At 23, Hailey Brown founded assistive tech company Vacayit, which aims to help blind and low-vision tourists make informed decisions about their holiday.
Celebrating an extraordinary year of entrepreneurship at UQ! Join us as we showcase and celebrate our community of innovators and leaders, while also recognising our amazing industry mentors, volunteers, and partners at the Ventures Annual Showcase.
Sometime after 2024 Siobhan Coster’s company Eclipse could be using a “wonder nutrient” to cash in on the baby health market that has catapulted companies like Bubs on to the global stage.
Siobhan Coster—the founder of startup Eclipse and winner of the Judge’s Award at the Ventures ilab Accelerator Pitch Night—is working towards a more sustainable future for global nutrition.
UQ alumnus Hailey Brown is collecting plaudits from around the world for Vacayit, an audio storytelling app she’s developing for blind and low vision tourists. Vacayit users can access real stories and sounds from destinations across Australia to help them make informed and independent decisions about where to travel.
Our guest speakers will share their stories of failure including the lessons they learned and how their failures ultimately led to success. Join us for an evening of uncensored discussions, catering, and networking.
A Queensland startup being created by the CSIRO has announced a $3 million investment round to commercialise a synthetic version of lactoferrin, an immune-boosting protein found in breast milk that is rarely included in baby formula as it takes 10,000 litres of cow's milk to produce just 1kg.
