Queensland Market Entry
Tropical business environment with strong mining, agriculture, tourism, and emerging technology sectors.
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Trade and Investment Queensland
Official trade and investment agency for Queensland
The Trade and Investment Queensland provides comprehensive support for businesses looking to establish or expand their operations in Queensland. They offer guidance on regulations, incentives, and can connect you with local partners and resources.
Services Available:
- • Market entry guidance and strategy
- • Regulatory compliance assistance
- • Local partner introductions
- • Investment incentives information
- • Site selection support
Bolter
Bolter is a startup-focused law firm that provides fixed-fee legal packs and personalized advice to help entrepreneurs and companies launch, protect, and scale their businesses in the Australian market (Bolter Home).
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K&L Gates LLP
K&L Gates is a global law firm that helps companies enter and scale in the Australian market through its integrated network of over 300 lawyers across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.
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SGS Australia
SGS is the world's leading testing, inspection, and certification company, helping organizations ensure the quality, safety, and compliance of their products and processes (SGS About). They support companies entering the Australian market through specialized services like speed camera certification, mining exploration sampling, and environmental PFAS testing (SGS Australia).
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Atomic Sky (QuantumTX)
Atomic Sky is a Perth-based strategic innovation consultancy that delivers QuantumTX, a federally-funded space and technology incubator program supporting Australian startups working at the intersection of mining, energy, agriculture, defence and the global space sector. Since 2018 QuantumTX has delivered more than $3 million in support to 124 startups and SMEs.
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AusBiotech
AusBiotech is Australia's peak life sciences industry body, representing over 3,000 members across biotechnology, medical technology, digital health, food technology, and agriculture for nearly 40 years. It supports member growth by advancing medical breakthroughs, fostering innovation to address complex health challenges, and uniting the sector through connections between industry, investors, researchers, government, and academia. As a not-for-profit limited by guarantee, AusBiotech drives policy development, hosts 65+ annual events including the flagship AusBiotech International Conference, provides business matching via AusPartnering, maintains the Australian Life Science Innovation Directory, and promotes global commercialization of Australian bioscience.AusBiotech.org, LinkedIn, ausbiotechic.com/about
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Austmine
Austmine is the leading industry association for the Australian Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector. For over 30 years, it has championed the global advancement of technology and innovation in mining, delivering value to members and driving industry collaboration. As a not-for-profit organization, Austmine builds a thriving METS community through collaboration, connection, and shared opportunity, creating access to global markets and networks while showcasing emerging technologies that transform mining and advocating at high levels of government and industry.
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Barayamal
Barayamal is Australia's first Indigenous business accelerator, supporting First Nations entrepreneurs and youth through an accelerator program, coding clubs (CoderDojo), online courses, mentoring, hackathons and a job board. Founded by Kamilaroi entrepreneur Dean Foley, the organisation operates the Barayamal Centre of Entrepreneurship and has run programs across NSW, Victoria and Queensland.
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Bay City Labs
ACS Labs (originally River City Labs, founded by Steve Baxter and acquired by the Australian Computer Society in 2018) is a not-for-profit innovation enabler that helps Australian tech startups and scale-ups build global businesses. It operates a virtual networking platform plus co-working hubs and community events connecting entrepreneurs, mentors, talent and partners across Brisbane, Sydney and Maroochydore.
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cirque South Brisbane
cirque South Brisbane is a Centuria-operated flexible workspace at Level 7, 154 Melbourne St, South Brisbane, ~900m from the Brisbane CBD.
Agriculture Victoria
Supports innovation in food and fibre industries including agtech startups. Operates research facilities like AgriBio and SmartFarms. Partners on the Hugh Victor McKay Fund and Farmers2Founders.
Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce
Bilateral chamber connecting Australian businesses with Israeli innovation through high-profile events, thought leadership and networking across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Tel Aviv.
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Australian Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce (Qld) Inc
Queensland-based bilateral chamber promoting Taiwanese entrepreneurs and facilitating trade, investment and cultural ties between Taiwan and Queensland, Australia.
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British Consulate General Brisbane
British Consulate General Brisbane represents the UK Government in Queensland and the Northern Territory, hosting Department for Business and Trade (DBT) staff who support UK-Australia commerce and inbound investment.
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Business Queensland
Queensland's business support portal featuring Advance Queensland initiatives and Mentoring for Growth program.
Dutch Chamber of Commerce Queensland
Bilateral chamber connecting Queensland and Dutch businesses through networking, events and curated introductions to strengthen trade ties between Australia and The Netherlands.
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ITAC Conference (Innovation Transforming Aged Care)
Australia's leading aged care innovation and technology conference, hosted by Ageing Australia, featuring keynotes, panels and a trade exhibition focused on digital transformation in aged and community care.
AVA Conference (Australian Veterinary Association)
The Australian Veterinary Association's flagship annual conference, featuring a multi-stream scientific program, trade exhibition and a Start-Up Hub highlighting innovation in the veterinary sector.
