisbane’s Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers as a ‘hands-on investor’ and will assist in scaling the Italian food business beyond its existing five locations.
Raising her voice to end poverty, inequality or tackle climate change, Runali Maniya’s startup, SDG Impactors, wants you to wear the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a t-shirt to Leave No One Behind.
For our entrepreneurial community, we are publishing this article to keep you informed of the latest assistance from the Australian and Queensland Governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Throwback to the journey of entrepreneurs, from starting up to going through the ilab application process, missing out on a spot in our accelerator yet keeping growing and benefiting from the assistance of UQ Ventures.
