- The recipients of the latest round of the Innovation Booster Grant revealed
- 26 recipients will share in a total of $1,274,686 in grant money
- Funding made possible through the New Industries and Innovation Fund
- Cook Labor Government committed to putting WA first and supporting local innovation and jobs
The Cook Labor Government has announced the eighth round of recipients for the Innovation Booster Grant (IBG).
Funded innovative projects range from sustainable indoor farms, the first artificial intelligence powered tool for Legal Aid and adapting shipping container housing for regional communities.
With a maximum of $50,000 available per grant application, this round has granted a total of $1,274,686 to 26 recipients.
Among the 26 businesses awarded funding, 10 are female founded, six are First Nation founded and five are from regional WA, with some recipients featuring in more than one of these categories.
Recipients come from several of Diversify WA priority sectors such as energy, tourism and events, space, health and medical life sciences, and primary industries.
This latest round saw hundreds of applications and the assessment process involved an independent panel of industry leaders.
Previous IBG recipients include WaveX who have recently been successful in completion of a seed funding round to commercialise a new generation of wave energy technology that targets deep water.
The IBG is a competitive Western Australian Government grant funded through the New Industries and Innovation Fund. The grants providing funding to innovators at a critical early stage helping founders and small businesses test new ideas, solve technical challenges and take promising innovations closer to market. By investing early, we are giving local innovators the opportunity to turn ambitious concepts into scalable businesses and future jobs.
For more information see: New Industries and Innovation Fund: grants
As stated by Science and Innovation Minister Stephen Dawson:
“The Innovation Booster Grant is now in its eighth funding round, supporting WA innovators to develop and grow their ideas.
“Innovation in our State continues to grow, and the Cook Labor Government is committed to nurturing the sector and ensuring talented Western Australians have the support they need to innovate here at home.
“This round also highlights the breadth of innovation taking place across Western Australia, with successful recipients from regional communities as well as female founded and Indigenous founded startups.”
Full list of Round 8 Innovation Booster Grant recipients:
Applicant | Project Name | Project Description | Total Funding |
ACE Kinetics | Orbital Gearmotor: Integrated Motor-Drive System for High-Performance Robotics & Space | ACE Kinetics will develop an Orbital Gearmotor MVP – a novel integrated motor-and-gear system that directly embeds the motor concept within the gearing architecture. Targeting 5-10x performance gains over conventional systems, this MVP will be prototyped, tested, and validated with support from a specialist Australian designer. | $50,000 |
AGRA Farming Technologies | ARVUM Plant Factory | AGRA builds sustainable indoor farms that outperform existing agriculture on price, quality and reliability. | $50,000 |
Auriva Pty Ltd | Australian-first digital health platform improving menopause care access and outcomes | Auriva Woman is an Australian-first digital health platform providing comprehensive perimenopause and menopause care in one place. This project will validate our proprietary clinical pathways and develop a deployment-ready MVP, improving healthcare access for Australian women, particularly in rural and regional areas, while reducing long term government healthcare expenditure. | $49,800 |
Beemurra Aboriginal Corporation | Regenerating Country: IndigenousLed Land Management, Climate and Energy Futures | Beemurra Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) manages a 1,242hectare property in Western Australia, the State’s first Indigenousowned cattle backgrounding operation. BAC is developing an Indigenousled, sciencesupported model that integrates modern agriculture and technology with traditional ecological knowledge to improve soil health, biodiversity, and Indigenous enterprise outcomes. | $50,000 |
BIRDRONE | Autonomous Bird Deterrence for Scalable Crop Protection in WA Orchards | BIRDRONE is a fully autonomous crop protection drone-feedback system that uses vision AI and permanently deployed sensors to detect bird activity in real time and deploy drones for targeted deterrence. Field-validated in WA orchards, it enables scalable, safe/non-lethal crop protection with continuous, data-driven monitoring. | $50,000 |
