Peter Devine
Former CEO, Uniseed
“It's got to be something a customer needs, not something they want. It's got to be a need to have not a nice to have.” Hear the conversation
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Uniseed
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Latest conversation · Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem
The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 3About Uniseed
Uniseed is an Australian venture fund that invests in startups built on research from its partner universities and CSIRO, providing seed capital and help with commercialisation. It launched in 2000 with backing from the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland, and now works with ten research organisations, with UniSuper as an investor. It reports more than 70 startups backed and 13 exits. Dr Alastair Hick became chief executive in January 2026, succeeding Peter Devine.
- Sector
- Venture capital (university/research commercialisation)
- Business model
- Venture fund
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- Brisbane (St Lucia)
- Markets
- Australia
Sources: startupdaily.net, globalventuring.com, abr.business.gov.au
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Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 3
With Peter Devine
Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 4
With Peter Devine
Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 5
With Peter Devine
The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series Peter Devine discusses his move to research commercialisation
With Peter Devine
Milestones.
- Established as A$20M JV between Melbourne and Queensland unisglobalventuring.com
- Launched $50M Fund-3 with five university partnersglobalventuring.com
- Five new university partners joined Uniseedglobalventuring.com
- CEO Peter Devine stepped down after 20 yearsstartupdaily.net
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