About Us

Established in 2002, the Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast Pty Ltd, a University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) company, aims to create new jobs in new industries for the Sunshine Coast region.

Located on the edge of the USC campus, the Innovation Centre currently works with over 30 private companies in the ICT, clean technology and health technology industries and offers world-class business support for entrepreneurs and growing companies. 

Supporting business start-up and growth
To date, the Innovation Centre has supported the start-up and growth of over 78 businesses, creating around 350 jobs.

The Innovation Centre facility includes a Business Incubator and Accelerator which provide serviced offices, high speed fibre connections, consulting support, investment readiness and networking for both start-up and growth businesses.

Business development program
The Innovation Centre runs an extensive business development program aimed at educating aspiring and established entrepreneurs and providing a regular meeting point to support the development of an entrepreneurial network. To date, over 6,000 delegates have attended 132 events.

Investment raised
Since 2005, the Innovation Centre has helped entrepreneurs in their network raise $23.8M.

Providing valuable connections with USC
The Innovation Centre provides valuable connections with USC through graduate recruitment; student projects; input to learning and teaching; and research partnerships.

Innovation Centre: future plans and development
The Innovation Centre is at the hub of a Knowledge Precinct taking shape around the University of the Sunshine Coast. Over $100m has been invested in infrastructure in the last few years – including roads, a bus station and dark fibre optic cabling – to help advance the Precinct which has the potential to provide skilled jobs for over 6,000 people in the next 10 – 15 years.