Boorloo Legal Assistance Clinic Pty Ltd | DJIDI: Australia’s first AI-powered practice management tool for Legal Aid | An Indigenous-owned AI practice management tool purpose-built for Legal Aid work, the first of its kind in Australia. It automates administrative tasks so lawyers handle more matters with the same funding, with culturally appropriate workflows for Indigenous clients. $4.5 million in economic and social benefit is expected in the first deployment year. | $46,113 |
Co Connect App | Co Connect People Rostering andFacilities Management Solution | Co Connect People is a purpose built workforce and accommodation logistics platform that manages the full cycle of getting a worker to a remote site and back covering rosters, travel bookings, accommodation allocation, workforce roster management, automations, security system integrations and safety compliance in one connected system. | $45,390 |
Complete Tyre Solutions Tye Recycling Pty Ltd (CTSTR) | Resin Bound Rubber Flooring/Resurfacing | This project by CTSTR aims to research and develop new products using recycled rubber granules as a replacement or alternative to traditional aggregates. The project will test performance, durability, and sustainability benefits, creating innovative applications that increase rubber granule utilisation while supporting waste tyre recycling and circular economy outcomes. | $50,000 |
DILJI CORPORATION PTY LTD | Ngalia Ninti Language Platform – ASR Validation, IP Protection and Commercialisation | Dilji Labs will engage external specialists to validate and refine AI-powered automatic speech recognition for the Ngalia language, protect the platform’s intellectual property, and develop a commercialisation strategy enabling licensing to schools, TAFEs, and other language communities across Western Australia and Australia. | $50,000 |
EchoNova | EchoNova: Preventing Avoidable Heart Failure Admissions Through Home Monitoring | EchoNova is developing a wearable ultrasound patch to help heart failure patients detect fluid build-up early at home, enabling timely treatment and preventing avoidable hospitalisations. This project will advance a benchtop proof-of-principle into a prototype and conduct usability testing to validate device placement, workflow integration and performance against current standards. | $50,000 |
Fiction Labs | SkyLock: Standalone GNSS Trust Monitor for Navigation Safety | This project engages specialist marine engineering services to design and prototype a low-cost electric outboard motor system compatible with our existing modular eFoil battery/ESC module. The outboard enables customers to swap one power module between e-Foil and tender propulsion, creating a multi-use marine platform with no market equivalent. | $40,000 |
Gordon Mining Contracting Pty Ltd | Project Karru – Modular Community Housing for Remote Aboriginal Communities | Project Karru will adapt Gordon Mining Contracting’s proven shipping container modular housing system for deployment as permanent housing in remote Aboriginal communities. The project funds engineering design adaptation for residential compliance, commercialisation feasibility assessment, and market entry strategy – establishing a new pathway from mining accommodation into community housing. | $50,000 |
MamaTech | Mamawand: The first portable therapeutic ultrasound device for breastfeeding pain. | Mamawand is a portable therapeutic ultrasound device designed to treat inflammatory conditions of the lactating breast (ICLB)-a leading cause of pain, antibiotic use, hospitalisation, and early breastfeeding cessation. Its simplicity, safety, and specificity in treating ICLB enables any clinician to provide treatment and support safe use at home by mothers. | $50,000 |
Novolo Co Pty Ltd | Project West Australian Grown Innovation | Novolo is evolving our proven molecular technology into a broad-spectrum preservation platform for high-value horticulture and industrial waste. By preventing cellular decay across diverse food streams, we empower Western Australian industries to recover premium nutrients and turn waste into revenue, driving the State’s transition to a circular bio-economy. | $50,000 |
Ocean HEX – BARN | BARN: Accelerating marine habitat establishment on artificial coastal structures | The BARN system is a simple ceramic device that allows divers to actively seed coastal structures such as groynes, breakwaters, and artificial reefs with nursery-grown native marine species. This project will conduct the first field trial of the BARN on artificial reef structures in Cockburn Sound, Perth. | $50,000 |
One Kidney Pty Ltd | OneKidney: Vascular Access Device Blood Compatibility Studies and IP Protection | OneKidney is developing a Total Artificial Kidney to replace dialysis. This project funds vascular access blood flow studies with UWA and Innovate Medtech to validate device design, conduct biocompatibility testing, and file a provisional patent for the vascular access technology. | $50,000 |
