Future Frontier: AI focused Deep-tech Pre-accelerator Program

Future Frontier is a 10-week AI & Deep-tech Pre-Accelerator designed for researchers, scientists, engineers and aspiring founders looking to transform breakthrough technologies into real-world applications and investible ventures.

Delivered by Illume Ventures in partnership with Monash AI Institute and supported by LaunchVic, the program helps participants bridge the gap between technical innovation and venture creation. Through expert-led workshops, mentorship and industry connections, founders learn customer discovery, market validation, venture design, AI product strategy, commercialisation pathways, fundraising and investor readiness.

Participants gain direct access to experienced founders, AI researchers, investors and commercialisation experts who have built startups, achieved exits, backed venture-scale companies and supported university spinouts. Whether you’re exploring an AI-enabled research breakthrough or building a frontier technology startup, Future Frontier provides the framework, network and confidence to test opportunities, validate demand and build a venture-ready foundation.