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🚀 Big news: Illume Ventures has officially launched with support from LaunchVic to deliver Future Frontier - Victoria's new AI-focused deep-tech pre-accelerator, in partnership with the Monash AI Institute. Founded by our alum Laxmi Pun (former Investment Director at Breakthrough Victoria), Illume Ventures was built to close a gap she saw firsthand: brilliant research and deep-tech ideas stalling before they ever reach investors. "Much of the early innovation journey is spent moving from one grant application to another, and many promising ideas fall away at this stage." Laxmi Pun, Founder, Illume Ventures 📅 Applications for the inaugural cohort open 1 July 2026. 👉 APPLY HERE https://lnkd.in/gCduZ3x2 If you're a researcher, deep-tech founder, or aspiring venture builder working on AI-enabled technology, this one's for you. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gnk_CuKa