We build new companies around exceptional research.
MEC Venture Studio bring together researchers, experienced commercial founders and investors to build ventures capable of creating lasting economic and societal impact.
How we build companies
Commercialising research has traditionally meant licensing a technology or building a company yourself.
MEC Venture Studio offers another pathway. Researchers partner with an experienced venture-building team to validate the opportunity and assemble the right commercial team. Together, we build the company from formation through to growth.
Discover and validate opportunities
We identify research with the potential to underpin globally significant companies, then test the commercial opportunity through market validation, customer discovery and strategic analysis. Every opportunity is assessed against real market evidence before significant time and capital are committed.
Build the companies
We establish the commercial foundations of each venture, bringing together the right mix of researchers, experienced founders, investors and advisers to develop the team, strategy and business model needed for long-term success.
Support its growth
We remain actively involved through the critical early stages, helping ventures navigate complexity, deploy capital effectively and build momentum until they are ready to operate independently. MEC Venture Studio takes an equity position in the companies it helps create, sharing both the risk and the reward.
Current opportunities
As our portfolio grows, opportunities emerge for commercial co-founders, CEOs, board members and early employees.
MEC Venture Studio is currently building ventures across areas including:
- Quantum infrared imaging
- Silicon-28 for quantum computing
- Continuous bioelectric sensing
- Ultrasound neuromodulation
- Advanced peptide manufacturing
- Real-time hyperspectral imaging
- AI-powered maternity care
Who is this for
Researchers
Explore the potential of your research
Commercial founders
Build your next company
Investors
Partner with MEC Venture Studio
Our ambition is to build more than ten new companies each year from University of Melbourne research, creating a portfolio of ventures capable of improving lives, strengthening industries and delivering global impact.