Director of Entrepreneurship, UNSW
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Advisor | NetNada | Startup Daily |
| Director of Entrepreneurship | UNSW | Startup Daily (4 May 2026), Startup Daily (28 Mar 2022) |
| Director of Entrepreneurship (former) | UNSW Founders | Forbes Australia, SmartCompany, Startup Daily (9 Apr 2024), Startup Daily (25 Nov 2022), Startup Daily (31 Aug 2022) |
Stories naming David Burt. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Opinion by UNSW Founders' entrepreneurship director arguing founders should pick geography strategically instead of debating staying or leaving, using Cauldron's recent raise and Breaker's US expansion as contrasting examples.
UNSW Founders marks a decade of its 10x Accelerator and opens 2026 applications across health, climate and all-industries streams; selected startups get $100,000 SAFE investments, and three alumni are profiled.
UNSW Founders partnered with Luminary Partners to invest $200,000 each in 18 early-stage deeptech startups across its 2025 accelerator cohorts, extending prior backing arrangements.
Australian job-simulation edtech Forage has been bought by US education company EAB on undisclosed terms; the story also recalls its accelerator days and earlier venture raises.
UNSW Founders honoured eight winners at its inaugural awards, with Forage taking Startup of the Year; the piece also notes Psylo's $5 million seed raise and this year's 10x Demo Day cohort.
Carbon measurement startup NetNada has raised seed money from Skalata Ventures, which is shifting to rolling investments, and previously won a NSW government grant and completed UNSW and CSIRO programs.
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UNSW Founders is launching SynBio 10x, a synthetic biology accelerator run with Main Sequence, CSIRO's venture arm, which plans $120,000 per startup plus UNSW's $20,000; applications close May 15.