Venture UWA Pitch Night & Showcase 2025
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Celebrating Creativity, Innovation, and the Next Generation of WA Founders
The Venture UWA community came together for one of our biggest events of the year — the Pitch Night & Showcase 2025. This event is a celebration of the phenomenal creativity, purposeful innovation, and entrepreneurial drive of UWA’s students, researchers, and emerging founders.
And what a year it has been.
We opened applications earlier this year to any UWA student or recent graduate wanting to explore turning an idea into a real venture. 52 teams applied, 15 were selected for the program, and 13 completed the full Venture UWA Incubator — a huge achievement in itself.
Over the past four months, these founders have immersed themselves in industry-led workshops, mentoring, customer discovery, validation, and pitch training. The transformation has been remarkable — not just in their businesses, but in their capability, confidence, and clarity as founders.
🚀 The 2025 Venture UWA Incubator Cohort
SavvyWise
Industry: Accounting Tech
AISavvyWise is redefining the way accountants work. Their AI assistant automates tax research, rapidly identifies relevant legislation, and streamlines compliance workflows — saving firms hours of manual work while uncovering new revenue opportunities. Built for practitioners, SavvyWise is the future of AI-enabled accounting.
Talk2View
Industry: MedTech
Agentic AIFounders: Kat Dunn, Ben Zwick, Andy Huynh, Wilson Wan
Talk2View is the medical viewer you can talk to. Their agentic AI platform unifies fragmented medical imaging systems into a single, conversational interface. Clinicians can manipulate images, retrieve scans, and access information simply by speaking, enabling hands-free efficiency in high-pressure clinical environments.
Regenevess
Industry: Biotech · Tissue Engineering Founder: George McColgan Regenevess is developing next-generation vascular bypass grafts using advanced tissue engineering. Their work aims to create safer, more durable, and more accessible graft options for patients worldwide — pushing the boundaries of regenerative medicine.
Catalyst
Industry: Event Tech · AI Matching Founders: Julienne Ramiro, Ben Negus, Naveen Nimalan Catalyst uses predictive personality-matching software to help people make better, more meaningful connections at events. Their solution analyses behavioural preferences to match attendees with the people they’re most likely to build rapport with — turning networking from chance encounters into curated, high-value interactions. Catalyst is now seeking early adopters to trial their technology.
Teleios
Industry: AI Consulting · Product Engineering Founder: Ash Ithape Teleios helps enterprises build technically robust and commercially viable AI-enabled products. Bridging the gap between strategy and execution, Teleios provides product engineering, architecture, and AI integration to help companies unlock real value from emerging technologies.
Musify
Industry: EdTech · Music Education Founder: Mikhail Kryuchkov Musify turns music practice into an engaging, gamified experience. Students can visualise their growth, track performance data, and stay motivated through an intelligent practice interface. It’s designed to keep learners inspired — turning consistency into measurable progress.
UnderlandEX
Industry: Mining Tech · Investor Analytics Founder: Amir Cooper UnderlandEX helps mining companies communicate the true value of their projects with transparency and precision. Their all-in-one SaaS platform consolidates operational, technical, and financial data into clear, investor-friendly insights, empowering better decision-making for the resources sector.
Autoscrapermaker
Industry: AI · No-Code Data Extraction Founder: Michael Nefiodovas Autoscrapermaker delivers fully automated, end-to-end data extraction with zero coding required. Users can extract structured web data at scale — without maintenance, complexity, or engineering overhead. It’s data scraping made effortless.
Flowbat
Industry: Deep Tech · Clean Energy Storage Founder: Hanrui Yu Flowbat is building zinc-iron flow batteries capable of meeting the global demand for long-duration, grid-scale renewable energy storage. Their technology provides a safe, scalable, and sustainable solution for transitioning to a net-zero energy future.
AshForge
Industry: Disaster Resilience Modular Infrastructure Founder: Anjana Balakumar AshForge Structures provides modular, rapidly deployable building systems designed for disaster-affected communities. The system can be assembled quickly, reconfigured to suit different needs, and scaled across sites — supporting communities when they need it most.
Mole-Clue
Industry: LabTech Chemistry Automation Founder: Sean Li Mole-Clue is digitising and accelerating chromatography–mass spectrometry workflows. Their automation platform streamlines analysis, reduces processing time, and enhances accuracy — enabling labs to scale research and testing with unprecedented efficiency.
Peoila
Industry: Beauty Tech AI SaaS Founder: Anthony Nieves Peoila uses AI-driven facial scanning to recommend personalised cosmetic products tailored to the user’s unique skin profile. Their platform bridges beauty science with AI personalisation to improve consumer confidence and product selection.
North Australian SeaCulture
Industry: Blue Economy Sustainability Founder: Alison Duguid North Australian SeaCulture is positioning Northern Australia as a global leader in regenerative seaweed production. By innovating in cultivation, processing, and bio-based product development, the venture is building a sustainable seaweed industry that benefits both the environment and local economies.
🎤 A Night That Reflects the Future of WA Innovation
The Venture UWA Pitch Night & Showcase is more than a presentation of ideas — it’s a reflection of the incredible talent, creativity, and ambition emerging from the Venture UWA community.
These founders have shown resilience, curiosity, and commitment to solving real-world problems. They’ve validated ideas, built prototypes, engaged customers, and stepped confidently into the world of entrepreneurship.
To our mentors, workshop hosts, partners, and supporters — thank you. This program exists because of your willingness to invest in the growth of students and early-stage founders.
To our 2025 cohort — this is just the beginning. We cannot wait to see where you take your ventures next.
Here’s to another year of innovation, impact, and building the future of WA tech — together.
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