Accelerators
Our 10x Accelerator programs (Health, Defence, Climate, and All Industries) help founders grow and become investment and impact-ready.
Startups will receive seed funding and 10 weeks of accelerated learning from experts and mentors.
Applications for 2024 are closed. Applications will open in April for 2025. Apply for the Pre Accelerator today!
The Program
Our 10-week intensive program is tailored to equip founders with the essential skills required to build successful businesses. We go beyond the basics. We delve into the complexities of growing a business and becoming investment-ready. Our founders emerge not just with knowledge, but with a robust, actionable strategy for success.
Program Details
The Founders 10x Accelerator is our flagship program, tailored for high-potential tech-enabled startups.
Our Accelerator has five streams:
All Industries (10x)*: tailored for high-potential tech-enabled startups from any industry.
Health (H10x): run in partnership with The George Institute for Global Health (TGI), for teams developing affordable and scalable solutions to some of the most pressing unmet medical needs, globally.
Defence (D10x): for startups whose innovation addresses the defence needs of Australia and our allies.
Climate (C10x): if your startup helps Australia and the world transition to sustainable recycling and clean energy solutions and systems.
Health, Defence & Climate are open to ANY Australian startup (no UNSW affiliation required)
*All Industries (10x) open to startups with at least one founder who is a UNSW student, staff, or alumni.
We operate the program in two phases: Pre X program (4 weeks) and Accelerator (10 weeks). Fifteen teams per stream will be accepted into the Pre X program which is recommended but not compulsory for participation in the Accelerator. Each 10x stream takes 6 startups onto the Accelerator program both from external applications and Pre X startups that have applied to participate in the 10x Accelerator
Program Benefits
If you are accepted into the 10x Accelerator, you’ll receive:
Seed funding as a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE)
An opportunity to pitch your startup to investors at Demo Night
10 weeks of accelerated learning from industry and startup experts via workshops, mentoring, and collaborative activities
Weekly 1:1 meetings with our Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Access to a co-working space with UNSW Founders in Residence for 6 months after the program, ongoing coaching, networking, and educational events
Post Program ongoing support with capital raising, grant & funding applications, going global, media and PR support.
Westpac Accelerator Scholarships: Financial support for women and non-binary founders to go all-in. By application, with three scholarships awarded valued at $20,000 each.
Westpac Accelerator Scholarships: Financial support for women and non-binary founders to go all-in
With proud support from Westpac, we’re offering three Westpac Accelerator Scholarships valued at $20,000 each to offer financial support to women and non-binary founders who are successful in joining UNSW Founders 10x Accelerator programs with their high-potential startup.
Applications open April.
Grow fast, raise capital, or go global
Founders 10x is our flagship industry-agnostic accelerator, tailored for high-potential tech-enabled startups that are founded by current UNSW students, staff, or alumni. Our program is specifically designed to get startups investment ready.
Scale solutions to major health challenges
UNSW Founders and The George Institute for Global Health have partnered to deliver a unique national program accelerating the business growth of startups developing affordable and scalable solutions for major health challenges.
Go from concept to sovereign capability
If you’re a startup whose innovation addresses the defence needs of Australia and our allies, Defence 10x is the program that can help you make it happen. Defence 10x provides startups with access to education, capital, networks, and shared infrastructure that accelerate product development and commercialisation. Defence 10x is a national program and is open to any registered Australian startup.
High impact solutions decarbonising the planet
The Climate 10x Accelerator program is being established as part of the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE), a federally funded program awarded to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Newcastle (UoN) to boost R&D and drive commercialisation outcomes, that will help Australia and the world transition to sustainable recycling and clean energy solutions and systems.
THE LAST COHORT
THE LAST COHORT
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