Automated analytical system for near-real-time crop assessments applying AI and ML for predictive analysis to help growers to make better decisions
Supporting Financially and Socially Sustainable Startups
Ignition Startup Accelerator
Launch Pad's flagship startup accelerator.
About Ignition
- Focus: Startup Accelerator (Design & Validate)
- Delivery: Part Time, Online + F2F Parramatta
- Entry Criteria: Defined Idea (Business Model Canvas)
Helping founders to refine their value proposition and business model. There is a strong emphasis on a rigorous approach to problem and solution validation. Participants should exit the accelerator ready to build their minimum viable product.
Hear from our past cohort
How we support our startup founders
Sustainable Startups & Founders
Here are a few startups & founders with a strong focus on sustainability that we have supported
Eliminate recycling bin contamination in shopping centres, offices, stadiums, hospitals, schools and other non kerbside locations.
GreenPath
Sebastian Florian
Physics-informed AI technology that creates actionable insights for critical infrastructure.
Specialises in creating inclusive and accessible e-learning content for all audiences
A research and development company specialising in microbiology and related fields.
A platform connecting local businesses, particularly in agriculture, with technological solutions.
Help organise your life and build a sustainable future – saving time, reducing waste and investing in a circular economy using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).
A social purpose business designed to work with businesses, NGO’s, and governments on projects aimed at evidence-based, sustainable development outcomes across systems.
Provide artists with a space to explore creative fields, and work with a variety of people
Advanced biofiltration technology and bioretention systems, protecting communities, waterways and habitats worldwide.
Read our Sustainable Startup Story
Launch Pad Startup Charopy Rolls out New Recycling Technology in Queensland
In December 2021, Launch Pad startup Charopy, in partnership with Containers for Change QLD, launched the next-level Charopy smart bin – the first time a consumer facing screen displaying contextual recycling data has been connected to the bin in Queensland. Indooroopilly Shopping Centre is the first location in Queensland to implement this technology
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Women & Multicultural Program
About Women & Multicultural Program
Established in 2023, the Women & Multicultural Program sought to address the barriers of under-representation in the startup ecosystem and increase the number of diverse founders in the Western Sydney region, and beyond. The Program was sponsored by the Department of Education NSW. Launch Pad sought to build an innovation entrepreneurship framework through an equity and inclusion lens.
The program provided tailored support with:
Funding To Kick Start Ventures
Funding is one of the main challenges to entrepreneurship, especially for women and multicultural founders. Launch Pad is proud to award $152,000 in grant funding to 36 community and student founders to kick start or scale their startup, business or side hustle ventures.
Venture Makers Innovation Challenge
A whole-day hackathon-style innovation challenge providing students with opportunities to build industry contacts and practice key skills including ideation, teamwork and pitching.
At Launch Pad, we’re not just about supporting startups – we’re all about creating them. Through the Venture Makers Innovation Challenge, we collaborate with students, providing them with the platform and resources to develop sustainable business ideas and bring their entrepreneurial visions to life.
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Challenge #1
Innovating Human Identity
November 2021
“How can we design Digital Identity Technologies for Justice and manage Digital Identities for a more secure, fair and more equitable world?”
Challenge #2
Welcome to the Metaverse
May 2022
“How do we build a Metaverse for good?”
Challenge #3
Accelerating to Net Zero
September 2022
“How do we stop the climate crisis by accelerating to a net carbon zero economy?”
Challenge #4
Promoting Mental Health
April 2023
“How do we promote mental health in Western Sydney?”
Challenge #5
AI for Impact
September 2023
“How can we use AI for a positive sustainable social change?”
Challenge #6
Disrupting Education
April 2024
“How do we disrupt education to make it more accessible and engaging?”
Challenge #7
Tesla Hackathon - Future of Engergy
September 2024
“How can Tesla’s energy generation and storage technologies be used in the development of smart cities and sustainable environments?”
Venture Makers go global!
Powering Innovation Across Borders: Venture Makers Innovation Challenge Empowers Future Leaders to Tackle Global Challenges
Each year, Western Sydney University International and Launch Pad, run a series of Innovation Challenges across the Southeast Asia region. This initiative aimed to empower high school students to tackle pressing global issues through innovative solutions.
The roadshow brought together hundreds of high school students from Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia, providing them with the tools and resources to develop their ideas. Each challenge was designed to foster creative problem-solving, encouraging students to think critically about the world around them.
Sustainability & Circular Economy Industry Innovation Lead
Innovation Futures has recruited four Industry Innovation Leads (IIL) to drive external connections, research translation and commercialisation targeted to strategic industry sectors and aligned to University’s teaching and research strengths. One of these crucial roles is dedicated to advancing Sustainability and Circular Economy initiatives.
Olivia Tyler
Whether it’s leading a team of 70+ hungry sustainability and impact consultants or working for some of Australia’s largest corporates in the financial services, retail and manufacturing sectors, Olivia’s 20+ year career has always taken a slightly obscure path in creating new ways of doing business and challenging the accepted norms surrounding profit and purpose.
She’s held a range of senior leadership, sustainability and risk positions at a number of large corporates including the Westpac Group, Woolworths Supermarkets, Treasury Wine Estates and Goodman Fielder, and is also a recipient of the 2022 Chief Executive Women’s ANZ Sustainability Scholarship.
With degrees in Marine Science (USyd) and Environmental Engineering (UNSW), and an MBA from the Melbourne Business, Olivia’s expertise is diverse and reflective of the many lenses of sustainability.
She brings deep subject matter expertise with clear insight into the practical challenges facing organisations as they embark on strengthening their internal response and external narrative across the broad brush of environmental, social and governance matters in a world where doing the minimum is not enough.
