{"id":46406,"date":"2023-10-20T15:49:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/a-giant-startup-precinct-that-will-be-a-melting-pot-of-innovation-is-coming-to-melbourne-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:49:54","slug":"a-giant-startup-precinct-that-will-be-a-melting-pot-of-innovation-is-coming-to-melbourne-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/a-giant-startup-precinct-that-will-be-a-melting-pot-of-innovation-is-coming-to-melbourne-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"A giant startup precinct that will be a “melting pot” of innovation is coming to Melbourne – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Carlton<\/div>\n

A giant precinct serving as a “melting pot” for innovation is being built in Melbourne to nurture the city’s founders and entrepreneurs and deliver social and economic impact.<\/p>\n

The Carlton Connect precinct will be built in the converted former women’s hospital at the University of Melbourne and will include a multi-level development that will bring together startups, social enterprises, governments, academics and bigger businesses.<\/p>\n

The precinct, which is planned for completion by 2022, will include the Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people ask why universities get involved in entrepreneurship, they have unique, un-leveraged assets for the benefit of the startup community,\u201d MAP director Rohan Workman tells StartupSmart.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a pretty amazing melting pot to be able to tap into.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lab 14, a co-working space with room for more than 250 people, is the first phase of Carlton Connect Initiative\u2019s project.<\/p>\n

Lab 14 says it has attracted more than 9000 people to its events.<\/p>\n

“Currently the University is inviting innovative proposals from the private sector to work in partnership to design, deliver and manage the redeveloped site,\u201d Carlton Connect Initiative director of engagement Jacyl Shaw says in a LinkedIn blog.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see LAB-14 as demonstrating \u2018proof of concept\u2019 for the design and the operation of the larger CCI project.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among Lab 14\u2019s tenants are Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, Australia Post, Creative Spaces and MAP.<\/p>\n

Alumni of MAP’s accelerator program have generated more than $3.4 million in revenue, with 24 companies coming through its doors and 10 created from within.<\/p>\n

The space will soon host IBM startups with a Bluemix Garage being built next to MAP\u2019s team onsite.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Australia, we don\u2019t have an issue with companies starting, we have an issue with companies scaling and scaling means you need to be able to get distribution quickly, you need to channel partnerships,\u201d Workman says.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving IBM even closer, you can tap into that network of offices around the world, you can tap into their expertise \u2013 That information and that flow of knowledge can be incredibly beneficial for helping these companies grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the development of the Carlton Connect precinct, Workman says the program will continue to collaborate with other institutions like RMIT, Monash and University of New South Wales.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always adopted the approach of \u2018a rising tide lifts all boat\u2019 so we have very good relationships with other universities,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like if you\u2019re in accounting, you meet your peers to share best practice and we do that with our peers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The development comes as part of a wider push for more collaboration between the private and public sector and further support of the state’s startups.<\/p>\n

\u201cI graduated from Melbourne University in 2007, when I was here there was no entrepreneurial support for university students but now it\u2019s completely different,\u201d Workman says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this culture of entrepreneurship that\u2019s well and truly alive around the campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe amount of people who are getting behind entrepreneurship to transition to a knowledge economy is really impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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