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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.

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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.

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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.

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Latest news - January 2023

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Welcome to 2023

Check out what happened in January! More things to come this month.

News highlights

Mikhail Asavkin

Robotics startup goes up a gear

Venture Catalyst Space alumni, ANT61, is seeing huge success in 2023. Following his participation in the VCS program last year, founder Mikhail Asavkin has secured a $150K research grant to investigate the effective docking of maintenance robots onto satellites. ANT61 is also involved in an incredible UniSA Masters project on industrial AI. Finally, the startup has also recieved $25K from investment firm Blackbird. A huge congratulations to Mikhail!

G20

Space founder helping the G20

Grahaa Space founder and Venture Catalyst Space graduate, Ramesh Kumar, has joined the an international task force. The task force is a G20 engagement group representing the global business community with a mandate to deliver actionable policy recommendations. Ramesh and his task force peers will work over the next seven months to address issues related to G20 nations, including policy interventions, funding framework mechanisms, and the a technology collaboration platform.

EH Building

Settling in to an exciting space

The ICC team and ICC startups are settling in to our new home in UniSA's Enterprise Hub at 9 Light Square. The state-of-the-art facilities, including an incredible co-working space and incubation suite, will heighten our collaborative ecosystem. We look forward to seeing our community at the Hub, and hosting our new events.

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Upcoming events

Marketing event

Marketing to business & government

It's one thing to market direct to consumers, it's another when your customers are businesses or government entities. This is a unique masterclass on B2B and B2G marketing! Join award-winning marketing scientist, Professor John Dawes and growth expert Ann Angel for this unique discussion.

It's on April 12 at 12:00pm at the Enterprise Hub

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“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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