Australian Venture Summit
Australian Investment Council's flagship VC summit. Live startup pitches. Attracts Blackbird, Airtree, Brandon Capital, PwC and leading VC firms. Deep dives on emerging industries and investment trends.

EduTECH
Asia Pacific's largest education technology conference and exhibition. 10,000+ educators, 400+ exhibitors. Covers K-12, higher education and corporate learning digital transformation.
National Retirement Living Summit
Property Council sold-out dedicated retirement living event. Covers BTR, housing supply, investor sentiment, technology innovation and the Aged Care Act impact on retirement communities.
StartupHaus Sydney · June 2026: Where Founders, VCs & Startups Meet
A founder and investor networking event in Sydney bringing together startup founders, venture capitalists, and emerging companies. Hosted at Tank Stream Labs in Haymarket.
How WeWork Collapsed in the Australian Market
WeWork expanded aggressively into Australia during 2018–2020, signing long leases at peak market rates across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.

How Go1 Scaled from Brisbane EdTech Startup to $2 Billion Corporate Learning Unicorn
Four high school friends who first built websites for ANZ Bank reunited through Y Combinator to build the world's largest corporate learning content marketplace, aggregating 150,000 resources from 250 providers and reaching 50 million users across 10,000 organizations.
How Airbnb Entered the Australian Market
From a Sydney office in 2012 to a $20.3 billion economic contribution: how the sharing economy platform navigated state-by-state regulation and reshaped Australian tourism
ANZ Heads of Data & Analytics
Data and analytics leaders who buy BI and data-platform tools.
Australian Family Offices & HNW Investors
Single and multi-family offices plus high-net-worth investor contacts.
ANZ SaaS Founders & CEOs
Founder and CEO contacts at Australian and New Zealand SaaS companies.
Recently Funded Australian Startups
Startups that closed funding rounds in the last 12 months, with founder contacts.
ANZ Trade & Investment Agency Contacts
Austrade, NZTE, and state trade body contacts for market-entry support.
ANZ Accelerators & Incubators
Program directors and partner contacts at ANZ startup accelerators and incubators.
Darren Rogan
CEO & CoFounder
CEO & Founder @ Film Labs | Web3 & AI Innovator | Advisory - Rogues Lab · I create the future at the intersection of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and digital experiences. Currently building Film Labs, a groundbreaking Web3 platform that democratizes video creation through AI. Our technology empowers creators to generate professional-quality videos with just text prompts, while maintaining ownership and monetization rights on the blockchain.
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Cameron Dart
CEO & Founder
Founder: The FinTech Company = Australian FinTech | In AI Today | International FinTech | US FinTech | UK FinTech | Ireland FinTech | UAE FinTech | Australian Blockchain & Cryptocurrency | PropTech News | StartUp ScaleUp · Having worked in Australia (Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast), U.S.A. (Dallas, TX) and the United Kingdom (London), I have international experience in various fields of technology, investment and development covering areas such as fintech, banking, finance, property development.
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Ciaran O'Connell
Founder, Managing Partner
Founder | @ Thoroughly Modern Journeys; nex-icon · Over 25 years of business and technology consulting experience, providing transformation advisory and large-scale program delivery with C-suite executives and public sector leaders. I specialise in helping executives cut through complexity, activate business strategy and operating models with technology in the right places, the right way, at the right time.
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Cindy Callander
Senior Trade Specialist
Represents Scottish Development International from Melbourne as Senior Trade Specialist for Science and Technology, connecting Scottish companies (fintech, space, life sciences, advanced engineering) with Australian customers, partners and investors. Previously Senior Policy Analyst at Global Victoria, with prior roles at Trade and Investment Queensland, giving her broad cross-jurisdiction experience. · Highlights: 24+ years in trade and investment roles · Previously Senior Policy Analyst at Global Victoria · Earlier roles with Trade and Investment Queensland
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Laurie Price
Principal Consultant, International Trade & Investment
Foley is a Sydney and Brisbane-based international trade and investment advisory that helps companies succeed in cross-border markets. As Principal Consultant, Price advises on market entry, business development and stakeholder engagement, drawing on a UK-to-Australia career across government, university and private-sector roles in the education and training sector. Holds a Master of Development Studies from UNSW.
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Brian O'Farrell
Co-Founder - Chief Revenue Officer
Co-Founder @ Furthr - Australia's Largest Card Linked Loyalty Network · Currently focused on pioneering payment linked loyalty with Furthr by enabling banking-partners customers to earn cashback easier than any other solution in the world. Raised $2.2 million seed capital with near term Series A plans to raise growth capital. Previously Co-Founded Talentpool Group, working with clients like Canva, ebay, Zip, Airwallex & AfterPay opened offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & San Francisco and at its peak averaging 8 figures in annual re
