Meet our startups
Every year, the Founders Program supports many startups and projects to get their ventures off the ground.
Discover some of their groundbreaking ideas here. To continue inspiring curiosity, bright ideas and the next generation consider supporting UNSW Founders.
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- 2023
- 2024
- 3D Animation
- Aeronautics
- Aged Care
- Agentic Internet
- Agriculture
- AI
- AI Infrastructure
- AI ocean forecasting
- AI Risk
- Artificial Intelligence
- Assistive AI
- Audit
- Augmented Reality
- Automation
- B10x
- B2B
- B2C
- biomanufacturing
- Biomarkers
- Branding
- C10x
- Chemistry
- Chronic Pain
- Circular Packaging
- climate
- Climate
- Climate risk
- Construction
- Cybersecurity
- D10x
- Data
- Deep Tech
- Defence
- Disinfection
- Drones
- Edtech
- Education
- Edutech
- Emergency Response
- Energy
- Energy Storage
- ESG
- Experiences
- Fintech
- Forecasting
- Future of Work
- Garments
- Genomics
- Gifting
- H10x
- Hardware
- Hardware and Robotics
- Health
- HR Tech
- IVF
- Law
- Marine data intelligence
- Marketplace
- Material Imaging
- Medtech
- Mental Health
- Nanomaterials
- Packaging
- Parking
- Parkinsons
- Physical Therapy
- Plastics
- Productivity
- Racing
- Research
- Resilence
- Retail
- Reviews
- RNA
- Robotics
- S10x
- SaaS
- Security
- Solar operations
- Space
- Space & Intelligence
- Sustainability
- Synthetic Biology
- Talent Marketplace
- Video
- Virtual Reality
- Vision
- Wastewater
- Wearables
- Wellness
- Women-Founded
- Workflow Automation
- Y Combinator
Contactile
Giving robots a human sense of touch and enabling dexterous robotic gripping.
Developed and spun out new tactile sensor technology from UNSW research | Raised $2.5M seed round led by Silicon Valley’s True Ventures
LLEAF
LLEAF engineers sunlight to help the world’s crops grow bigger, faster. LLEAF films shift sunlight towards the red side of the spectrum which plants can photosynthesise more efficiently.
Launched pilot solar lab | Raised $3.5m seed investment
Sun-shifting startup LLEAF opens vast new Sydney laboratory
Agtech startup Lleaf raises $3.5 million to grow better plants
Forcite
Forcite is the world’s first ECE approved mass-produced smart motorcycle helmet system. It features a patented visual alerting system, integrated camera and audio technology.
Acquired by GoPro | Raised $6M Series A from VC and Equity Crowdfunding
Founders: Alfred Boyadgis and Julian (Jay) Chow
GoPro to acquire Forcite, maker of tech-enabled helmets
Smart motorbike helmet company Forcite rides $6 million raise