Chief Investment Officer, UniSuper

John Pearce

Role	Organisation	Sources
Chief Investment Officer	UniSuper	Startup Daily (Tue 20 May 2025), Startup Daily (Fri 25 Mar 2022)

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Uniseed adds another $25m from UniSuper to commercialise academic research

UniSuper adds a further $25 million to its backing of Uniseed, reaching $100 million in total support for the university research commercialisation fund; past cheques to quantum and biotech startups are recapped.

Startup Daily Tue 20 May 2025 Analog Quantum Circuits Celosia Therapeutics Diraq Kinoxis Therapeutics Morse Micro Uniseed CSIRO Macquarie Group University of Queensland University of Technology Sydney UNSW Sydney Western Sydney UniSuper John Pearce Dr Peter Devine

Fund close $75m

UniSuper tips $75 million into early stage VC Uniseed

UniSuper commits $75 million to Uniseed, the research commercialisation fund owned by four universities and CSIRO, its first venture investment; past portfolio sales to Schneider Electric, RTP Co and Novartis are recalled.

Startup Daily Fri 25 Mar 2022 Uniseed Autra CSIRO Novartis International Schneider Electric Spinifex TenasiTech The University of Sydney University of Melbourne University of Queensland UNSW Sydney UniSuper John Pearce Dr Peter Devine

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John Pearce

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Uniseed adds another $25m from UniSuper to commercialise academic research

UniSuper tips $75 million into early stage VC Uniseed