Commercialisation Director, Curtin University
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Curtin University has picked 13 startups for the 2026 intake of its free Accelerate program, which this year spans health, safety, education, beauty and robotics ventures.
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Perth firm Mining and Process Solutions, commercialising Curtin University's glycine leaching technology, has been fully sold to Czech chemical supplier Draslovka, with Curtin briefly becoming a shareholder.
Cyber security firm Hyprfire has secured $2.25 million from prominent Western Australian backers and launched its Firebug monitoring tool, while former Navitas and iiNet chief David Buckingham joins as chairman.
Perth machine vision company AMLab closed an oversubscribed A$1.31 million round in six days, led by Maiden Capital with Curtin University among the backers, to advance its container crane retrofit technology.
Curtin University's commercialisation of seismic imaging company HiSeis has won a Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia award, and the article recalls last year's sale of shares that brought the mining services firm new owners.