ProtoX 2021 Has Kicked Off!

INCUBATE is proud to launch the 2021 ProtoX

ProtoX is the pre-accelerator program at INCUBATE that empowers students, staff, researchers and alumni of The University of Sydney to validate an idea through customer discovery.

Throughout 12-weeks, the teams participate in fortnightly group cohort sessions, 1:1 mentoring with our esteemed mentors and gain access to exclusive workshops.

Each class is broken down into two streams: Research to Impact and Startups.

ProtoX Research to Impact: allows researchers of all levels to take their first steps towards industry engagement, part of our commitment to improving the research to commercialisation pathway at The University of Sydney.

ProtoX Startup: is a business agnostic stream for any other students, staff and alumni of the university that wants to grow an idea.

Read about this cohort of early stage startups below!

What’s new? MBA to Impact

In 2021, we have a big announcement.

Thanks to an ongoing partnership with Professor Guy Ford, Director of the MBA Program at The University of Sydney Business School, we are connecting enthusiastic, highly educated, and business-minded part-time students and alumni of the MBA program to the startups.

Over ProtoX Program, MBA students will work alongside the ProtoX teams to help develop their ideas and improve industry engagement. Upon completion of the program, the teams and MBA students have the opportunity to formalise their relationship as cofounders, advisors or continue working informally as mentors.

We are thrilled with the receptiveness of both the ProtoX teams and the MBA students, with 100% of ProtoX teams registering to take part in this optional component. and over 50 MBA students registered to participate!

Meet The 2021 Startup Teams!

Research to Impact

1. Researchers Connect — Helps researchers and industry collaborate better by connecting all stakeholders to a centralised platform that streamlines grant applications and processes.
2. Speciality Optical Fiber and Devices (SOFD) — Has developed cutting edge technology to create customized light beams that can be used in any application space.
3. coHEARence — Is the world’s first fully transparent, reusable, anti-fog, N95 face mask. Produced in Australian and supporting clear face communication.
4. Automatic whale detection — Has developed an advanced technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of round-the-clock marine mammal detection.

Startups

1. SeedCulture — Is a gamified platform which encourages, tracks, and rewards employee engagement with workplace sustainability initiatives.
2. Snapshot — Helps small to medium sized mechanical engineering teams collaborate on CAD files without the complicated setup of a full product data management system.
3. Strio — Helps infrastructure focused engineers keep track of their analytical work ensuring long term organisation.
4. Urbern — Is a property analysis tool that helps property investors, tenants and travellers compare locations easily.
5. Mooi — Is a global marketplace that curates the best size 14+ brands, with a focus on small and emerging designers.
6. Offset October — Is an app and campaign that incentivise everyday people to minimise their day to day transport emissions.
7. Good Lioness — Empowers investors to achieve their investment goals, avoiding potential losses due to inappropriate investment choices.
8. EMERGE — Is a digital coaching platform which aims to make evidence-based coaching more accessible to emerging leaders.

Register Your Interest

ProtoX will be running a second intake from September to December in 2021.

So, if you are a ready to progress your idea and would like to apply — register your interest for the next ProtoX stream at : https://incubate.org.au/protox/ and follow the prompts!