University of Sydney Pre-Seed Launch Fund

If you are staff, student, recent alumn or affiliate associated with the University of Sydney, and committed to developing your idea or invention into a business to solve global problems? Then University of Sydney Pre-Seed Launch Fund may be able to help get you started.

The fund can invest up to $500k in each opportunity, made either using a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) note or a priced equity round.

Eligibility

The fund is open to University of Sydney staff, students, affiliates, honoraries and alumns within five years of graduation and have significant links to the University. This could be IP (patents, software, significant know-how etc.) that have been created by the University or affiliated with the University, or a strong relationship to the University (through, for example, contract research or startup programs).

And you must have established a company or be willing to incorporate a company.

Examples of the fund’s investment focus are novel drugs, medical devices, engineering hardware, clean technologies, evidence-based programs, new materials, robotics, cybersecurity, AI, software and quantum computing. Your application will be more competitive if you incorporate the following elements:

solving a large unmet need in a large or growing market
based on novel and useful IP
demonstrate how funding will address any technical or business risks
a team with technical and commercial expertise to deliver the solution to market
evidence of external validation with customers and/or investors
completed a startup program

Application Process

The application process starts with an Expression of Interest (EOI)

Learn More

To learn more and complete your EOI for the University of Sydney Pre-Seed Launch Fund, click here

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