{"id":1,"date":"2024-07-03T09:50:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.celium.au\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-04-05T08:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:42:39","slug":"celium-news-article-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/celium-news-article-1\/","title":{"rendered":"celium joins luminaX HealthTech Accelerator Program 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-body-text-color has-text-color\">The Celium Technologies Team are delighted to announce Joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/2025-lx-cohort-announce\/\">LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator<\/a> cohort of 2025!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce0324b5276501d6121958c78137e77a wp-block-paragraph\">After a number of years of defining the scope and building our bed flow optimisation technology, <a href=\"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/our-team\/\">Dr. Phillip Townend<\/a> (Director of Medical Research) and I (<a href=\"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/our-team\/\">Jack Rankin<\/a> &#8211; Director of Business Development) are delighted to announce that our Celium Technologies team has been accepted into LuminaX&#8217;s HealthTech Accelerator program for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ed29f90383911caa90b6e33e44bf974f wp-block-paragraph\">Our mission is to optimise the availability of beds in Queensland Hospitals leading to reduced patient waiting times, staff burnout and ambulance ramping. We believe that by joining the LuminaX cohort of 2025 that this will fuel our growth, attracting the required investment to have a meaningful impact in improving healthcare for all Queenslanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-07f52da152b9cc487b54df5bda293de3 wp-block-paragraph\">Please see the following announcement. Credits to <a href=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/\">LuminaX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a3cfb0e2895f19529eecbc09ee7ffc90\">From AI-powered Mental Health Support to Breakthrough Biotech Inventions \u2013 Why LX \u201825 is One to Watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_5224.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4399588\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3f8ecfba04f96e86f5c990d85724e526 wp-block-paragraph\">The 2025 LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator cohort is set to push the boundaries of healthcare innovation with this year\u2019s startups tackling everything from&nbsp;<strong>AI-powered mental health support<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>biotech inventions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-608a714cf38a8192661890f8e8b2f094 wp-block-paragraph\">The diversity and calibre of the startups reflect Australia\u2019s rapidly growing healthtech sector, showcasing a surge in innovation across multiple fields in health care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8fa7436fe319ee3225cb838e9aaa90e2 wp-block-paragraph\">While previous LuminaX cohorts have primarily focused on Software as a Service (SaaS), the 2025 lineup brings a more diverse mix,<strong>&nbsp;including AI as a Service<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>medical devices<\/strong>, and groundbreaking&nbsp;<strong>biotech solutions<\/strong>. This evolution highlights the shifting healthcare landscape and the expanding opportunities within the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-576fcededbc6914cee5da15400c77b10 wp-block-paragraph\">The cohort\u2019s focus aligns with the 2024 Australian Startup Funding Report, which highlights strong investment in&nbsp;<strong>MedTech &amp; BioTech (AU$350M)<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>HealthTech (AU$170M)<\/strong>. As the sector gains momentum, Australia is solidifying its position as a health innovation hub, and this year\u2019s cohort exemplifies that progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a1e9e63993398869aa0eba43a7f33eac wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Griffith University<\/strong>&nbsp;is also celebrating a milestone, with three of its research ventures making it into the accelerator. This highlights the power of translating academic discoveries into commercial solutions that can address real-world healthcare challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PXL_20230418_061405318.MP-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4399593\" title=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0d1dc6fe84a2a38279fe87deb5d60593 wp-block-paragraph\">LX Health Director, Dren Xerxa, emphasised the calibre of this year\u2019s applicants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2f1a67b5f8dc0c6618c67d97031d1c2d wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEach year, the number and quality of applications in LX continues to rise, but what excites me most about this cohort is the diversity. While SaaS health startups have traditionally led the way, this year we\u2019ve seen a remarkable surge in devices and biotech innovations, along with AI-powered solutions designed to scale\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cb6f49c5a706b22b46635c5e171bab2f wp-block-paragraph\">Now in its&nbsp;<strong>fifth year<\/strong>, the LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator is proud to welcome&nbsp;<strong>11 startups<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>22 founders<\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>40 mentors<\/strong>&nbsp;to its 2025 cohort. The program