Year One
Archology Systems
Daniel Griffin, Co-Founder
Archology Systems develops vertical greening systems to reduce the heat load on buildings, reduce urban heat island effect, improve air quality and contribute to carbon capture and storage. Their technology uses smart irrigation systems with integrated sensor and actuator technology to act as a water management system, and is specifically designed to provide habitat for wildlife, contributing to biodiversity in urban environments.
Redback Systems
Matt van Breugel, CEO
Redback Systems develops compact, high-resolution spectrometers to capture a wide spectral range in a single snapshot for use in broad scientific and industrial domains. Redback Systems has several different products to apply spectroscopy solutions to enable new applications, new discoveries and new markets.
Year Two
Button Technology
Jason Woelfl, Founder
button.technology
Realising inclusive smart cities of the future one button at a time.
The future of smart cities involves using technology to realise inclusive cities for people with disabilities. Button is developing an application that creates digital twins of physical buttons from crosswalks, hail and stop buses to using elevators in public areas in front of their mobile phones using API and open data. Right now, the team consisting of data scientists, software developers and engineers has been funded and worked closely with Toyota on its hydrogen bus test pilot project.
Byron Bioreactor Technologies
Karl Lawton, Founder, R&D Managing Director
byronbiotechnologies.com
Enabling high productivity, sustainable microalgae production through modular growing systems.
BBT's AlgaeHive technology is being developed to accelerate the wider adoption of the microalgae as a high-value and sustainable material. While the open pod growing system is resource-intensive, this proprietary solution use vertical panels and closed-loop bioreactor to optimises light exposure, CO2 levels, and nutrient delivery. Growers are expected to see higher production rates while also reducing energy consumption. The team has accumulated over $400,000 in funding and partnered with Department of Finance, NSW and UTS's Deep Green Biotech Hub towards commercialisation.
Pura Link
Harrison Crowe-Maxwell, Co-Founder & CEO
puralink.com.au
Robotics and data solutions for the future of highly-efficient pipe infrastructure managements.
In the age of Industry 4.0, pipe infrastructure management remains heavily-manual. It has led to 30% of global drinking water being lost due to pipe leaks. Pura Link's introduces the use of robots to 24/7 inspects and fix the pipes for optimum functionality. The team consists of highly experienced robotics engineers and machine learning scientists who share visions to save the world's precious resources while helping industry manage labour shortages and enabling the world where residents have available and safe drinking waters.
X-Centric
Roozbeh Ravansari, CEO
xcentric.tech
The only holistic tool for soil measurement generating data for carbon, and beyond.
A big gap that needs to be addressed in agricultural soil carbon sequestration is an accurate quantification of soil carbon. X-Centric's innovation introduces an unparalleled tool to enhance efficiency in soil measurement by harnessing the capabilities of three distinct sensors - Z-Plane, VisNIR and pXRF. By offering a patented one-stop device for soil characterisation requirements that fits in a palm of users, it has the potential to become an important player contributing to the expansion of the carbon market worldwide.