About

Since 2015, the Innovation & Collaboration Centre has supported early-stage startups through providing workspace, mentoring and funding. Read more about our staff and our startups.

About the ICC

ICC startups and residents

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Industry Experts

Programs

The Innovation & Collaboration Centre is home to Venture Catalyst and the state's first space incubator program Venture Catalyst Space. These programs are designed to help founders start their business.

Venture Catalyst

Venture Catalyst Space

Events

The ICC holds regular feature events on a range of cutting-edge topics for the ICC community and the public, community events for ICC startups, industry experts and other close partners and affiliates, and internal events exclusively for ICC startups.

Events in the ICC

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About the ICC

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A place of choice for entrepreneurs

The Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) at Adelaide University (AU) provides equitable access to business acceleration and incubation support for startups.

The ICC engages with the community through the delivery of community events, workshops, and programs which draw on the research and professional expertise of Adelaide University and our partners, to support next generation startups and growth of existing companies.

The ICC is headquartered in Adelaide at Adelaide University's Enterprise and Innovation Hub.

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Meet our team

The ICC team is made up of staff and a wide range of affiliates, partners and supporters.

ICC team

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Meet our startups

Learn about startups in the ICC's Venture Catalyst programs, and our ICC residents.

ICC startups

entrepreneurs in residence

Meet our industry experts

Venture Catalyst startups work closely with the ICC's industry experts.

Industry Experts

A workspace where innovation thrives

The ICC operates from Adelaide University's award-winning Enterprise and Innovation Hub, a refurbished heritage site on Light Square in Adelaide’s CBD.

State-of-the-art spaces have been thoughtfully designed to enable collaboration, cutting edge facilities, and community. Adelaide University's business development, commercialisation and research teams work on site with startup teams and residents, enabling connection and opportunity.

Take your seat at the ICC table

Get yourself an instant community of like-minded innovators by becoming an ICC resident. You’ll take advantage of a broad range of support services and Adelaide University (AU) facilities to give your startup the edge.

  • A dedicated desk or hotdesk in AU's state-of-the-art Enterprise and Innovation Hub in Adelaide’s CBD
  • 24/7 building access and lockers
  • AV-enabled meeting rooms and presentation spaces, prototyping labs, and modern kitchen facilities
  • Access to key industry experts and business support services
  • Engagement opportunities with the wider university
  • Regular formal and informal networking events
  • Library services and free marketing, tax, and legal clinics
  • Subsidised pool and gym membership.

About the ICC

The Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) was established in 2015 as a a strategic partnership between the University of South Australia (UniSA), now Adelaide University, and the South Australian Government, to support technology-based incubation and business growth. 

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Collaboration

Leveraging Adelaide University's expertise in business growth, strategy, marketing, commercialisation and technology, the ICC supports the lifecycle from idea generation to growth and expansion for students, businesses and industry. The Centre provides a multidisciplinary environment where startups and entrepreneurs can access a wide range of expertise to help develop their products and grow their business.

Network

Connection

ICC believes that a thriving community is essential for the success of any startup. Through a diverse network of mentors, industry bodies, private companies, investor connections and internal university expertise, the ICC fosters an inclusive and innovation-centric ecosystem for startups to thrive.

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Incubation

With a combination of purpose-designed coworking space, hot desks, meeting and teaching rooms, and AV-enabled seminar space, the ICC is equipped to deliver industry-focused education, workshops and events in its award-winning workspace.

Purpose

The ICC provides a unique community that connects South Australian business and industry to Adelaide University’s business growth, commercialisation, and technology expertise. We are dedicated to helping startups from a wide variety of sectors, demographics, and maturity transform ideas into market success through equitable access to business acceleration and incubation support.

The ICC facilitates innovation, collaboration and co-creation and is a pipeline for the commercialisation of new innovations where people, knowledge, ideas and technology are drawn together to establish and grow new businesses and solve complex problems.

By providing entrepreneurial opportunities and encouraging skills development and employability, the ICC is committed to generating economic benefits for South Australia and helping realise its potential as an innovation and technology incubation destination

Innovation & Collaboration Centre

“When we joined the Venture Catalyst program, it just took our name out there and put it into the global domain.”
– Harrison Box, Venture Catalyst Space participant

“Venture Catalyst has been a great entry point for us to get into Australia."
– Migel Tissera, Venture Catalyst Space participant

“Failures and setbacks have taught me much, so learn to fail fast and fail gracefully."
– Ethan Tan, ICC Industry Expert

“Expertise informs what should be done; experience guides how to get it done. Access to both will accelerate your start-up’s journey."
– Nigel O'Neill, ICC Industry Expert

“Grow your network. It’s about who you know and a global mindset. Just because it may be new or not work out locally, doesn’t mean it hasn't already been conceived elsewhere - there could be opportunities to find new connections and collaborate.”
– Stephanie Wan, ICC Industry Expert

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