Macquarie University Incubator: open for business and hosting royalty

Pitch@Palace and Launch of the Incubator by The Duke of York

HRH Prince Andrew The Duke of York officially launched Macquarie University’s Incubator on Monday 25 September during a VIP ceremony, before also commencing the NSW leg of the inaugural Pitch@Palace Australia tour.


Founded by the Duke in 2014, Pitch@Palace has given some 400 tech entrepreneurs the kick start they need, exposing them to some of the most powerful CEOs, influencers, mentors and business partners and as a result, supporting their growth and connection onto the global stage.

Pitch@Palace and Launch of the Incubator by The Duke of York

This is the first time Pitch@Palace has come to Australia, with events being held by RMIT University, Bond University, and culminating at Macquarie.

The Macquarie University Incubator played host to the launch of the event, an appropriate venue given its purpose design to nurture, equip and accommodate budding entrepreneurs as they grow a business idea or social venture into a successful start-up.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Skills and Small Business, John Barilaro, said the NSW Government funded the Incubator’s construction under its Boosting Business Innovation Program.

“Today’s launch of the Macquarie University Incubator will provide a fantastic base for students, researchers and staff to work with local small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

“Prior to entering parliament, I ran a family business for 20 years so can fully appreciate the positive difference that the university’s considerable knowledge and resources will make for small business owners.”

2017-09-25-paulwright-0701John Shi-Nash, Director, Incubation and Entrepreneurship explained the Incubator’s mission is to create a globally-recognised program that enables entrepreneurs to innovate, build and implement impactful solutions to the world’s problems.

“You might think this sounds quite ambitious, but we believe together we can make this a reality,” he said.

“Back in 2016, we realised that there was an under-tapped demand for incubation facilities on campus. Students and researchers were beginning to ask for support in starting businesses and finding out about entrepreneurship as a potential career path. There were also several student groups like MQES (Macquarie Entrepreneurship Society) starting to emerge. The Executive Group decided that a bold plan was needed and committed funding to building an Incubator and associated support programs.”

The Incubator also has a program of exciting and interesting events which run in the late afternoons and the team would like to invite you to come along and find out more.

To see what is going on and to take part, please visit the webpage and click on the events or sign up now link

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