Our Partners
A united group of partners who champion entrepreneurs, enable world-class programs and help shape the future of innovation across the Gold Coast.
Cohort Innovation Space is powered by a collective of industry-leading partners who share our mission to accelerate founders, support innovation, and strengthen Queensland’s startup ecosystem. Together, we create a thriving environment where entrepreneurs, researchers, corporates, and community connect and grow.
Our partners enable world-class programs, events, and collaboration opportunities – amplified by our position within the $5 billion Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct.
Our Partners
A united group of partners who champion entrepreneurs, enable world-class programs and help shape the future of innovation across the Gold Coast.
Cohort Innovation Space is powered by a collective of industry-leading partners who share our mission to accelerate founders, support innovation, and strengthen Queensland’s startup ecosystem. Together, we create a thriving environment where entrepreneurs, researchers, corporates, and community connect and grow.
Our partners enable world-class programs, events, and collaboration opportunities – amplified by our position within the $5 billion Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct.
Synnch
Synnch exists to make the R&D Tax Incentive more accessible for the innovators shaping Australia’s future. Founded by Andrew Antonopoulos — a former international taxation lawyer with deep expertise in R&D compliance — Synnch was created to help businesses unlock government funding, grants and tax offsets that fuel their growth.
After seeing firsthand how many companies missed out due to complex processes or poor record-keeping, Andrew built Synnch to simplify R&D claims and support the consultants who guide businesses through them. Today, Synnch empowers founders to maximise eligible R&D expenditure, strengthen compliance, and accelerate the development of smarter, safer and more sustainable solutions.
Gold Coast Health & Knowledge Precinct
Located at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing innovation region, the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct is a globally recognised hub where health, science, engineering and deep tech converge. Backed by more than $5 billion in investment across health, research, education and commercial infrastructure, the precinct is home to leading organisations in biotech, medtech, sportstech, clean energy and digital health. As a key anchor of the regional ecosystem and a member of the Global Institute on Innovation Districts (GIID), GCHKP plays a critical role in translating research into real-world impact.
With almost $250 million of private development underway and 9.5ha available for commercial investment, GCHKP is a global business destination for high-tech industry development, research collaboration and jobs of the future.
Radium Capital
Radium Capital is Australia’s leading R&D finance provider. Since 2017, we’ve given more than 1,000 innovation-led businesses early access to their R&D tax incentive, advancing more than $1 billion in non-dilutive funding to help them smooth cash flow, accelerate progress and keep more equity.
We give innovators access to the funding, resources and connections they need to move from idea to impact. Our deep relationships across the ecosystem, such as our partnership with Cohort Innovation Space, help us back innovative businesses with more than just money.
Creating something new requires vision and resolve. It also requires the right capital, at the right time. We work with businesses to understand their needs and find innovative solutions to build their future, their way.
Schiller Legal
Schiller Legal partners with founders and high-growth companies to provide legal counsel that unlocks opportunity, not just mitigates risk. Led by Vala Setareh — a dual-qualified lawyer, former startup founder and experienced operator — Schiller Legal brings a unique blend of global legal expertise, commercial instinct and lived founder experience.
From capital raises to complex negotiations, Vala understands the realities of building and scaling a company, offering fast, strategic and commercially-minded advice that creates clarity, leverage and momentum. Schiller Legal works with growth companies, boards and investors across Australia, helping them navigate complexity with confidence and structure deals that support long-term success.
Prmpt
Prmpt is a dedicated R&D tax advisory helping Australian businesses unlock the funding they need to innovate, scale and succeed. With over 12 years of combined experience and deep industry-specific expertise, Prmpt. specialises in maximising R&D Tax Incentive claims and navigating government programs that support commercial growth.
Led by Founder and Managing Director Josh Lumley, Prmpt. works with startups, scaleups and technology-led companies across Australia. Josh’s hands-on experience in e-commerce, software, product development and innovation strategy ensures clients receive strategic, practical guidance that aligns their R&D efforts with long-term commercial success.
