Impact Innovation

Managing Director Brian Ruddle formed the company in 2006 to help start-up companies turn ideas into income and to support inventors wanting to see their technologies transform industries and applications. Drawing on substantial experience working in both research organisations and private enterprise, the Impact Innovation Group has since strengthened and expanded its network to connect innovators with entrepreneurs. The company also supports SMEs, large and multinational organisations, government agencies, not for profit organisations, and industry associations.
In 2013, the Impact Innovation Group formalised its association with business advisory firm Moore Stephens (now owned by Crowe Horwath). That same year the company became the exclusive Australasian licensee of Brightidea, a US-based company with an innovation software platform designed to help organisations, from SMEs to global corporations, integrate innovation powerfully into their operations. The Impact Innovation Group introduced the
Impact Innovation Group introduced the InnoModules platform in 2014, comprising a range of tools and systems that build capacity in organisations to boost commercialisation and innovation outcomes. In 2015 a technology scouting platform called Enterprise Access was launched which, for the first time, enabled innovation seekers to discover Australia’s emerging technology potential in one place. Also in 2015, the Impact Innovation Group won the contract to design and deliver the Innovate Queensland program, an innovation skills and collaboration development initiative to reposition and enhance the State’s capacity, capability and confidence for innovation and technology commercialisation-led growth. The Impact Innovation Group is now a leading innovation and technology commercialisation company providing effective practical solutions across Australia and the world.