2018 Accelerator Launch

10 July 2018

Last Thursday marked the official launch of the Generator’s 2018 Startup Accelerator. The accelerator teams were officially announced at a closed group pitch event at Monash University, in front of approximately 100 key stakeholders and influencers.

Even though Thursday was the official launch of the accelerator, for the past two weeks our teams have secretly been hustling and working on their startup vision and communication strategy in our co-working space, which really shone through in the progress of their pitches.

“It’s hard to judge a startup on a single pitch. In fact, the best way to judge a startup is the progress they make between meetings. This invite-only launch does exactly that by giving key Monash stakeholders a data point to use as comparison at the end of the program. Honestly, I’m super impressed with the progress the teams have made in the last 10 days alone, and I can’t wait to introduce the founders to the public in 10 weeks time,” explained Kishan Thurairasa, Entrepreneur In Residence at the Generator.

The founder’s pitches created a subtle buzz of excitement across the crowd. With a great spread of startups across a broad array of sectors and stages of growth, the event really showcased what the Generator is primarily focused on, finding and nurturing incredible founders.

Without further adieu, meet the 2018 Generator Accelerator Cohort: