2017 UTS Venture Day
We're delighted that we're celebrating here the first Venture Day but also the end of the first year of this great program.
- Professor Andrew Parfitt, Provost & Senior Vice-President, UTS
The panel of judges included:
- Petra Andrén, CEO of Cicada Innovations
- Lance Kalish, Co-founder, Yes to Inc
- David Langford, Chief Investment Analyst, Long Lake Research
- John Lee, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
- Ali Linz, Co-founder, GroupTogether
We were treated to a glimpse of innovations that may drive efficiency and challenge the status quo.
- David Langford, Chief Investment Analyst, Long Lake Research
Participants
The 2016/17 MBAe cohort was made up of individuals from different backgrounds with an average professional experience of 14 years, great motivation and big ideas. The strongest proposals were selected for public pitching in areas including technology, services, entertainment, education, logistics, social services and the not-for-profit sector.
Winners
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Liam Daley
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Annette McClelland
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Maria Cadena
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I'm fundamentally thinking differently... I'm feeling empowered to develop business models for my ideas.
- Liam Daley, Founder of Dlivee & MBAe Venture Day Winner
Other participants included:
- Fabiana Alvarez - The Make Shift
Crossing social and cultural barriers through handmade products and the stories of the people behind them. - Damian Amamoo - Sydney Film
Supporting parents, entertaining children and raising community consciousness through film. - Damian Dulanovic - Ignite Team
Delivering event technology solutions for remarkable experiences. - David LT - Batyr
Batyr connects students with the mental health support they need by enabling universities to reduce mental health stigma and foster help-seeking behaviour. - Ann Hoban - BlindNav
BlindNav is an open technology collaboration platform for people who believe that blind people should navigate their city just as easily as sighted people. - Luke Jones - Investant
Investant is an intuitive investment platform that helps advisers and their clients plan and derisk their investments. - Mladen Jovanovic - Recrew
Non-MBAe student, Winner of UTS Business School's 3P Competition
An innovative gateway service that allows tradesmen to access one another's services on demand and with ease. - Peta Portelli - CouTech
Shoes designed around your orthotic made-to-measure and customisable to help women get through the day in comfort and style. - Christian Raftery - Carrott
A simple personal finance app to help manage your money and stop lazy cash. - Johan Svensson - GoBrain
GoBrain is an over the counter supplement that gives back control to professionals, entrepreneurs and students through the optimisation of brain performance. - Elle Fleming, YuXin Kwan, Cory Mayfield, Theresa Nguyen, Jeremy Wijaya - Sendform
Sendform is a platform that automates and simplifies the visa application process to connect people and streamline processes, for a peace of mind.