Entrepreneurs and startups
We are boosting our entrepreneurial culture by improving access to finance, new business opportunities, and management support for startups and small to medium enterprises.
Business Development Fund
Helps to turn ideas into reality with co-investment in Queensland businesses at the forefront of commercialising ground-breaking research or innovations.
Business Grants and Assistance Finder
Quickly identify government grants, assistance and support for your business with the Business Grants and Assistance service.
Business Growth Fund Program
Provides targeted assistance for small and medium businesses that demonstrate high-growth and employment aspirations.
Community Digital Champions
Provides opportunities for volunteers to share their experiences and encourage others in the community to explore the benefits digital technologies can bring to their lives.
Growing Queensland’s Companies
Supports ambitious CEOs and executives of Queensland firms with high-growth potential to lead their businesses to the next level, improving profitability and performance.
Startup Onramp Regional Queensland Program
Provides early-stage regional tech entrepreneurs with the skills and connections to launch a globally scalable startup, through training and mentoring programs located at regional innovation hubs.
Testing Within Government
Supports Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to improve the positioning of their ICT products to address business problems, while collaborating with the Queensland Government.
Advancing Regional Innovation Program
Encourages innovation across Queensland and supports local economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
Commercialisation Partnership Program
Places Queensland innovators in Chinese incubators to collaborate with global expertise, access top facilities and accelerate commercial outcomes.
Create Queensland
Provides creative YouTubers with funding, production resources and expert support to develop high-quality digital content, and reach new global audiences.
Engaging Science Grants
Supports science engagement and communication projects, events and activities that increase the reach and impact of science in Queensland.
Female Founders Mission
Provides funding support for up to 5 regional female founders to attend the Startup Catalyst Female Founders Mission in London.
Female Founders' Program
Supporting Queensland’s female founders to start and grow their business and remain connected to their industries.
Global Partnership Awards
Supports collaboration between Queensland and international innovators by offering graduates, researchers and entrepreneurs the chance to learn directly from overseas successes.
Hot DesQ
Attracting international and interstate entrepreneurial talent to boost Queensland’s startup ecosystem and broaden our global connections.
HYPE SPIN Accelerator
Fast tracking sports innovation by supporting the HYPE Foundation's SPIN global acceleration program at The University of Queensland.
Ignite Ideas Fund
Supports startups and small to medium Queensland businesses to commercialise market ready innovative ideas that will help them grow and compete in a global market and create new jobs.
Industry Accelerator Program
Offers programs to help high growth small and medium sized enterprises and potential startups fast track ideas from concept to commercialisation, positioning participants to successfully market their products and services to leading edge customers.
Innovate Queensland
Innovate Queensland helps small to medium enterprises grow through workshops and webinars on innovation, technology commercialisation, innovation planning and research, and design.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships program
Builds collaboration between universities and small business by bringing on a university graduate to work on an innovative project.
MIT Innovation and Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Bringing MIT Bootcamps to Brisbane to run a week-long intensive bootcamp for budding entrepreneurs.
Platform Technology Program
Provides financial incentives to larger scale co-funded projects that accelerate the development and deployment of significant and highly collaborative industry based platform technology projects.
Queensland Startup Events and Activities Fund
Builds capability within Queensland's startup community with funding of up to 50% of total activity costs.
Queensland Women in STEM Prize
Showcasing inspiring women working in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM), whose practice has the potential to benefit Queensland.
Regional Angel Investors Support Program
Linking investors with entrepreneurs to create new economic opportunities and jobs in Queensland’s regions.
Small Business Digital Grants Program
Helps businesses build their digital capability and grow, assisting with the purchase of hardware, software or digital training and skills development.
Small Business Innovation Research
Supports innovators to develop and test new, commercially viable solutions to complex Queensland Government challenges.
Sport Science Challenge
Supports the development of new products, technology or processes that benefit sporting performance and participation in sport.
Young Starters' Program
Designed to build, attract and retain young entrepreneurial talent, and build entrepreneurial and startup skills in young Queenslanders.
Young Starters’ Competition
If you’re a young Queenslander aged 15 to 24 and have a great entrepreneurial idea, you could win prizes to help you develop your startup idea.