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Our 2025 Annual Report contains information on our portfolio companies, performance and activities for the calendar year.    

  The purpose of this article is to explore the nuances of SAFE notes in venture investing, beyond the standard terms and features widely described elsewhere. It is not meant as an introduction to SAFE notes, several useful references are provided throughout for those...

Pollinate founders Corey Berther (left) and Adeep Mitra (right) at ilab’s Pitch Night.           Pollinate, local Brisbane startup accepted into US startup accelerator Y Combinator   Pollinate, a Brisbane-based startup building AI agents for supply-chain and...

Venture Capital Investments in the rapidly changing AI marketplace A selection of key factors to consider when making venture capital investment decisions Produced by Alexander Cohen & Fiona Wilhelm   Alexander Cohen (Director - Brisbane @ Queensland AI Hub;...

How does UEF evaluate the proprietary tech position for software investments? The UEF’s investment mandate requires a proprietary technology solution to be central to the product/business plan of an investee company. This stems from UniQuest’s reputation and...

Our 2024 Annual Report contains information on our portfolio companies, performance and activities for the calendar year.    

Why Venture Capitalists Need Those Big Returns In the world of early-stage investing, you'll often hear venture capitalists talk about seeking "10x or 50x returns" or "fund returners." Occasionally, you’ll hear the claim that “our fund requires every investment to...

The University of Queensland’s capabilities in drug discovery and development are set to be strengthened by a new partnership between UniQuest and global biotech company Molecule to Medicine (MTM). The collaboration will align UniQuest’s Queensland Emory Drug...

We sat down with GreaseBoss co-founder, CEO and UQ alum Tim Hall to talk about how investment, including capital from the UniQuest Extension Fund, helped steer the start-up he runs with co-founder and UQ alum Peter Condoleon through the Valley of Death and towards...

November 1, 2024 A $32 million University of Queensland venture capital fund is boosting the state’s startup ecosystem, with a Brisbane company developing medical robotics among the first beneficiaries. The UniQuest Extension Fund (UEF) provides capital, support and...

Image: Monty founder Ashley Baxter (Business News Australia) A Brisbane startup described as a “Fitbit for your waste” has raised $1 million to level-up from its consumer-facing offering into industrial operations, following years of research and development (R&D)...

Image source: Choose Brisbane Arthroscopy, a minimally invasive surgical technique, is used to treat over 50 million injured wrists, elbows, shoulders, spines, hips, knees and ankles around the world each year. But Dr Chris...

On Thursday 26 July LX Health hosted its largest startup pitch event at Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast. The highly anticipated event sold out two weeks in advance drawing nearly 300 attendees and attracting 260 livestream viewers. With industry experts, hospital...