NSW Accelerators

At Spark, we LOVE accelerators, incubators and other growth opportunities, they play a crucial role in the ecosystem. These programs often gather advisors, mentors, peers and even funding opportuntities to speed up the growth of your venture. 

Read on for some incredible opportunities that are closing soon, and click through to learn if they are right for you. 

Currently Recruiting

10x Accelerator Founders Program

Founders 10x is our flagship industry agnostic accelerator, tailored for high-potential tech enabled startups who are founded by current UNSW students, staff or alumni. The program is specifically designed to get founders investment ready and see this as their most suitable growth strategy. 

Sydney

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Remarkable

16-week bespoke programming plus seed funding for disability tech startups. This includes the intersection of disability, health and aging.
Two cohorts running concurrently:
- Global startups, based outside the US: $100k AUD for 6%
- US-based startups: $55k USD as a SAFE
Closes 29 April
Sydney/online

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Aginic Ventures

Building big change startups. At Aginic Ventures, we partner with purposeful entrepreneurs to develop and launch tech startups. We’re at our best when we’re building data-led SaaS (software as a service) products.

Online

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Skalata Ventures

No cookie-cutter lectures, no out-of-touch mentors, no magic bullets. Just you and your team executing at the highest level.

Australia

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Startup Year UNSW Founders

The UNSW Startup Year program is an extraordinary year-long incubator program designed to support aspiring founders launch and accelerate their ideas. 

Discover if this is the right fit for you by attending a Startup Year Bootcamp.

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Rapid Value Creation at UTS Startups

The UTS Startups flagship RVC program is an entrepreneurship education program like no other. RVC proposes a new kind of systematic style of entrepreneurship that provides a more consistent way to enhance your personal financial situation. The RVC style of entrepreneurship does not depend on blind passion and visionary ideation and "luck".  It combines a data-driven approach with customer visualisation techniques.

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Founder Institute

The Founder Institute program will help you to get to traction and funding with a support network of startup experts that are invested in your success, and through a structured business-building process that has helped their alumni raise over $1 billion.

Australia 

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Ongoing Programs

AI Build Club

Build club was founded because AI is exciting and we want to play a role in driving inclusive AI innovation into the world.

X: https://twitter.com/the_builderclub

 

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UWS Launch Pad

The Western Sydney Uni Launch Pad Ignition Startup Accelerator helps founders refine their value proposition and business model. There is a strong emphasis on a rigorous approach to problem and solution validation. Participants should exit the accelerator ready to build their minimum viable product. As part of Launch Pad’s Women and Multicultural Program, you may be eligible for a $10,000 grant once you complete Ignition Startup Accelerator (*T&C apply). Apply before Feb 4.

Sydney

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UTS Startups

UTS Startups is the home of entrepreneurship at UTS. We inspire students to be entrepreneurs and support them at scale.

Develop the skills, knowledge and confidence that you need to explore entrepreneurship in your career.

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Cicada MedLab Commercialisation 101

Nurturing the next wave of Australian medtech and biotech innovators. Through a mix of curated online content, experiential workshops, and mentoring from experts and peers, participants will learn how to identify unmet market needs, understand clinical context, and validate innovative medical technology.

Australia Wide + Online

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MQi Startup Membership

Incubator Membership provides early stage and scaling startups with access to a supportive community of like-minded founders, training and personal development through regular workshops delivered year round by industry leaders, connections to a network of over 40 experts for on-demand mentoring and support, links to leading university research networks and access to an award winning work space managed by our dedicated team.

Sydney

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INCUBATE

INCUBATE is the award-winning startup program at the University of Sydney. This well-respected accelerator funds students, alumni and researchers to launch high-potential startups through their accelerator and also supports student entrepreneurs through their community activities.

Sydney + Online

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Aginic Ventures

Building big change startups. At Aginic Ventures, we partner with purposeful entrepreneurs to develop and launch tech startups. We’re at our best when we’re building data-led SaaS (software as a service) products.

Online

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Farmers to Founders

Farmers2Founders runs multiple national, global, state based, regional and sector specific programs each year.

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The Melt Accelerator

For Startups, building great hardware products is difficult. And a great product doesn’t necessarily mean a great business. The Melt Accelerator is everything startups need to build great hardware products whilst ensuring the business model is sound, sustainable and successful.

Sydney

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Galileo Accelerator

 

Galileo Accelerator, our growth program, will help you sell more, to the right customers, and develop the skills every founder needs to operate and scale an early stage startup.

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Antler Australia

Antler is a global early-stage VC helping build the defining companies of tomorrow by investing in the most exceptional people in Australia.

Australia Wide

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SBE Explore

SBE Australia’s Explore program helps you bring an idea to life. It will help give female founders the skills, networks and tools to get started without the pain points commonly experience by founders.

Australia-wide

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Founder Institute

The Founder Institute program will help you to get to traction and funding with a support network of startup experts that are invested in your success, and through a structured business-building process that has helped their alumni raise over $1 billion.

Australia 

MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS HERE