is supported by Major Partners: Economic Development Queensland, the City of Gold Coast, and QIC, alongside Industry Partners: Griffith University, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, IntelliHQ, and the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eccf049977723100d09c09c4335e9674 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meet the 2025 LX Cohort:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b02315b437467ee1cf2f4248b5cf888b wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zendu.com.au\/\">Zendu<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 provides purely digital, clinician-quality physical rehabilitation at a fraction of the current cost, anywhere, and without requiring referrals nor clinician availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3d654ac9f1b326bfaf2f216a902b1ba9 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascenda.one\/\">Ascenda&nbsp;<\/a>\u2013 Scaling mental health care through AI digital twins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f6581052b068d5d9a440a2f134340464 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/institute-drug-discovery\/our-institute\/cell-factories-biopolymers%20%20%20%20%20Website%20of%20research%20group.%20Website%20for%20startup%20non%20exciting%20yet\">BioProSep<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Develops and manufactures bioseparation materials that enable the efficient recovery of biologics during industrial manufacture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26370b812467b8003cda61a87a6be55a wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/celium.au\/\">Celium Technologies<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Optimising hospital bed waiting times &amp; reducing ambulance ramping for hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f606dbcf0855a819df1ab2229c13d6df wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genaqua.com.au\/\">GenAqua<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Manufacture devices reducing Hospital Acquired Infections in health facilities occurring from potable water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-09e834f12f0dd8c47aac0947c2ac2f19 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heali.com.au\/\">Heali&nbsp;<\/a>\u2013 a digital treatment plan platform that lets clinicians create, share, and track care plans, using reusable templates, and real-time monitoring to improve adherence and simplify patient care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a23f3ba94da448d759552feb3a9ccc1f wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveq.health\/\">LiveQ&nbsp;<\/a>\u2013&nbsp; a Telehealth platform that combines clinically approved wearable devices with real-time monitoring and secure communication to enable rehabilitation providers to deliver remote cardiac rehabilitation services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6906344e1c20acaefc3e8c64d7de0ceb wp-block-paragraph\">GutGutGoose!&nbsp;\u2013 Patient customised probiotics at scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f96b5eb37f5592bf11f66d12aac98f53 wp-block-paragraph\">SAL-Check \u2013 is a non-invasive, saliva-based diagnostic test for early detection and monitoring of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, offering accessible and patient-friendly screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-898fb182dd5130236d4d697ef62bbc08 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speakclear.com.au\/\">SpeakClear<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 SpeakClear is an offline AI-powered real-time captioning device that breaks communication barriers by instantly converting speech into text, making conversations accessible to everyone, anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9c8e377427961712e259a090df44ea0f wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabuccino.com\/\">Tablx&nbsp;<\/a>\u2013 makes robotic tablet dispensers for meds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-80124c8fbccdb957395ce77ef98a81b2 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zendu.com.au\/\">Zendu<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 provides purely digital, clinician-quality physical rehabilitation at a fraction of the current cost, anywhere, and without requiring referrals nor clinician availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-body-text-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7edc4dd113d22b30f2858f6be36dd281 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Credits to Article by <a href=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/\">LuminaX<\/a> <\/strong> (Full Article available <a href=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/2025-lx-cohort-announce\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lxhealth.com.au\/2025-lx-cohort-announce\/\">here<\/a> )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Celium Technologies Team are delighted to announce Joining the LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator cohort of 2025! After a number of years of defining the scope and building our bed flow optimisation technology, Dr. Phillip Townend (Director of Medical Research) and I (Jack Rankin &#8211; Director of Business Development) are delighted to announce that our Celium [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8,10,11,9,13,12],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celium-news","tag-accelerator","tag-healthcare","tag-healthtech","tag-luminax","tag-revolutionise","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celium.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}