Advance Queensland and Deloitte announce support for Queensland’s top innovators

06 March 2025: Advance Queensland and Deloitte have today announced the Top 30 innovators chosen for the highly anticipated Ignite+ Scale program. This new program offers tailored scaleup support to Queensland’s most ambitious, high growth innovation driven enterprises, to help them accelerate growth, build successful and sustainable businesses and create more jobs for Queenslanders.

The Ignite+ Scale program will equip businesses with the strategies, mentorship, and resources needed to accelerate and maximise their scaleup potential.

Together, Advance Queensland and Deloitte are committed to supporting the thriving scaleup community and positioning Queensland as a leader in innovation.

Queensland Minister for Science and Innovation, Andrew Powell said: “We are proud to support these forward-thinking enterprises as they continue to scaleup and break the mould, accelerating the thriving innovation ecosystem in Queensland.”

Deloitte Partner, Greg Pratt said: "Deloitte is honoured to be working with Advance Queensland on this initiative. The calibre of applicants has been outstanding, and we look forward to working closely with the Top 30 to help them achieve their scaleup ambitions."

Advance Queensland and Deloitte are pleased to announce the Top 30 businesses below:

1. Atlas Soils: Atlas Soils is a Queensland-based impact-driven enterprise that develops innovative waste transformation solutions to activate circular economies and improve soil health.
2. Bitpool: Bitpool brings buildings to life with real-time data and AI-driven decision-making technology, making information accessible to all.
3. Cérge: The Cérge Content Management Platform delivers public information about venue accessibility so customers can "Know Before They Go" to increase confidence and participation.
4. Chatstat: Chatstat’s innovative AI platform proactively addresses youth mental health and workplace psychosocial hazards.
5. Chronosoft Solutions: Delivers innovative off-the-shelf SaaS solutions for crisis, resilience, and incident management, workforce coordination, and electronic patient care reporting.
6. DOCTO Telehealth: DOCTO connects, coordinates, hosts and manages all aspects of telehealth consultations for patients needing medical specialist services that would otherwise be inaccessible.
7. Fempro Armour: Design and manufacture cutting-edge body armour that combines safety, comfort, and performance, empowering women to excel in impact sports, law enforcement & healthcare.
8. Fitcover Group: Fitcover specialises in innovative, sweat-proof cosmetics and skincare designed for active lifestyles.
9. Five Faces: Software company revolutionising the consumer experience for complex service providers in healthcare, education and government.
10. FlyFreely: FlyFreely Drone Management Platform (FlyFreely Platform) has the goal of helping drone operators streamline their operations while meeting their regulatory obligations.
11. Future Maintenance Technologies: Is a leader in autonomous maintenance in the rail industry. FMT designs, manufactures and deploys customised robotics and AI to automate maintenance for trains and railway tracks.
12. Handel Group: Innovative waste management and recycling solutions through SaaS platform.
13. Luxe.It.Fwd: Re-commerce platform with proprietary technology for pre-loved luxury fashion.
14. Mangoesmapping: Regional technology company offering specialised services and products for the application of geospatial technologies.
15. Mineral Fox: Mineral Fox creates beautiful, natural wall plasters and renders made from lime, clay and gypsum with bio-based additives and recycled materials.
16. National Plastics & Rubber: Designs and manufactures industrial plastics and rubber products for global mining, aviation, automotive and construction industries.
17. NoiseNet Operations: NoiseNet specialises in smart noise monitoring solutions to assist noise regulators resolve noise issues.
18. Nuvho Holdings: Central hotel services as a management platform to independent hotels that do not have traditional management contracts.
19. Obzervr Trading: Mobile cloud platform that removes paper from mining. Provides critical asset owners with digitised records for maintenance, hazards etc.
20. Planet Price: Developing the world’s most advanced sustainable supply chain analytics platform, driven by the Planet Price algorithm, which integrates AI, planetary boundaries science, and environmental shadow pricing to quantify the “real cost of everything.
21. Ravinn: Australian, veteran-owned cyber security company specialising in Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and delivering comprehensive cyber security services.
22. SkillsTX: SkillsTX is a global leader in skills management solutions. Proprietary platform leverages the internationally recognised Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA).
23. Swift Performance: Sports Technology - hardware and apps. Build devices to measure how fast athletes move, turn, jump, run etc. for sports performance.
24. Switch4Schools: Switch4Schools is an innovative platform revolutionising emotional health and wellbeing education in schools.
25. The Laundry Lady: Mobile laundry service across AU and NZ.
26. Truii: Australian technology company that creates data-driven web applications for data management, modelling and reporting in the government and natural resources management sectors.
27. Verterra Ecological Engineering: Australia's first full service ecological engineering company. DROVER grazing management service. Also recycles dewatered biosolids to agriculture.
28. Voltin IP: Voltin AutoBAT System delivers a new age digital assessment of a building’s exterior. Identifying over 50 building defect types.
29. Wagepay: Provides users with access to a portion of their e arned wage before payday.
30. Wildfire Energy: Is an innovative Australian company developing a revolutionary gasification technology for biomass and waste to energy applications.

Ignite+ Scale officially kicks off later this week with an immersive 3-day Intensive UpScale Lab at The Precinct, providing participants with global experts, industry insiders and insights to help them thrive.

The achievements of these exceptional businesses mark an exciting time for Queensland’s innovation landscape, with a steadfast commitment to supporting high-growth-potential, innovation-driven enterprise.

More information is available on the Advance Queensland website: https://advance.qld.gov.au/