How might we create meaning from celebrating our most familiar moments? Working with Louie Digby to celebrate the power of moments to create meaning Digby, Ongoing Digby Cakes, affectionately known as ‘Digby,’ is a viral hospitality sensation founded by Louie Digby. Initially inspired during a pandemic lockdown and personal trials, the concept took flight on...
How might we mainstream sustainable activated carbon production? Working with Dr Lewis Dunnigan to mainstream sustainable activated carbon production Bygen, Ongoing In 2018, a team of chemical engineers, including Dr Lewis Dunnigan, founded Bygen as a spin-out from the University of Adelaide with the aim of reducing the environmental impact associated with producing activated carbon....
How might we establish entrepreneurial culture and destination built on connection? Working with Andrew Maynard & Mark Austin to create a cultural integration point and destination for entrepreneurs Convenory, Ongoing Recognising the importance of economic and cultural connections as critical to Australia’s future prosperity in the Asia Pacific region, how might we design a meeting...
How might facial recognition tech be best applied improve community safety? Working with Zoe Milne to position AI for maximum community benefit Loop Learn, Ongoing LoopLearn is an AI company built to help care-giving organisations monitor the wellbeing and safety of their visitors, staff and clients. Post-launch, and with several trials in-market, the startup experienced...
What would it take to deliver specialist medical care everywhere? Working with Dr Guru Iyngkaran to scale complex care everywhere Steera, Ongoing Founded by a group of practising clinicians, ‘HealthELink’ had achieved clinical proof-of-concept and received several small grants, but it was struggling to determine the path forward. The engagement challenge centred around the question...
What is the future of men’s fertility care? Working with Ash Ramachandran to set the standard for male fertility care Sapyen, Ongoing BackgroundGlobal sperm counts and male fertility health continue to decline, often without detection until they reach critical levels. Despite male factors causing 40–50% of fertility challenges, the conversation remains disproportionately focused on female...
How might we make consent education ubiquitous? Working with Chantel Contos to mandate ubiquitous consent education across Australia Teach Us Consent, Ongoing How can we transform the idea of ‘teaching consent’ into an investible proposition? In March of 2021, Chanel Contos—a masters student at University College London—called for testimonies via Instagram from Australians who had...
Is there a sexy way to solve business-to-business debt? Working with Charles Wong to reinstate social contract Parakeet, Ongoing Parakeet began life as ‘ZeloPay’, an API-driven platform invented to re-imagine business-to-business debt with an API-driven platform for automating, brokering and incentivising early payment. Despite having a strong team, a strong concept and the solution to...
How can we improvebreastfeeding success? Working with Julia Wilson & Torquhil Anderson to bridge the breastfeeding divide Minbie, Ongoing 40 years ago, as a new mother, Julia Wilson identified the realities of parenthood and the ideals of breastfeeding often didn’t match. In response, she developed and patented the Minbie, a world first teat that matched...