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Startupbootcamp Australia

Startupbootcamp Australia creates innovation programs with startups, corporates, and investors to address the world's biggest challenges. They connect with people who care and empower impactful innovation in the Energy, Fintech, Sports, and Food ecosystems. About Request an Introduction Request an Introduction with Startupbootcamp Australia
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About Startupbootcamp Australia

Startupbootcamp Australia creates innovation programs with startups, corporates, and investors to address the world’s biggest challenges. The organiszation connects with people who care and empowers impactful innovation in the Energy, Fintech, Sports, and Food ecosystems. 

Startupbootcamp is a global network of industry-focused accelerators. The organization takes startups global by providing them with direct access to an international network of the most relevant partners, investors, and mentors in their sector. The first accelerator program was launched in Melbourne, Australia, in August 2017.
Quick Facts Year Founded 2016 Employees 11-50
How They Help

Startupbootcamp Australia focuses on assisting global corporations, particularly in Energy, Financial Services, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) sectors, in reinventing and expanding their business portfolios.

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Startupbootcamp Australia focuses on assisting global corporations, particularly in Energy, Financial Services, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) sectors, in reinventing and expanding their business portfolios. The organization’s approach is centred around building entrepreneurial ventures from the ground up, supporting businesses from the initial idea phase all the way through to scaling.

SBC also helps corporations access emerging business models and technologies through engagement with startups via its world-leading industry-based accelerator programs. The combination of the corporate venture building and startup accelerator processes provides a complete innovation service to assist corporations facing disruption or expanding into new products or sectors. 

Overall, Startupbootcamp stands out as a key player in entrepreneurial business building, offering a range of services tailored to help large corporations innovate and grow in the fast-paced modern business landscape. 

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Local Regions We Service NSW QLD TAS VIC
Industries
  • Financials
  • Government
  • Industrials
  • Utilities
  • Energy
  • Consumer Staples
  • Consumer Discretionary
Organisation Size
  • Large
  • Enterprise
  • Government
Capabilities

End-to-End Business Building: Startupbootcamp provides comprehensive support in business development, leveraging corporate assets with an entrepreneurial mindset. The organization rapidly validates, develops, and introduces new products and brands into profitable markets. 

Venture Development and Scaling: The organisation specialises in helping corporations develop, launch, and scale new ventures. This is particularly tailored to meet the rapidly evolving demands of modern consumers, thereby supporting companies in maintaining relevance and growth in today’s market. 

Transitioning Business Models: Startupbootcamp aids companies in shifting from traditional corporate-driven models to more customer-centric and market-driven approaches. This transition involves aligning closely with market needs and integrating best practices suited to contemporary business environments. 

Focus on FMCG and CPG Corporations: Services are particularly aimed at corporations in the FMCG and CPG sectors, helping these companies reinvent their existing portfolios and create new, disruptive ventures. 

Track Record of Success: Since its inception in 2013, Startupbootcamp globally has contributed to the launch and scaling of over 250 digital ventures, indicating a significant impact in the field of corporate innovation and venture development. 
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Trevor Townsend CEO at Startupbootcamp Australia
Trevor Townsend

Trevor Townsend

CEO at Startupbootcamp Australia

About

Trevor is CEO and CoFounder of Startupbootcamp Australia (SBC). He is passionate about business and technology, and as an entrepreneur loves to help bring new ideas to life. He is interested in the big topics that shape our future, including energy, climate change and sustainability, finance and economics and the impact of technology on the future of work. Trevor is also passionate about sports and wellbeing. He is an experienced angel investor with a specific interest in technology investments in startups and early-stage companies. His diverse background includes industry experience in Finance, Telco, Energy and I.T. professional services markets.
Richard Celm Executive Program Director at Startupbootcamp Australia
Richard Celm

Richard Celm

Executive Program Director at Startupbootcamp Australia

About

Richard spent ten years delivering startup programs in London as head of Accelerator London in Tech City working with corporates, government and universities. He’s helped over 100 startups raise money in London working with organisations like Angels Den and Crowdcube as well as being the Fund Manager of the Emerald Investment Fund.He has been involved with Startupbootcamp since 2013 as a mentor and investment advisor on the Copenhagen mobility program and subsequently in London and Barcelona prior to co-founding the Australian operations with Trevor Townsend.Richard has worked in or with a number of successful startups in Australia and the UK as a mentor or investor and has a portfolio of about 20 active startups.
Stuart Allinson Energy Transition Partner at Startupbootcamp Australia
Stuart Allinson

Stuart Allinson

Energy Transition Partner at Startupbootcamp Australia

About

Stuart is an energy and environmental market specialist with extensive experience in engineering, commercialisation, investment, regulation, reform, market design and policy, initially in the reform of UK energy markets and subsequently the energy and environmental markets of Australia and the Asia Pacific Region.

As a policy advisor, Stuart was instrumental in the formulation of the Emissions Reduction Fund, which introduced a predictable carbon price into the Australian economy and a flow of investment into the sector. He subsequently led the Climate Change Authority (CCA) providing policy advice to Australia’s Federal Government.

As well as chairing the CCA, Stuart co-founded and led a digital cleantech business to an ASX listing in 2017, before joining StartupBootcamp, a global innovation and technology investment business, as Energy Transition Partner.
Anna Barlow Food & AgriTech Partner at Startupbootcamp Australia
Anna Barlow

Anna Barlow

Food & AgriTech Partner at Startupbootcamp Australia

About

Based in Melbourne, Australia. Leader of Food Innovation Vertical at Startupbootcamp Australia. Enjoying mentoring and coaching startups in Food, EnergyTech, FinTech and Sports & Event Tech. Career highlights to date have been developing regional and global R&D programs and creating and building teams in FMCG companies undergoing major changes. Significant experience working with multiple markets in Asia Pacific and Europe, encompassing food and beverage categories such as alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and better for you beverages, coffee, chocolate, biscuits, candy and dairy, building a strong track record in people management & talent development, creating and leading successful teams through complexity and ambiguity.
Richard Simpson Managing Director Energy and Corporate Innovation at Startupbootcamp Australia
Richard Simpson

Richard Simpson

Managing Director Energy and Corporate Innovation at Startupbootcamp Australia

About

Specialist in company transformation, productivity and corporate investigation / trouble shooting to deliver results to bottom line.

Professional experience includes strategy development, process improvement, project implementation, organizational design, operational line management and program management in online media, telecommunications, retail, government and service sectors.

Specialties: Company transformation, trouble shooting for board and executive level issues, rapid implementation of company-wide strategic interventions
Eddy Lee Managing Director Decarbonise at Startupbootcamp Australia
Eddy Lee

Eddy Lee

Managing Director Decarbonise at Startupbootcamp Australia

About

Eddy works at the intersection between corporates and startups. He runs corporate innovation programs with Fortune 500 companies. With Mitsubishi, he led the collaboration with global startups to solve the most pressing challenges in anthropogenic emission. The venture build with Engie resulted in a joint venture with ComfortDelgro, a leading fleet operator in Asia-Pacific.Eddy has managed venture capital funds in Silicon Valley and Singapore. The best part about startup investing is the privilege to work alongside some of the smartest and most relentless individuals in the world. A recent focus is future fuel and energy storage, as well as the energy transition of highly emissive sectors such as steel & cement manufacturing, logistics and shipping.Eddy was formerly a Stanford University consulting professor, a medical imaging scientist, and a circuit design engineer.
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