Open Ocean Exchange Pty Ltd | Digital infrastructure to support the premium agricultural trade with Asia | Open Ocean Exchange (OOX) is building digital infrastructure to modernise cross-border agricultural trade.This project will engage legal and compliance specialists to ensure OOX meets all necessary complex regulations in key Asian markets. It will reduce export barriers, scale growth, and improve market access for Western Australian producers into high-value Asian markets. | $50,000 |
Queensberry Consulting Pty Ltd | Metabolica – Clinical Point-of-Care Insulin Diagnostic Platform | Developing a clinically validated, TGA-approved point-of-care insulin biosensor integrated with wearable biometric data and AI-powered metabolic risk prediction. The platform enables GPs, anaesthetists, and metabolic health practitioners to detect insulin dysregulation up to 15 years before standard clinical markers – transforming metabolic syndrome from a late diagnosis into an early intervention. | $50,000 |
Reformix Materials Group Pty Ltd | Unlocking W.A. Industry Adoption of Low-Carbon Concretes via Batch-Plant Integration | Reformix is developing a system that enables existing concrete plants to produce low-carbon concrete using industrial by-products. This project will validate and standardise the technology, helping the construction industry reduce emissions without costly new infrastructure while supporting a decentralised circular economy. | $50,000 |
Rogue Pantry | High Protein Nutritional Mug Cakes | Formulated through food science, we have developed delicious, high protein mug cakes that deliver clinically meaningful nutrition with real recognisable ingredients and no chemical sweeteners. Targeting patients in aged care and healthcare who struggle with oral nutrition supplements, or people looking for a high protein dessert without sacrificing taste or texture. | $50,000 |
Spectrum Wear Pty Ltd trading as noji | Technology-Enabled Therapeutic Sensory Apparel | Spectrum Wear Pty Ltd is developing a world’s first commercially viable integrated sensory regulation apparel technology. Sensory friendly garments, no labels, flattened seams and soft fabrics with concealed, integrated sensory regulation features engineered directly into the fabric. | $50,000 |
Stealth Technologies | Portable AI LiDAR for Real-Time Overbreak Prediction in Underground Mining | This project will validate a handheld, offline AI LiDAR workflow for predicting overbreak before drilling in underground mines. Using specialist external expertise and Stealth’s existing EdgeiQ platform, the project will de-risk a pilot-ready decision-support tool that can reduce waste, improve development consistency and lower underground mining costs. | $50,000 |
TANAFLOC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Validating sludge dewatering performance of carbon-neutral plant-based Water treatment coagulant | This project will validate the sludge dewatering performance of a carbon-neutral plant-based water treatment chemical used as an alternative to traditional metal based coagulants. Pilot-scale dewatering equipment will be hired to generate engineering data on sludge handling, disposal reduction and reuse potential for Australian water utilities and industrial wastewater operators. | $48,684 |
Tradie Pass Pty Ltd | AI-Powered Compliance Verification System for the Construction Workforce | Tradie Pass is a Western Australian digital workforce compliance platform helping construction and mining companies instantly verify worker licences and tickets. Tradies upload their credentials once and securely share them with employers through the platform, enabling faster site onboarding while reducing paperwork and improving compliance across worksites. | $45,000 |
Yawuru Technology Group Pty Ltd | The Gurlibil Connected Mobile Infrastructure Platform | Advancing the Gurlibil Connected Mobile Office Platform from validated R&D concept to commercially deployable product by optimising the multi-carrier satellite-cellular network orchestration engine, hardening enterprise security architecture, and conducting extended field trials in remote Western Australian locations. | $50,000 |
Yued Aboriginal Corporation | YUED Bushfoods – Bush Food Nutritional Supplement Development | Yued Aboriginal Corporation, partnering with Edith Cowan University and NNA Foods, is developing a commercially viable processing system for Noongar bush foods. The project applies freeze-drying and 3D food printing technology to native yams, creating shelf-stable, nutrient-dense functional food products targeting children with ADHD, autism, and diabetes. | $49,700 |
