Start Up Invest and Grow in Monash

It’s a wrap on our inaugural Start Up, Invest, and Grow in Monash program, and what a month it has been!

To every business, entrepreneur, subject expert and self-starter who attended: thank you for making this program such a success.

It has been fantastic to witness the strong business-to-business connections formed over the past month. We hope these relationships pave the way for innovative collaborations and mutual growth.

Throughout May 2025, we:

Connected with over 600 businesses from Monash and beyond
Learnt from 30 subject matter experts
Held 11 workshops and events over 7 locations and innovation centres in Monash.

We explored everything from startup funding and securing tenders to digital marketing and the future of AI.

We took an exclusive tour of some of Monash's world-class facilities, looked to the future with support for bio-led ventures, and brainstormed ways to empower growth in female-led businesses.

Thank you to Monash Precinct Network, our co-sponsor, for their invaluable insights, to Eastern Innovation Business Centre, our host for 4 out of the 11 events and to all of our contributors:

Department of Skills, Jobs, Industry and Regions
Suburban Rail Loop Authority
Desmond John, startup consultant
Women in business panellists Jill Absolom (Standout Creatives), Tina Manolitsas (Future Focus Marketing Group) and Despina Karatzias (Institute of Excellence)
Sonia Majkic (3 Phase Marketing)
Business Victoria
Monarch Institute
Monash Food Innovation
Monash Generator
Monash Innovation Labs
Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions
Melbourne Innovation
CoLabs and panellists Wenjing Sun (Alt.Leather), Jonathan Limpah (Diag-Nose.io), Shuyun (Betty) Zhang (Boston Ventures), Mariyam Sayers (kandu sustainability) and Samuel Wines (CoLabs)
Australian Taxation Office
Luke Marshall, growth advisor
Pitch Night panellists Gil Hidas (Kesem Solutions), Jill Absolom (Standout Creatives) and Ofire Kuberman (Sendatradie)