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Kelp, tiny homes and surfboards: Innovation hub’s second cohort pitch ideas

With a range of outstanding ideas, from solving home ownership issues to reportedly creating one of the world's fastest surfboards, it is clear South Coast entrepreneurs are pushing the limits of innovation.

Me3D’s BuildBee gets its first big integration

BuildBee, the startup's core software product just got its first integration with Autodesk's Tinkercad.

Up-and-coming Stars of iAccelerate’s Business & Innovation Community at Pitch Final 2019

iAccelerate's annual Pitch Final competition for the year 2019 concluded on the evening of 17th October. Five resident companies made it to the finals after meticulous training, coaching, mentoring and participating in a semi-final competition the night before to be voted into the final five. Patrick Peardon from Batloc however won many hearts including the judges with his sharp and enthusiastic pitch and was the clear champion of the evening.

Opportunities for residents through global partnerships

iAccelerate is expanding globally with new partnerships in Sri Lanka,Vietnam, and Portugal - all announced within the last few months. Residents at iAccelerate will now have the opportunity to work and/or expand their businesses overseas, and residents from partnering companies can get a taste of Australia in return.

Wollongong tiny home start-up Panorama Prebuilt

Diamond Hawkins, the founder of Panorama Prebuilt, is a structural engineer who came up with the idea for the eco-friendly tiny homes after returning to Australia from Germany.

“If you have an innovative idea but don’t quite have the experience and capability to bring it to fruition, iAccelerate is the ideal place to turbo-charge that idea into reality.”
– Michael Rix, Founder, Education Through Animation

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