UNSW Pioneering Investors Summit

Real defensibility comes from real innovation

Breakthroughs in science, engineering, and technology don’t just reshape industries- they build new ones. UNSW Pioneering Investors Summit is a half-day event exploring how investors can build conviction and confidence in backing frontier technologies.

👂🏻 Hear from top investors backing world-changing deep tech
🧠 Learn how to invest without needing a science degree
✅ Understand the macro trends and risks shaping the future

Immerse Yourself in Deep Tech

Google Sydney · Wed 28 May · From 12:30PM
A full agenda and speaker lineup will follow - for now, save the date

The event is organised by UNSW Founders and proudly supported by UNSW, Investment NSW, Gilbert + Tobin, Google Cloud Australia.

1. Investing in Sovereign Capability: Risks We Can’t Afford

Explore how deep tech is shaping national security, energy resilience, and economic independence—and why investors can’t afford to sit this one out.

2. Deep Tech Economics: From Cost Centre to Capital Magnet

A practical workshop for early-stage investors on funding timelines, risk profiles, and how to back science-led startups with confidence.

3. The Deep Tech Investment Edge: What Generalists Miss

Learn how leading investors build conviction in frontier technologies—and where the biggest long-term wins will come from.

4. How to Think Like a Deep Tech Investor

Not a scientist? No problem. Discover how to evaluate breakthrough innovation, ask smarter diligence questions, and separate hype from real technical advantage.

Featured Speakers

  • Martijn Wilder

    National Reconstruction Fund Corporation

  • Michael Harries

    Partner at Robotics Hub VC

  • Elaine Stead

    Main Sequence Ventures

  • Sarah Nolet

    Tenacious Ventures

  • Anthony Liveris

    Proto Axiom

  • Michael Tolo

    Blackbird

  • David Burt

    UNSW Founders

  • Kylie Frazer

    Flying Fox Ventures

Save the Date for the
UNSW Pioneering Investors Summit

👂🏻 Hear from top investors backing world-changing deep tech
🧠 Learn how to invest without needing a science degree
✅ Understand the macro trends and risks shaping the future


A full agenda and speaker lineup will follow - for now, save the date

Wednesday 28 May from 12:30PM at Google Sydney, One Darling Island Rd, Pyrmont

The event is organised by UNSW Founders and proudly supported by UNSW, Investment NSW, Gilbert + Tobin, Google Cloud Australia.