Venture Catalyst

Run by Adelaide University ICC.

Adelaide University ICC accelerates generalist and social-impact ventures over six months in a hybrid format, running a parallel Venture Catalyst Space track alongside. Founders receive an equity-free stipend of A$10,000 paid incrementally per contract, and the official page states the programme is 100% equity free with founders retaining all equity and IP.

Investment

A$10,000 (Below East Asia & Pacific median $69k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

0% (Like 72% of East Asia & Pacific · Like 79% globally)

Duration

26 weeks (Longer than East Asia & Pacific median 15 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

hybrid

Cadence

annual

Location

Adelaide, Australia

Sectors

• Generalist
• Social Impact

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://icc.adelaide.edu.au/programs/venture-catalyst/ read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, equity pct, duration weeks, batch cadence, format, sectors, application url, status

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Last verified 2026-09-05.