UNSW Founders 10x Accelerator

Run by UNSW Founders.

The 10x Accelerator is a ten-week in-person intensive in Sydney, run once a year; the 2026 cohort ran from 5 August to 7 October. It invests A$100,000 through a founder-friendly pre-money SAFE note carrying a 15% discount and no valuation cap, so no fixed equity percentage is published. It takes generalist, deeptech, hardware and B2B ventures.

Investment

A$100,000 (Below East Asia & Pacific median $69k · Above global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

10 weeks (Shorter than East Asia & Pacific median 15 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

annual

Location

Sydney, Australia

Sectors

• Generalist
• Deep Tech
• Hardware
• B2B

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://unswfounders.com/10x-accelerator read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, duration weeks, batch cadence, format, sectors, application url, status
• https://www.unswfounders.com/ read 2026-09-07 — supports contact email

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All 10 in Sydney

Last verified 2026-09-05.