Startups in action

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.

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.

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.

Ventures ilab Accelerator alumni, Augmented Bionics, has won the Astellas RX+® Healthcare Innovation Challenge for 2021.

A Queensland social enterprise is turning electronic trash into a global treasure, repurposing old laptop batteries to create a solar-powered solution for poverty-stricken families across the world.

ilab Accelerator founder Nat Marshall is developing a wearable device that will control robotic prosthetics with artificial intelligence (AI).