The Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) is the University of South Australia's startup incubator.
The ICC engages with the community through the delivery of community events, workshops and programs which draw on the research and professional expertise of UniSA and our partners, to support the generation of new startups and the growth of existing companies.
The ICC is headquartered in Adelaide and has a regional Centre in Whyalla, South Australia.
The ICC team is made up of staff and a wide range of affiliates, partners and supporters.
Learn about our startups in the Venture Catalyst and Venture Catalyst Space programs and ICC residents.
The ICC and Venture Catalyst Space startups work closely with our resident entrepreneurs.
In April 2018, the ICC moved from the Catherine Helen Spence building to UniSA’s brand new Cancer Research Institute across the road from the City West campus. The $247 million, 14-story building houses South Australia’s largest cohort of cancer researchers at the Centre for Cancer Biology, UniSA’s School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Australia’s future focused museum MOD. and the ICC.
The new ICC incorporates open plan collaborative space, dedicated offices, flexible seminar spaces and meeting rooms and a workshop for prototyping to provide a full suite of services to our early stage companies.
University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute
The Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) is a strategic partnership between the University of South Australia (UniSA) and the South Australian Government, supporting technology-based incubation and business growth.
By leveraging UniSA's expertise in business growth, creative thinking, 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 SMEs, students and entrepreneurs can access a wide range of expertise to help them develop their products and grow their business.
Through the various stakeholders, the ICC provides a unique environment that offers services and expertise in business growth (Centre for Business Growth), business management, strategy and marketing (UniSA Business School), commercialisation (UniSA Ventures), design (Match Studio) and technology (UniSA IT).
With a combination of co-working spaces, hot desks, meeting/teaching rooms and a flexible seminar area, the ICC is well equipped to deliver industry focused education, workshops and events.
A place of choice for entrepreneurs, small to medium enterprises, industry and research to collaborate engage and test new ideas, resulting in the creation of new and the growth of existing enterprises, and economic prosperity for the State of South Australia.
To accelerate and support the creation of new and the growth of existing businesses in South Australia by providing funding, support and access for enterprises, students, and small to medium enterprises, to local and global services, knowledge, and the commercial expertise of the University of South Australia and the State Government.
The Innovation & Collaboration Centre's 2019 – 2020 Annual Report is available to download. (pdf 10mb)
