UniQuest is Australia’s leading university commercialising entity, facilitating business access to the world-class expertise, intellectual property and facilities of The University of Queensland.
Established in 1984, UniQuest is one of the oldest, largest and most successful commercialisation groups in Australia. UniQuest manages an extensive intellectual property estate that has given rise to more than 1,000 industry partnerships, over 140 technologies licensed and more than 40 active start-up companies. UniQuest has raised more than $515 million to take UQ technologies to market, with UniQuest-licensed UQ innovations generating gross product sales of more than US$13 billion to date.
UniQuest’s innovation portfolio includes Australia's first blockbuster vaccine Gardasil®, Australia's largest biotech IPO (QRxPharma Ltd), the internationally acclaimed Triple P Positive Parenting Program, and UQ’s image correction technology, used in two-thirds of the world's magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines.
Established in 1984, UniQuest is one of the oldest, largest and most successful commercialisation groups in Australia. UniQuest manages an extensive intellectual property estate that has given rise to more than 1,000 industry partnerships, over 140 technologies licensed and more than 40 active start-up companies. UniQuest has raised more than $515 million to take UQ technologies to market, with UniQuest-licensed UQ innovations generating gross product sales of more than US$13 billion to date.
UniQuest’s innovation portfolio includes Australia's first blockbuster vaccine Gardasil®, Australia's largest biotech IPO (QRxPharma Ltd), the internationally acclaimed Triple P Positive Parenting Program, and UQ’s image correction technology, used in two-thirds of the world's magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines.
Location: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane City
Employees: 51-200
Founded date: 1984
Investment Type: Accelerator
Investment Stage: IPO
Portfolio 1
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 11.09.2025 | Optain | optainhealth.com | $38M | United Sta... |
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| 11.09.2025 | Optain Health Secures $26M Series A for Global AI-Powered Retinal Screening Expansion | Optain Health secures $26 million in Series A funding. Insight Partners leads the round. Seven major U.S. health systems invest. This capital fuels global expansion of Optain's AI-powered robotic retinal imaging platform. It brings advanced... |
| 11.09.2025 | Optain Health: $26 Million Secured To Expand AI-Based Retinal Screening | Optain Health, a healthcare technology company focused on early disease detection through retinal imaging and artificial intelligence, has closed a $26 million Series A funding round. The investment was led by Insight Partners and joined by... |
| 10.09.2025 | Optain Health Closes $26 Million Series A to Bring Oculomics to Primary Care and Beyond | Insight Partners leads; seven major U.S. health systems join. Funding accelerates the global rollout of Optain's advanced robotic retinal imaging, AI, and teleophthalmology platform. NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Optain Health, a... |
| 10.09.2025 | Optain Health Raises $26M in Series A Funding | Optain Health, a Akron, OH-based healthcare technology company applying artificial intelligence (AI), robotic retinal imaging, and teleophthalmology to detect eye and systemic disease earlier, raised $26M in Series A funding. The round was ... |
| 23.07.2025 | Sanofi to Acquire Vicebio, for US$1.6 Billion | Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NASDAQ: SNY), a Paris, France-based AI-powered biopharma company, acquired Vicebio, a London, UK-based biopharmaceutical company developing novel vaccines against life-threatening respiratory viral infections, for ... |
| 30.10.2024 | The Green Wave: How Earthodic is Redefining Sustainable Packaging | In a world drowning in plastic waste, Earthodic emerges as a beacon of hope. This Australian startup has recently secured $6 million in funding to expand its innovative water-resistant coating, Biobarc. The investment is a testament to the ... |
| 29.10.2024 | Green packaging startup Earthodic lands $6 million raise to expand water-resistant innovation | L-R: CEO Anthony Musumeci, strategy lead Melissa Mail, operations and sales lead Fiona Donaghey, CTO Albert Tietz. Source: Supplied article-article-body Australian packaging startup Earthodic has raised US$4 million (AUD$6 million) in an ov... |
| 31.07.2024 | Two Aussie startups that raised $5 million this week | Monty Compost co-founder Ashley Baxter. Source: Monty Compost Co article-article-body It has been a somewhat slower week for startup funding news; we’ve counted two startups that have announced a combined $5 million in new funding. Keep rea... |
| 19.07.2012 | Dutch company Elsevier backs UniQuest start-up Leximancer | A new search application developed by UniQuest start-up Leximancer is being piloted at the University of Queensland (UQ), via an online research platform from Dutch company Elsevier. Elsevier, which is based in Amsterdam, is regarded as a w... |
| 30.04.2012 | Start-up incubator ilab launches new grants, opens new premises | Tech start-up incubator ilab is offering competitive grants of up to $50,000 for Queensland entrepreneurs, after opening its doors to new premises and programs today. Based in Queensland, ilab was established by the State Government in 2000... |
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