How UNSW Founders Climate 10x Accelerator is helping founders get their solutions to market faster!

Doone Roisin, founder of Female Startup Club, has donated $5,000 to the University of New South Wales’ New Wave program, a philanthropic initiative that provides mentorship, funding and resources to female entrepreneurs in a bid to close the gender gap in entrepreneurship. The donation establishes the “Doone Roisin Business Innovation Award,” which will provide two women entrepreneurs with $2,500 each to help them develop their business ideas

We’re shining a light on UNSW Founders alumni and portfolio company givvable.com. Co-founded by sisters Frances Atkins and Naomi Vowels, givvable is a smart platform used by companies and governments to screen, track and map the sustainability and ESG actions of suppliers to their targets. After working in the corporate world for 15 years, Frances decided to change her career trajectory and enrolled in the MBA (Executive) program at UNSW’s AGSM. It was during her studies, in 2019, Frances discovered the UNSW Founders New Wave program.

We are the most comprehensive university entrepreneurship program in the country. And this year, The Australian ranked UNSW 1st for producing venture-backed entrepreneurs. Check out our 2022 year-in-review video which outlines all our achievements and our even bigger plans for 2023.