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The University of Newcastle is continually producing innovative start-ups to solve real-world problems.

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Our researchers drive discoveries that challenge conventional thinking, break new ground and change lives. We are a research-intensive university and proud of the great things we have achieved with our partners in industry, business, government and the community, here and around the world.

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Upcoming events

Event • 21 Mar 2024 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Idea Workshop: Business Experiments

Are you tinkering away on a new product or service? Understand your customer, product and market to build smarter and go faster.

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Startup Stories - Fletcher Roberts and Jock Haslam (Hashlock)

Hear the experiences of an entrepreneur and business owner – the highs, the lows, the wins, the mistakes, the inside story.

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News • 21 Nov 2023

Meet the female founders making their mark in the world

Twelve teams - all led by inspiring women - are harnessing the training, knowledge, resources and support provided by the team at I2N to turn their entrepreneurial ideas into success.

News • 1 Nov 2023

Build without code, scale with code

Kelvin Htat, University of Newcastle Alumni, is the founder of Licode, a no-code platform that enables people to visually build scalable software applications.

News • 4 Oct 2023

A community organisation fighting to end sexual violence

Sarah Williams, University of Newcastle student, is the founder of What Were You Wearing (WWYW), a non for profit organisation providing education, awareness and advocacy on sexual violence.

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I2N startups and scaleups

Check out the stories of the innovators and entrepreneurs who have taken advantage of I2N events, programs and coworking to make valuable connections, build entrepreneurship capabilities and create new businesses.

Type Strong

Type Strong

Type Strong founder, Ryan Lecchi, is helping Type-1 & Type-2 diabetics live an active lifestyle without disruption.

Compeat Nutrition

Compeat Nutrition

Daniel and Alicia Edge are cofounders of Compeat Nutrition, an online sports nutrition platform, aiming to take professionals out of the clinic and deliver the best performance nutrition advice anywhere, anytime..

MGA Thermal

MGA Thermal

The idea of storing energy as heat is not new, but the metal blend MGA Thermal has invented is. It’s 1/10th the cost of materials of batteries and unlike batteries has the ability to store energy for over the longer term.

Design Nuts

Design Nuts

Kylie Burrett of Design Nuts (formerly Nuts and Bolts Design) believes that most people are capable of drawing in the same way most people are capable of reading.

Diffuse Energy

Diffuse Energy

Three UON Engineers have discovered a way to double the energy production of standard wind turbines and are charging through the commercialisation pathway for their research discovery.

Hone

Hone

Three years ago, Antony Martin of Hone Agriculture and his team of 12 were just three PhD students in a sorghum field trying to breed the best version of the cereal grain for a biofuels project.

Cloudsense

Cloudsense

CloudSense Solution Architect, Hrvoje Tutman, is leveraging the I2N's links to University of Newcastle graduate talent to build his R&D team in Newcastle city.

iSeeVC

iSeeVC

Dr. Gary Ellem, Dani Lloyd-Prichard and their team at iSeeVC are revolutionising video conferencing by hosting digital conversations in virtual worlds

Creatures and Co

Creatures and Co

Yolanda Surjan is the founder of RadVet, a startup which uses proven radiation therapy for humans and applies it to skin cancers for animals. Since 2017 RadVet has been delivering clinical trials for this radiation therapy to horses, cats and dogs in Sydney.

Teledermatologist

Teledermatologist

Murray Corbett, Andrew Stace and Kesley Kernes are drastically reducing patient wait times and connecting remote communities to the services they need

Virtual Intern

Virtual Intern

Virtual Intern founder, Tricia Martin, is moving the needle on her startup with Venture Mentor Service (VMS).

Feedback Organic

Feedback Organic

Feedback Organic founder, David Sivyer, is solving food waste, one urban farm at a time.