The startup scene in Australia

Company examples tied to Gold Coast include Gilmour Space, which says it was founded there and describes its business as launch vehicles, satellite platforms, and a spaceport. The company locates its Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland, outside Gold Coast. CartonCloud dates its product-company team on the Gold Coast to 2015 and describes its product as an integrated warehouse and transport management platform. These examples do not establish citywide sector size or performance. [93049, 93050, 93053, 93057, 93058]

LX Health reported in August 2026 that Toralis Labs was based at Cohort Innovation Space, was developing patient-specific surgical digital twins, and completed the 2026 LuminaX accelerator in July. LX Health identifies Cohort Innovation Space, Queensland Government, and Griffith University as partners in the NextGen pre-accelerator that launched Toralis Labs' startup journey. LX Health also identifies Flo Axiom as a biotechnology venture originating in Griffith University research, reports its participation in LuminaX in 2025, and describes its product as bioseparation materials. Griffith Enterprise describes itself as the university office supporting intellectual-property commercialization and enterprise formation. [93064, 93065, 93066, 93067, 93068, 93069, 93070, 93073]

Company financing and milestones are company-specific evidence, not citywide totals. The NRFC reports investing A$75 million in Gilmour Space and reports that the company raised A$217 million in its Series E; the NRFC identifies itself and Hostplus as leaders of the company's latest funding round. Gilmour Space dates its first ElaraSat satellite in orbit to June 2025 and identifies early 2027 as the target for Eris TestFlight2. CartonCloud records a $12 million raise in December 2021, which Startup Daily reported on February 1, 2022. [93054, 93055, 93056, 93051, 93052, 93059, 93062]

Bond University describes Transformer as a fee-free extracurricular entrepreneurship program for its undergraduate and postgraduate students; its Transformer Hub, within Bond Business School, provides students 24-hour access. Griffith Enterprise invites contact about its technology portfolio for partnering or investment. GC Hub scheduled Pitch & Pizza for October 22, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in Building A at Southern Cross University on the Gold Coast. The LuminaX 2026 application cycle is historical as of October 4, 2026; that does not establish application availability for a later cycle. [93074, 93075, 93086, 93087, 93081]