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Featured In the Media

  • What Australia Still Doesn’t Get About Deep Tech

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Australia’s Deep Tech Founders Need Better Capital, Not Bigger Dreams

    UNSW Founders - Investors Summit Feature

  • ‘Push Hard and Go Early’: NRF Investment Approach up for Debate

    UNSW Founders - Investors Summit Feature

  • Neural Notes: Why the Best AI Startups Might Not Exist Yet

    David Burt

  • David Burt leaning on wall with deep tech background with Business News Australia logo

    UNSW Founders, Luminary Partners to Back 18 Deeptech Startups with $3.6m

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Amelia Bio founder smiling with doctor appointment in the background with Daily Mail logo

    The Little-known Sexually Transmitted Disease That Can Cause INFERTILITY - and it's on the Rise in Australia

    Amelia Bio | Health 10x Alum Feature

  • David Burt with Money in background with Smart Company logo

    UNSW Founders to Fund 18 Startups with $200,000 Each

    10x Accelerator Feature

  • David Burt with deep tech background with Capital Brief logo

    UNSW Teams up With Luminary Partners for $3.6m Deep Tech Startup Boost

    10x Accelerator Feature

  • Hoogly founders team smiling with team meeting in the background with startupdaily logo

    Workplace Culture Platform Hoogly Takes the World by Storm, Winning UK and US Awards as it Closes $1 million Raise

    Hoogly | 10x Alum Feature

  • Levur founders smiling in lab gear with lab worker in background with Capital Brief logo

    Aussie Biotech Startup Secures $1.2m to Disrupt Palm Oil Market with Lab-grown Oils

    Levur | 10x Alum Feature

  • Hullbot founders team smiling with team working in the background with The Australian logo

    Top 25 Entrepreneurs Breaking New Ground in Australia

    Hullbot | Defence 10x Alum Feature

  • Kylie Frazer smiling at camera with investors writing in the background with Capital Brief logo

    Kylie Frazer Joins UNSW Founders as its First Investor-in-Residence

    UNSW Angel Investor Program Feature

  • Hayley North, New Wave alum smiling holding a fake brain with bed in background with Sunrise logo

    Hangxiety in The Spotlight

    Hayley North | New Wave Alum Feature

  • Pregnant woman having a checkup at the doctors with Gold Coast Bulletin logo

    New IVF Technique Shows How to Select Best Sperm to Achieve Pregnancy

    NeoGenix Bioscences | 10x Alum Feature

  • Group Photo excited with arms in the air and happy with an Australian map behind with Medium logo

    From Research Powerhouse to Global Medtech Leader: Australia’s Missing Commercialisation Link

    Joseph Po Oped

  • Hayley North, New Wave alum smiling holding a fake brain with bed in background with Sunrise logo

    Concerningly High Number of Aussies on Sleeping Pills

    Hayley North | New Wave Alum Feature

  • Breaker Founders smiling at camera with The Australian logo

    From a Galaxy Far, Far Away: The AI Behind Star Wars-like Robots

    Breaker | Defence 10x Alum Feature

  • David Burt smiling at camera with Forbes logo

    The Secret to ‘UNSW Founders’ Success

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Dina Titkova smiling with doctor appointment in the background with Women's Agenda logo

    Women’s Health Innovation is Australia’s Multi-billion Dollar Opportunity

    Dina Titkova Oped

  • Psylo Founders smiling at camera with PR Newswire logo

    Psylo Announces First Close on $8 Million Series Seed Financing to Advance Neuroplastogens

    Psylo | 10x Alum Feature

  • LLEAF Founder with award with Innovation AUS logo

    $2.5m of Singapore-Australia Green Innovation Grants Finalised

    LLEAF | 10x Alum Feature

  • Group of Angel Investors with Financial Review logo

    How to Become an Angel Investor

    UNSW Angel Investor Program Feature

  • Drone Tech Company Aerologix Flying High After Closing $4.2 Million Raise

    Aerologix | 10x Alum Feature

  • 10,000: The Magic Number to Build Entrepreneurship

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Biotech Startup Pikkl smiling at camera with tech background with SmartCompany Logo

    Biotech Startup Pikkl Wins The Pitch With Pledge to Generate Energy From Algae

    Pikkl | PFC Alum Feature

  • Doctor working with blood samples and paperwork with SmartCompany logo

    How Startup Accelerator Health 10X is Transforming The Landscape for Women’s Healthcare

    Health 10x Feature

  • Woman smiling at camera with a UNSW Founders shirt and climate landscape in background with SmartCompany logo

    UNSW Accelerator Receives $1.6 Million to Uncover The Best Climate Tech Startups

    Climate 10x Feature

  • Photo of New Wave Winners with a startup working in the background with SmartCompany logo

    From Cancer Detection to a Rollerskating club: The Female-led Startups Awarded in UNSW Founders’ New Wave program

    New Wave Feature

  • Photo of UNSW Sydney campus with work building in background with Financial Review logo

    UNSW Claims Title of Australia’s Most Entrepreneurial Uni, Again

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Top down of a startuo team working on their business with books and a cityscape behind them with Business News Australia logo

    Tech Council Urges Merger Reforms to Consider Aussie Startup Dependence on Acquisitions for Exits

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Man smiling at camera with business workers on computer in the background with Capital Brief logo

    'We Risk Stifling Innovation': Startups, Tech Council Cool on Labor's Merger Changes

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • David Burt with photo of Sydney Opera House in background with The Australian logo

    Why Australia Needs Start-up Funds Like Breakthrough Victoria

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • One person going up an escalator  with a team working in the background with Forbes Australia logo

    Why is it so Hard to Find Exit Education? Three Things Founders Should Consider

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Photo of an Australian startup team with city landscape in background with Capital Brief logo

    Australian Startup Funding Shows Mixed Recovery Amid Global Headwinds

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Photo of someone signing a contract with Capital Brief logo

    Cutthroat Competition

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Man in full lab PPE gear working at bench in medical lab with The Age logo

    State-backed Fund Faces Chop After Pumping Millions into Failed Medical Company

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Calculator with finance tables and statistics with Financial Review logo

    Do You Live in a Region Without a Uni? This $67m Boost Could Help

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • David Burt leaning on wall with UNSW Sydney campus in background with startupdaily logo.

    Why UNSW is Australia’s Best University for Building Successful Entrepreneurs

    David Burt Oped

  • Investor Zamel holding a flashlight with business statistic papers in background with The Australian logo

    Investor Zamel Says it’s Time to Give Back

    UNSW Founders Feature

  • Small metal robot-like characters with lots of hands holding phones in the background with startupdaily logo

    The Federal Government’s Proposed Social Media Ban Will Condemn Young Australians to Digital Illiteracy

    David Burt Oped

  • Calculator with startup business budget spreadsheet with startupdaily logo

    The Budget is Trying to Fix Things for Startup Innovation That Aren’t Broken

    David Burt Oped

  • Photo of UNSW Sydney campus with economic paperwork in the background with the startupdaily logo.

    University Entrepreneurship Programs are Central to Australia’s Economic Recovery

    David Burt Oped

  • Two women looking at a laptop with startup packages around them with The Australian logo

    The Women Smashing the Start-up Stereotypes

    Kristen Phillips & New Wave Feature

  • Woman working at computer on tech business with The Sydney Morning Herald logo.

    ‘Time and time again I’m overlooked’: Women Locked Out of Tech Funding

    New Wave Feature

  • Diverse group of women standing with their arms in the 'x' symbol and the Business Builders logo.

    Women’s Equality Should be Championed Every Day, Not Just One Day a Year

    Kristen Phillips Oped