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iAccelerate builds innovation network in Colombo

Colombo, based startup incubator and accelerator Hatch works and iAccelerate have partnered to assist each other’s startups with a reciprocal “soft landing pad” program. The program encourages startups seeking to enter each other’s or regional markets to spend time building their businesses in Colombo or Wollongong.

iAccelerate partners with Startup Lisboa in Portugal

iAccelerate is excited to announce a new business partnership with Startup Lisboa, in Portugal. The partnership aims to promote the exchange of students and startups between the two countries.

Portugal is a strategic location for a partnership, as the country offers commercial advantages. ‘Portugal is a great country within the European Union to create business because of the relatively low cost, attractive business laws and great lifestyle too.’ Says Chris Petersilge, iAcclerate Ecosystem Evangelist. He believes the two countries have many cultural and commercial similarities, which motivated this agreement.

New Partnership between iAccelerate and Da Nang Business Incubator in Vietnam

Vietnam based Da Nang Startup – Da Nang Business Incubator (DNES) and iAccelerate at the University of Wollongong announced today that they have partnered to assist each other’s startups with a reciprocal “soft landing pad” program. The program encourages startups seeking to enter each other’s or regional markets to spend time building their businesses in Da Nang or Wollongong.

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.

Investor Evening at iAccelerate

The iAcclerate and UOW Alumni 'Investor Evening' took place on Thursday the 8th of August and was a huge success. The panelists - Karen Bohm, Founding Partner at Pangaea Impact Investments; Alexandra Clunies Ross, VC Analyst at Artesian; Frank Marzano, Investor and...

“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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