Located inside Westmead Health and Innovation District, The Cicada HealthTech Hub is a home to early stage health companies, a space for collaboration and commercialisation activation, and a landing pad for industry seeking solutions to their research and business challenges. Helping to contribute to the vision of making Westmead a world-class innovation district in health and education.
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Unique environment for health innovation
The Cicada HealthTech Hub is for startups, entrepreneurs, and innovators with the ambition to create and launch health tech innovations. As a resident, you’ll have access to:
Affordable and flexible office suites and co-working spaces
Prime location within NSW’s largest health precinct, with introductions to potential clinical, research, and industry partners.
Access to Westmead Research Hub resources at internal rates, including advanced biobanking, genomics, and imaging services.
Connections to venture funding, legal, regulatory, and manufacturing partners.
Full facilities support, including office utilities, meeting rooms, and end-of-ride amenities.
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Specialist business support
The HealthTech Hub offers a range of commercialisation workshops, courses and mentoring programs for researchers, technologist, entrepreneur or early-stage venture, to build capability and support you at every stage of their journey.
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2 Day Intensive
Enhance your fundamental commercialisation skills with the guidance of industry experts at this exclusive, complimentary 2-day workshop.
This hands-on workshop will guide you through the commercialisation process step-by-step so you walk away with a clear commercial strategy.
Learn proven frameworks, tailored advice, and new ideas on how to articulate your business, engage with customers, and validate the market opportunity.
1-1 coaching
Fast Start is a 6-month bespoke commercialisation coaching program for high potential health tech teams and startups.
With the help of a dedicated expert and supported by industry mentors, you refine your strategy, set goals and we help you to get there faster.
Valuable connections
As a resident and member of the community, you'll get access to valuable networks in the Westmead district and connect with a tight-knit community of likeminded entrepreneurs who can offer advice, connections and support.
Valuable connections in the Westmead Health & Innovation District
A community of peers to connect with
Build relationships across the health innovation ecosystem
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New South Wales, and in particular Western Sydney, has all the elements of a world leading innovation district already in place. We are incredibly proud and grateful to extend our expertise and knowledge to startups seeking to improve health globally.
Sally-Ann Williams
CEO of Cicada Innovations
The Cicada HealthTech Hub is proudly supported by NSW Government and is part of the Westmead’s Health & Innovation District.
The district includes 4 major hospitals, 4 world-leading medical research institutes, 2 university campuses and the largest research-intensive pathology service in NSW.
By 2036, the number of full-time staff will increase to more than 50,000 and the number of students will expand to more than 10,000.
Among the first projects for development is a viral vector advanced manufacturing facility to provide ground-breaking trial therapies for infections, cancer and genetic diseases.
Cicada Innovations delivers several health-focused program alongside Australasia’s leading life science VC firm, Brandon Capital.
The program will enable the Westmead Health and Innovation District to participate in the Brandon BioCatalyst Collaboration, providing direct access to capital and commercialisation expertise.
Brandon BioCatalyst is a unique collaboration of investors, CSL, government and 50+ leading medical research institutes and hospitals united by a single purpose: generating cutting edge, next generation medical therapies and technologies to improve health and save lives.
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Innovation Quarter Building
Level 3, 160 Hawkesbury Rd
Westmead NSW 2145
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