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The 2024 Philips X Ventures Hack for Health saw University of Queensland (UQ) student teams racing against the clock to tackle some of healthcare’s biggest sustainability challenges. Over an intensive 48-hour period from 11 to 14 October, students collaborated with experts from global health technology leader Philips and UQ Ventures to create real-world solutions aimed at improving healthcare sustainability.

Engineering student Arishneel Narayan has taken out first place and $4,000 at the Ventures Validate final for his startup using automated drones to locate and collect plastic waste from our coastlines.

A solution to help improve animal research monitoring and identification won first prize and $4,000 at the Ventures Validate program. After developing software to scan and recognise flora and fauna for a class project, a team of master’s students wanted to see if their solution could be brought to market.

Naajihah Mahmood is a true Ventures superstar. She’s completed the full suite of Ventures opportunities, from the introductory Curiosity program, all the way to the penultimate ilab Accelerator where she presented her startup to 350+ people at the annual Pitch Night event earlier this year.

A solution to help secure energy supplies has won PhD student Jakob (Jake) Pallot first place and $4,000 at the Ventures Validate pitch event.

At The University of Queensland, we’re continuously impressed by the entrepreneurial spirit and startup ideas that come out of our UQ Ventures community.

Communications student Aryan Rustagi has taken out first place and the top prize of $4000 at last month’s Ventures Validate pitch competition for his startup Verichain.

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