Are you currently developing or have developed a new, novel and innovative product, service, process or technology?
Curtin Accelerate is a free program that runs over ten weeks for aspiring or established business owners wanting to grow their entrepreneurial capabilities and acquire tools to take their innovative product or service to market quickly and effectively
Our facilitators and mentors are some of the world’s leading innovators and startup founders. Previous cohorts have had the opportunity to learn from high profile individuals such as venture consultant Larry Lopez, Kanopy founder Olivia Humphrey, and angel investor Bill Tai.
In addition, participants receive a $5,000 equity-free grant, access to Curtin University infrastructure and resources, networking opportunities, and gain the capability to build great products or services.
At the conclusion of the program, founders present their innovative idea to Western Australia’s business leadership community, at our annual Pitch Night.
Information about joining Curtin Accelerate 2025 will be released later this year. In the meantime, for more information about this program, email entrepreneurship@curtin.edu.au.
2024 Accelerate Cohort
Curtin University is pleased to announce the 13 teams participating in the 2024 Accelerate program. This diverse group of companies, who are rapidly developing the next generation of innovative products and services to benefit society, will over the next 12-weeks convert their business into a scaleable venture taking their innovations to market.
- Tempo: A marketplace connecting health providers and gig economy health professionals to fill shifts and contracts in aged care.
- Thetford Industries: taking the ‘pain’ out of ‘painting’, Thetford Industries is looking to bring their world-first innovative painting solution to market, saving time and money for private and commercial painting projects.
- RapidGraphite: a pioneering technology transforming carbon into battery-grade graphite, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries, within seconds.
- ANI Research: An intuitive web platform empowering small business owners to conduct their own market research.
- TECHT: A real-time corrosion monitoring and protection system for gold mining processing tanks.
- Health and Spice: Producers of ‘tigernut milk’, a plant-based milk alternative.
- Popup-ing: An online marketplace connecting businesses and landlords for pop-up spaces.
- DASH: A fully integrated web platform simplifying life admin for busy professionals.
- COMPAS-S: A digital suicide screening tool using predictive algorithms to reduce suicidal behaviour.
- Brightstride: ‘Bright Bonds’ – a financing instrument to fund climate change programs through local governments.
- Spectrum Wear: Everyday street wear with inbuilt tactile experiences to allow people with neurodivergent or sensory issues to self-regulate.
- GridTec: An Innovative electrical grid solution that tackles the overwhelming demand of building and renovating dwellings across Australia.
- CamPLUS: A student-focused mobile app and advanced learning management system that integrates all channels that service a student’s time at university.
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Success stories
More than 60 businesses have participated in Curtin Accelerate, moving on to launch highly innovative products, receive substantial investment funding and win industry awards.
VetChip
VetChip is a world-first smart technology providing accurate, real-time analytics and health monitoring for animal owners and veterinarians.
Curtin engineering graduates Ross Khambatta and Zyrus Khambatta participated in the Curtin Accelerate 2021 program along with co-founders Garnett Hall and Maxwell Hall to finetune their innovation. Later that year, the team submitted their innovation to the Curtinnovation Awards and won the Science and Engineering Prize.
Fibre Economy
Fibre Economy is a social enterprise working towards a world without textile waste. The organisation established a workwear recycling program that provides donation systems at remote mine sites across Western Australia along with community workshops addressing textile waste through education and awareness.
Curtin fashion design alumni Molly Ryan and Claudi Janse Van Rensburg and co-founder Shannon Itzein have trialled their system for the past two years, collecting more than 700kg worth of mining uniforms.
Hyprfire
Hyprfire is a cyber-security company developing software solutions to detect and mitigate malware transfer and denial of service attacks.
Its products are based on cybersecurity research at Curtin, which won the overall Curtinnovation Awards prize in 2017. Curtin PhD candidate, Stefan Prandl then participated in the Curtin Accelerate 2018 program to build the business model and go-to-market strategy. The company has now raised $2.25 million and is actively selling its software solution.