How can we help?
We help our best entrepreneurs, innovators and researchers turn their best ideas into commercial successes. We all share the benefits of this success — and that supports Queensland and Queenslanders to be the best we can be.
Grants and Programs
-
Female Founders Co-Investment Fund
18 Jan 2024 – 30 Jun 2027
Learn how the Female Founders Co-Investment Fund supports innovative women-led startups preparing for early-stage capital raise.
-
Australian Government Self-Employment Assistance Program
18 Jan 2024 – 30 Jun 2027
Learn how to start your own business or grow your existing business with the Self-Employment Assistance Program.
-
Private Sector Pathways Program
18 Jan 2024 – 30 Jun 2027
Discover how the Private Sector Pathways Program can help create commercial opportunities for innovative Queensland businesses by co-funding corporate challenges.
-
Accelerating Female Founders Program – Founders
23 Aug 2024 – 31 Dec 2025
Find business development programs for Queensland-based female founders or leaders of innovative businesses to take their innovation driven enterprises to…
Innovation stories
-
Tech is transforming hospital wait times and paperwork
3 July 2025
Discover how Five Faces, supported by the Queensland Government’s Female Founders Co-Investment Fund, is revolutionising healthcare in Australia.
Upcoming events
-
2025 April TRW Investment Ready Program (Queensland)
29 Apr – 14 Oct 2025 12pm–12pm
Online (virtual)
If you’re in the capital raising journey, you don't have to go through this alone; be part of this program…
-
Compliance as a Catalyst for Startup Growth
8 Jul 2025 11am–12pm
Online (virtual)
Join us for a Building Business session with Vanta on everything you need to know about compliance!
-
Connectivity Cafe
9 Jul 2025 – 14 Jan 2026 12pm–12pm
JCU Ideas Lab - Atrium
14-88 McGregor Street, Smithfield QLD 4878No matter if you are a student with a great idea, an early career researcher, or an entrepreneur looking for…
-
AI and Society - Brisbane
9 Jul 2025 5:30pm–8pm
The Precinct
315 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006AI & Society Brisbane is a community that explores how artificial intelligence shapes our world, focusing on the social, ethical,…
-
AI & Society - Brisbane
9 Jul 2025 5:30pm–8pm
The Precinct
315 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006AI & Society Brisbane is a community that explores how artificial intelligence shapes our world, focusing on the social, ethical,…
-
AI & Society - Brisbane
9 Jul 2025 5:30pm–8pm
The Precinct
315 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006AI & Society Brisbane is a community that explores how artificial intelligence shapes our world, focusing on the social, ethical,…
Keep up to date
Get the latest innovation news in Queensland with our monthly newsletter, including our latest grants, resources and developments in your field.