UNSW and Sydney’s Innovation System
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Slides assembled by CIE to provide an overview about who is offering what kind of support to the innovation system at UNSW and surrounds.
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Not meant to be completely exhaustive, but a good start
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Proposals and projects still under development not mentioned to maintain their confidentiality (let us know when you’re “live”)
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UNSW’s Innovation System Type
Example
Comment
Research
Various faculty (see “faculty” page at CIE) • Mainly within ASB, but also across Science, Engineering, CSE, COFA, FBE
Faculty are subject to NSi IP disclosures. Students own their IP, but may still engage NSi
Commercialization
NewSouth Innovations, Intellectual Ventures
Faculty are subject to NSi IP disclosures. Students own their IP, but may still engage NSi
Community Engagement
Alumni Relations (e.g., ASB), CIE
Meet the CEO events, networking events
Teaching
See “courses & diploma” page: • UP and PG Programs, incl. Diploma in Innovation Management, MTIM, MBT, Grad Cert in Research Management & Commercialization, … • 30+ Courses, incl. STRE2010, electives in Diploma (also for non-Diploma students)
Opportunities exist to develop PG programs similar to UG Diploma in Innovation Management
Career placement
Careers & Employment (WILEd), INOV4101
INOV4101 work placements are for course credit. No obligation for payment
Student Societies
EntSoc, SIFE, CSCS, IceClub
See ARC list for more
Peer-support for budding entrepreneurs
Drop-in Brown Bag Lunch series
Alternating Wed & Thurs lunch. See CIE’s calendar for details
Sydney’s Innovation System Type
Example
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Stage
Competitions & courses
CIE@UNSW, Adelaide, USyd, UQ, UTS, more
Courses, competitions, research
Pre-$
University Commercialization
NewSouth Innovations, Intellectual Ventures
IP focused
All
Co-location
Fishburners, Vibewire
Mainly B2C internet plays
Early
Facilities
ATP Innovations
More tech park than incubator
Mid
Networking (events)
AusCleanTech, Entrepreneurial Chase, Entourage, Head over Heels, Let’s Talk Business, Meetup (YE), Seed Accelerator, StartupCamp, SydStart, Tech23, TiE
Events (incl. networking, peersupport, mentoring, awards)
Early-mid
Networking (virtual)
Silicon Beach
Very technical (web start-ups)
Early
Seed funding
Innovation Bay, PushStart, StartMate, Sydney Angels
With mentoring
Early
Venture Capital
AVCAL, PE, VCs
Mid- late-stage Funding
Mid-late
Corporations
Professional service firms (E&Y, Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, DibbsBarker, Spruson&Fergusen), Banks (ANZ, NAB, CommBank, WorldBank), Industry (Atlassian, Cap-XX, Cisco, Cochlear, Dell, Google, HP, IBM, MSoft, ResMed, RosesOnly, Zip), Non-profits (CrisisCommons, Mozilla)
Professional services, event sponsors, market access
All
Education, training
CEO School, MBE Education, MEGA, NSW Enterprise Workshop, SPESE, Social Entrep. School
For existing entrepreneurs
Mid
Technical co-founders
Pollenizer
Fee for service & equity partner
Early
Ecosystem supporters
ATS, DIISR, NSW I&I
Reports, funding (matching)
Mid-Late
R&D
CSIRO, NICTA
Largely government funded
Pre-$
Press
AntHill, BRW, SMH, StartupSmart
Keeping the buzz going
All
Education, training
ClubKidpreneur, iChallenge, Schools Entrepreneur
Pre-uni
K-12
Research
University academics
Australia-wide
N/A
Innovation System Schematic
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