QUT Creative Enterprise Australia
VC Fund
Kelvin Grove, Australia
QUT Creative Enterprise Australia is a VC fund in Kelvin Grove focused on Fashion and Software. QUT Creative Enterprise Australia (CEA) helps start, grow, scale and connect creative companies and is Australia’s only dedicated creative industries accelerator.Since 2008, over 3,500 entrepreneurs have engaged in CEA services. They have supported over 150 companies on site, created over 25 startups and established Australia’s first creativeStartup Fund. CEA offers access to workspace, business mentoring, special events, networks, research expertise and capital to foster the growth of the creative industries in Australia.They are a commercial company owned by QUT with an independent Board of Directors set up to help grow creative businesses. They were established to help provide ‘real world’ enterprise services to support the growth of creative industries. They work with creative companies at different stages but Their services are not exclusive to QUT graduates, so They would love to see how They can help your company.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
Last updated:
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Industries QUT Creative Enterprise Australia invests in
Stages QUT Creative Enterprise Australia invests in
Countries QUT Creative Enterprise Australia invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Fashion 7 (28%)
- Software 5 (20%)
- Music 4 (16%)
- Retail 4 (16%)
- Marketplace 4 (16%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 12 (48%)
- Seed 11 (44%)
- Angel 1 (4%)
- Series A 1 (4%)
Country
- Australia 21 (84%)
- United States 2 (8%)
- United Kingdom 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandollo is a better way to plan and manage your marketingBrandollo helps small businesses build their brand and manage their marketing in one location. Get a customised marketing plan for your business, collaborate with team members, access powerful workflow tools and up-skill users with on-demand marketing tutorials. Brandollo delivers thefull suite of marketing support you need at a price you can afford. | $22.8K / Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| Experience your wedding before your wedding | $22.8K / Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| Birdee provides retailers to create a shopping experience for customers through facial recognition software. They provide solutions for events, retail, and ID access for companies. | $22.8K / Pre-Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| Prysim Music is a Business 2 Business online platform connecting artists to venues and venues to artists. The platform utilises algorithms to suggest and assist in organising gigs. Essentially streamlining the process of searching for a gig, applying for a gig, assess the artists and finalising the gig. Prysim Music puts the power back into thehands of the artists and venues. | $22.8K / Pre-Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| LÁNA is an online, peer-to-peer marketplace where you can list, discover and borrow quality clothes for all occasions.It's a sustainable way to enjoy new clothes, without buying items you only wear once. Welcome to the share economy for fashion.We want to live in a world where clothes aren’t thrown out after a few wears; but ratherrepaired, reinvented or recycled into something new. Clothes don’t belong in landfill. Let’s make clothes that last generations, not months.Available in: Brisbane, Gold CoastComing soon: Rest of Australia, London-THE TEAM BEHIND LÁNA The LÁNA team has been working together for six years to shed light on sustainable and ethical fashion in Australia. We are the producers of Undress Runways ; Australia’s largest sustainable fashion event. We have showcased over 100 sustainable fashion designers on the runway in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne since 2011.In 2013 we launched The Naked Mag , a magazine to shake up the fashion industry. Naked highlights the ethical and environmental issues surrounding fast fashion. It gives an insight into behind-the-scenes of the fashion industry. Naked educates, informs and offers alternatives and tips to better our world.We have also tried our hand at design and production with VIHN; an ethical fashion label. A few LÁNA team members launched VIHN to give men and women a modern streetwear option that was ethically manufactured and produced from factory offcuts in Cambodia.LÁNA is built on six years of research, experimentation and industry experience. We’ve hit the ground running and we’re ready for the next chapter.Fashion ethics and sustainability is at our core. | $22.8K / Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| Fan engagement and monetisation platform for esports teams | $22.8K / Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| Exaptec is a robotic company that provides robotic automation solutions and applications. They provide services for social, service, and telepresence robotics. Also, they offer customer service. They employ a consultative approach and have the ability to design service robotics automation solutions. It is a source that works with robots and createssoftware for robot applications as well as robotic platforms. | $22.8K / Pre-Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| Scientifically informed AI composed music sleep app | $22.8K / Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| We’re on a mission to get more fans to events they love while driving the industry to be fair, accessible, and transparent. We’ve built an event marketplace that helps fans get to their favourite shows without paying through the nose to be there. | $22.8K / Pre-Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| BOP Industries provides school holiday programmes, events, and master classes for young people wanting to make a change and bring their ideas to life. It is a holographic projection startup bringing magic to technology. | $22.8K / Seed / Apr 24, 2018 | ||
| See all 25 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does QUT Creative Enterprise Australia invest in?
QUT Creative Enterprise Australia invests primarily in Fashion, Software and Music startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did QUT Creative Enterprise Australia last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for QUT Creative Enterprise Australia closed in Apr 2018. Shizune tracks 25 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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