The Swinburne Venture Cup debuted its first ever international cohort this year.
Hosted by the Swinburne Innovation Precinct, the annual pitching competition for Swinburne’s most innovative start-ups featured nine teams from Melbourne, Sydney, Sarawak and Hanoi.
The event drew its largest audience yet – with 377 attendees from 14 countries including Australia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Italy, Turkey and USA.
“Our 2020 cohort represents the best of Swinburne’s ingenuity and the force for good that our entrepreneurs and researchers can be,” said Lisian Teh, Director of Commercial Innovation Programs at Swinburne Innovation Precinct.
From tracking and reducing carbon emissions to helping victims of domestic violence, this year’s cohort of start-ups was a diverse pool of exceptional founders working to solve the most pressing problems in society.