Uniseed CEO Dr Peter Devine as called time on two decades leading the university-backed research commercialisation fund, staging his own exit at the end of 2025. Taking the helm in January 2026 is Dr Alistair Hick from Monash University, where he’s been its inaugural chief commercialisation officer, with responsibility for overseeing its IP commercialisation program,… Read more »
Breakthrough Victoria has selected the first three recipients of its new Fellowship program, which hopes to turn academic research into startup reality. The $7.5 million, multi-year program offers each recipient $150,000 to kick off their entrepreneurial efforts, and Breakthrough Victoria is hoping it will result in around 50 startups commercialising research and IP. The trio… Read more »
Seven University of Melbourne-linked startups are sharing in $11.7 million worth of early-stage venture capital from two funds. The investments for research commercialisation come from the $15m University of Melbourne Genesis Pre-Seed Fund, backed by Breakthrough Victoria, and $125m Tin Alley Ventures fund, a joint venture deep tech VC with Tanarra Capital. Tin Alley backed… Read more »
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