UNSW Founders 10x Accelerator
A free 10-week accelerator for tech startups with at least one UNSW student, staff or alumni co-founder, investing A$100,000 per startup on a pre-money SAFE.
A$100k invested · equity not published
Status unknown
University programme · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
INCUBATE Accelerator
The University of Sydney's 14-week accelerator for startups with at least one university-affiliated founder, with weekly in-person sessions, mentoring, a demo day and a A$5,000 equity-free grant on completion.
Status unknown Run by University of Sydney
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
- Funding
- A$5,000 A$5,000 equity-free grant on successful completion
- Instrument
- Grant
- Equity taken
- None (equity-free)
- Programme fee
- not published
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Cohort size
- not published
- Cohorts
- not published
- Delivery
- In person
- Stages
- Pre-seed, seed
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic
- Open to founders from
- not published
- Perks
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- Free collaborative workspace during the program
- One full day of in-person sessions each week
- 1:1 mentoring and weekly guest speakers
- Demo Day pitch to 250+ industry stakeholders
Up to 10 startup teams are funded per class.
Application dates
Status unknown
Dates not published. Dates for Class 22 have not been published; an expression of interest list is open.
Usual timing: Dates for Class 22 have not been published; an expression of interest list is open.
Who can apply
- At least one founder is a University of Sydney student, alumnus, staff member or researcher
- Working MVP or already in market
- Founders work full-time on the startup
- Revenue under $1 million and still finding product-market fit
- Stage: pre-seed, seed
What founders should check
- The programme says it takes no equity. Still read the agreement for warrants, revenue shares or rights in a later round.
- It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
- It runs in person in Sydney. Plan to be there for the length of the programme.
- Dates for the next cohort are not published. Dates for Class 22 have not been published; an expression of interest list is open.
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