The University of Queensland’s 2021 Ventures ilab Accelerator program has awarded 12 startups with $10,000 equity-free funding to help launch their early-stage ventures.
A startup founded by two Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) research students could make monitoring the progress of mine site rehabilitation easier and cheaper.
The University of Queensland’s 2021 Ventures ilab Accelerator program has awarded 12 startups with $10,000 equity-free funding to help launch their early-stage ventures.
With Australia just coming out of recession, it is unsurprising that there has been a strong focus from federal and state governments on addressing unemployment levels and ensuring that our university graduates are able to find jobs.
Two UQ alumni startups made the finals in the Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year competition, which ran as a global virtual event 1-10 November 2020.
The University of Queensland’s newly appointed Entrepreneur in Residence, Yotam Rosenbaum, brings decades of experience in the music industry, founding and selling a music-streaming app, and working with hundreds of startups to help UQ founders accelerate the growth of their own ventures.
Inspiration can come in the most unlikely places.
For Dr Elliot Smith (Bachelor of Engineering '12, Doctor of Philosophy '17), his lightbulb moment came while sipping beers at a networking event with well-known entrepreneur and investor Steve Baxter.
University of Queensland PhD Candidate Alan Robertson, has been awarded second place at the Falling Walls Lab Australia last month for his startup ClearSKY Genomics.
