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Uniseed

Uniseed is a unique commercialisation fund that invests in innovative technologies, helping researchers from partner research organizations turn their ideas into products and services. The company focuses on innovations that solve market problems and create a positive impact on the community. Uniseed provides seed capital investment, expert guidance, network access, and commercialisation support to help develop and scale innovations. They have invested in a broad range of technology sectors and have successfully exited twelve investments. Uniseed collaborates with leading research organizations and a superannuation fund to support its mission of seeding technology ventures that can change the world for the better.

Sector
Venture capital (university/research commercialisation)
Business model
Venture fund
Founded
2000
Headquarters
Saint Lucia
Markets
Australia

Sources: startupdaily.net, globalventuring.com, superscout.co

1person interviewed
4episodes across 2 shows

The team on Day One

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Milestones

  1. Oct 2000 Established as A$20M JV between Melbourne and Queensland unis globalventuring.com
  2. Nov 2015 Launched $50M Fund-3 with five university partners globalventuring.com
  3. Nov 2023 Five new university partners joined Uniseed globalventuring.com
  4. Oct 2025 CEO Peter Devine stepped down after 20 years startupdaily.net

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