David Ireland

Virtual Reality Training for Healthcare. Vantari is a globally leading health technology company which helps clinicians practice procedures in a safe, scalable VR environment in order to reduce medical error and improve patient outcomes. As a global leader in critical care and cardiology training, Vantari has partnerships with major tertiary hospitals, universities and medical device companies globally in US, Europe, Australia, Middle East and India. Vantari’s sophisticated software platform is backed by research and has been shown to reduce medical error by 40%, improve performance by 32% and adherence to safety and hygiene by 39% when compared to traditional modalities of training.

NSW Circular is an initiative of the NSW Government through the Office of Chief Scientist & Engineer to bring together stakeholders from across governments, industry, research organisations and the community, with UNSW Sydney appointed as Host. Established in early 2019, the NSW Circular aims to enhance sustainability by contributing to the development of a circular economy where there is a more sustainable approach to the design of goods and services, use of resources and management of waste. The Network develops and runs a series of stakeholder workshops to identify opportunities, and provides tools and resources solve problems, foster innovation and deliver socio-economic benefits (skills, jobs and solutions) to the NSW community. Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Founding Director of the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre, is the Director of NSW Circular and is supported by Co-Director, Ashley Brinson, who is Executive Director of the Warren Centre at Sydney University. Anders Hallgren is the Chief Operating Officer.

ThinkPlace is a strategic design consultancy with a global network operating across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Kenya, Senegal and U.S.A. For 15+ years, we have been tackling some of the world’s most complex challenges using design-led, human-centred approaches. We design with change leaders from the public, private and the non-profit sector and engage with the complexity and the messiness of real human experiences — how people live, work and play; how people experience products, services, regulations; how they navigate systems they interact with — health, education, energy, economic, regulatory, social welfare, to name a few. Globally we are a team of over 150 people who are passionate about making the world a better place. ThinkPlace has adopted the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our guiding purpose. Every project we take on, all over the world, must ‘move the needle’ on these goals.

Virtual Reality Training for Healthcare. Vantari is a globally leading health technology company which helps clinicians practice procedures in a safe, scalable VR environment in order to reduce medical error and improve patient outcomes. As a global leader in critical care and cardiology training, Vantari has partnerships with major tertiary hospitals, universities and medical device companies globally in US, Europe, Australia, Middle East and India. Vantari’s sophisticated software platform is backed by research and has been shown to reduce medical error by 40%, improve performance by 32% and adherence to safety and hygiene by 39% when compared to traditional modalities of training.

Significant Ventures champions critical technology innovation in Australia – building the next generation of high-value companies, capabilities, and industries. We’re uniquely positioned to back breakthroughs in their earliest stages. Our unrivalled pipeline of investment opportunities is powered by our deep industry relationships, grown through investing in science-based innovation since 2000. We are sector agnostic and look for technologies that demonstrate market advantage that’s hard to replicate. We look for founding teams that are deeply committed, seek collaboration and knowledge, and have high conviction in the impact they want to achieve. We are the enablers, not the experts. Technology evolves at lightning pace and our founders remain the experts in their field. We focus on building the foundations of strong market-fit, early industry engagement and commercially investible business models. We are a small but active VC fund that works alongside some of Australias largest research institutions, sources of innovation and peer funds to co-operate and help attract the human, financial and intellectual capital needed by early-stage companies.

The UEF (uef.vc) invests into innovative proprietary technology companies with a strong link to the University of Queensland (UQ). We are sector agnostic and provide cheques from Pre-Seed onwards into the student, research and alumni catchments.

NSW Circular is an initiative of the NSW Government through the Office of Chief Scientist & Engineer to bring together stakeholders from across governments, industry, research organisations and the community, with UNSW Sydney appointed as Host. Established in early 2019, the NSW Circular aims to enhance sustainability by contributing to the development of a circular economy where there is a more sustainable approach to the design of goods and services, use of resources and management of waste. The Network develops and runs a series of stakeholder workshops to identify opportunities, and provides tools and resources solve problems, foster innovation and deliver socio-economic benefits (skills, jobs and solutions) to the NSW community. Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Founding Director of the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre, is the Director of NSW Circular and is supported by Co-Director, Ashley Brinson, who is Executive Director of the Warren Centre at Sydney University. Anders Hallgren is the Chief Operating Officer.