D+I Partners with Cicada Innovations

 

Partnership Announcement: 28-07-2022

D+I partners with Cicada Innovations.

Australia’s leading product design and development consultancy, Design + Industry (D+I), has strengthened its relationship with the country’s flagship deep tech incubator, Cicada Innovations, by joining the startup community as a Pioneer Partner. The relationship is another step in furthering the company’s support of ambitious Australian ventures who are looking to commercialise solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems and promising opportunities.

The partnership builds on D+I’s history of working with startup incubators and Cicada’s residents to bring deep tech innovations to market across several key industry sectors (health, agriculture + food, sustainability + climate, space and intelligent computing).

“We look forward to seeing the outcomes of our teams working together to support Australia’s deep tech industry and as guides to the next-generation of startups.”
Murray Hunter (Founder, D+I)

D+I will work closely with the Cicada community by providing Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering and Electronics Design expertise along the full spectrum of the product development journey (Concept, Development, Commercialisation).

D+I is a natural partner for Cicada and our deep tech community. Their expertise, support, and team will enable our community of entrepreneurs and innovators to unlock new opportunities and grow faster.”
Sally-Ann Williams (CEO, Cicada Innovations)

About Cicada Innovations:
Established in 2000, Cicada Innovations supports visionary deep tech innovators to validate, commercialise and scale high-impact technologies globally. Since inception, Cicada has seen an unprecedented $1.3bn in exits from six deep tech ventures in the last two decades, and helped resident companies raise billions in funding and file hundreds of patents globally.

Cicada is the home of the National Space Industry Hub, delivery partner to the NSW Health Commercialisation Training Program, and operates a number of specialist educational programmes and events focused on developing Australia’s deep tech industry.

Ingrid Marsh
Director Partnerships & Business Development
Cicada Innovations
ingrid@cicadainnovations.com

Cicada Innovations

About D+I:
Design + Industry is a product design and development consultancy with studios based in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle. D+I offers an integrated product design, engineering, electronics, and production management service (ISO 13485:2016 Certified) — delivering successful commercial outcomes by creating class-leading products and user experiences for local and global markets. The team at D+I is internationally recognised for design and engineering excellence, validated by having won over 230 industry awards. Over three decades, D+I has established itself as a trusted + proven partner to industry innovators looking to translate ideas + discoveries into commercialised real-world solutions.

Murray Hunter
Founder
Design + Industry
murray.hunter@design-industry.com.au

Design + Industry