VentureHUB

VentureHUB

Amplify your startup’s impact with RMIT Activator’s Micro-Accelerator.

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Go further, go global. Scale your startup with VentureHUB.

VentureHUB is RMIT Activator’s Micro-Accelerator Program for startups ready to go the distance.  

Over the course of four weeks, discover the key insights your startup needs to achieve a scalable business model and expand to global markets.  

With the guidance of our expert facilitator, you’ll assess your startup’s value readiness, its impact alignment and prepare to be a high-growth impact player. You’ll also explore strategies designed to drive sustainable profitability and viability. 

Plus, VentureHUB is a gateway to tap into funding opportunities through the Jacques Nasser Fund for Innovation. Valued at up to $15,000, the philanthropic fund supports talented startups to scale and advance towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

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Why choose VentureHUB? 

Startup Readiness

Unlock growth potential and areas for improvement by evaluating your startup’s product-market fit.

Enhance your offering

Develop a strategic and growth plan that enables your startup to sustain impact, achieve business scalability and successfully enter global markets.

Attract the right audience

Create a well-rounded impact model that aligns with the needs of your target market and potential impact investors.

Funding Opportunities

Amplify your startup’s impact with up to 15K worth equity and interest free funding. Courtesy of the Jacques Nasser Fund for Innovation.

Key dates and deadlines

Application Form 

Applications open: Monday, 6 May 2024 

Applications close: 16 June 2024 at 11:59pm 

Program Dates

Week 1

 In person workshop: Tuesday, 2 July, 10am - 12pm Online check-in: Thursday, 4 July, 11am - 12pm 
Week 2 

In person workshop: Tuesday, 9 July, 10am - 12pm Online check-in: Thursday, 11 July, 11am - 12pm 
Week 3 In person workshop: Tuesday, 16 July, 10am - 12pm Online check-in: Thursday, 18 July, 11am - 12pm 
Week 4 In person workshop: Tuesday, 23 July, 10am - 12pm Online check-in: Thursday, 25 July, 11am – 12pm 

Final submission

 Sunday, 28 July at 11:59pm 
ACF Pitch Wednesday, 7 August 1pm – 4:30pm (by invitation only) 

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for VentureHUB, startups will need to have completed LaunchHUB within the last five years and a minimum of four months since the completion of LaunchHUB. 

Successful applicants will also need: 

  • To be able to articulate and provide proof of impact created to date and more
  • Have at least one founding member affiliated with RMIT University (current student, current staff member, alumni or ex-staff member of RMIT University)
  • Have at least one founding member ready to commit to all program sessions in-person.

Program Overview

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Weekly in-person workshops Duration: 2 hours (Tuesday)

In these sessions, you'll explore frameworks, tools, and methods to expand into global markets emphasising our commitment to impact-driven growth. Here is where you will meet and spend time with the founders in your cohort.

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Weekly online check-ins Duration: 1 hour (Thursday)

We know that life gets busy so during your online check-ins, we’ll help you stay accountable and build on what you have learnt, reflect on your progress and prepare for your final submission and pitch.

Weekly workshop structure

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Increase your capability to analyse your business model to uncover your inherent strengths and weaknesses for scaling. Through collaboration with the cohort you will establish a preliminary list of barriers that impede scaling, along with potential solutions.

Equip you with the tools and enhance your capability to ensure your business model is delivering meaningful impact and communicating it with conviction. Through the session you will create a preliminary impact pathway and through collaborative feedback identify areas for improvement.

Develop a foundational understanding of how to assess the attractiveness of international markets. This will include identifying barriers to entry, assessing risks, sizing the market and determining the ease of doing business.

Understand the tactics and strategies for accelerating market traction with a perspective to go global. This will include developing an understanding of the foundational building blocks and nuance in developing strategies for growing and entering international markets.

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Who is Jacques Nasser?

A passionate believer in the power of education to unlock personal and public prosperity, Jacques Nasser AC has never forgotten the boost he got studying Business at RMIT.

 
“A major donor to RMIT since 2004, Mr Nasser has touched the lives of hundreds of RMIT students through scholarships, travel grants and entrepreneurial programs.”

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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