Celebrating Innovation: Meet the 2024 LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator winners

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Australia’s leading accelerator program, the LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator, has just wrapped up its 14-week journey.  11 trailblazing HealthTech startups received comprehensive support, resources, and mentorship from passionate industry experts and partners dedicated to help them commercialise and scale their innovations.  

On Thursday 25 July, these dynamic startups took to the stage to pitch their business to investors, industry partners and supporters. The participants had the unique opportunity to connect with some of the largest venture capital funds and investors in Australia with the program backed by the Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund. Alan Parnham, a Nephrologist at the Fellow Royal Australasian College of Physicians and The Parny Prize sponsor said at Demo Night,

“I truly believe each participant is special because they have an idea, and they want to do something about it. They will risk everything to do it.”

And the winners are…

• Thor Berg and Ben Novakovic; co-founders of Bloody Good Tests for taking out The LX Prize, winning 2 x 12-month full-time memberships at Cohort Innovation Space and post-program support.
• Claudio Pizzolato and Yana Salchak from Project BioSpine who took out the Fan’s Favourite Prize, winning a part-time membership at Cohort Innovation Space including mentoring and support for 12 months.
• Dyl Gray, Founder of Neo Ex who won The Parny Prize, winning a minimum of $100,000 towards their startup thanks to LX mentor Dr Alan Parnham.

A huge congratulations to all of the founders, and 2024 winners, and a heartfelt THANK YOU to all our incredible mentors! Your unwavering dedication and hard work are key in making Year 4 of this prestigious program a tremendous success.

As our founders continue to drive innovation and push boundaries, we wish them all the very best in their exciting journeys ahead. We look forward to seeing the amazing advancements you’ll bring and hope to cross paths around the Precinct soon.

The LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator, now in its fourth year, is hosted by Cohort Innovation Space located within Lumina. Lumina is the Queensland Government’s  9.5-hectare development by Economic Development Queensland that is dedicated to fostering the growth of life sciences, health, and technology-related businesses within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct.

Stay Tuned! Registration for 2025 LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator program will be released in early 2025, stay tuned on the Lumina Gold Coast and LX Health social media channels for updates.