Growing start-ups and SMEs
We help Australian spin-offs, start-ups and established businesses – including publicly listed companies – take new products and services to local and global markets.
We can swiftly and seamlessly fill commercialisation and marketing skill or resource gaps to support you at any stage of the commercialisation pathway.
We provide expert advice and hands-on services including:
Our expert technology & market assessors can help supply the necessary information for your commercialisation plan, business case or funding/grant.
Our senior team members average 22+ years of experience developing strategies to boost innovation, research, tech transfer and R&D impact.
We have produced custom, high-impact commercialisation strategies for a wide range of research organisations and businesses.
Since 2011, our staged funding strategies have helped research organisations and innovative businesses secure more than $250M in grants and investment.
Our commercialisation experts and grant writers can review or write your application, or help you to develop a comprehensive funding strategy.
We’ll leverage our extensive networks across research, industry and government, and develop and implement strategic partnership plans.
We help develop and implement high-level and/or invention-specific IP strategies, and audit IP portfolios to identify opportunities and priorities.
Landing significant media coverage requires an insider advantage. We've secured local, national, and international media coverage for our clients worth more than $1.4M.
Our digital team can provide expert support with your digital marketing strategy, website, video, social, email marketing, SEO, online ads and more.
We use our extensive networks to find the best technology & talent, and can help with headhunting, advertising & candidate vetting.
Our marketing experts are STEM-educated, take a scientific approach to strategy, and are highly experienced in launching innovations that disrupt markets.
We can help you avoid pitfalls by identifying your risks and providing mitigation strategies, developing a risk matrix and monitoring emerging risks.
Our writers are experienced in STEM and business, and able to translate complex technical content into compelling copy.
We’ll help create a unique visual identity that’s true to your brand, and unify design across all your marketing materials.
Companies we've helped
What our clients say
Working with gemaker helped us to clarify and refine our messages and offerings to clearly communicate our value proposition and capabilities. Having experts work alongside your team delivers successful outcomes and also builds capacity and capability in your organisation.
Without gemaker our application wouldn’t have been nearly as good. I thoroughly enjoyed working with the team and found they had a great ability to quickly grasp what was needed. I was very grateful for their flexibility and dedication to getting the job done in challenging circumstances.
gemaker has provided guidance and support to polish our business strategies and best respond to the COVID-fuelled, rapid global growth in the e-mobility sector.
gemaker has been an invaluable resource and partner and we are so glad we settled on Natalie’s team to help us with our growth plans as they have been, and remain, a very important part of our journey.
ASM has engaged Gemaker’s support on a number of successful grant funding opportunities.
Their ability to comprehensively understand ASM’s strategic investment proposition and articulate this into a compelling narrative to address specific government requirements was critical to our success in these submissions
gemaker had a strong attention to detail and a high level of professionalism that gave me comfort that we were in the right hands.
Working with gemaker has provided valuable guidance regarding business plans, marketing and PR, investment and product direction that has helped us quickly gain traction in the market.
Alkane has been working with gemaker for more than a decade. I can hand over a problem, and they deliver a professional and comprehensive solution, often within very short timeframes. gemaker is responsive, resourceful and incredibly good at making things happen.
The gemaker team has diverse skills and experience ranging from media and marketing to commercialisation and intellectual property strategy, fundraising and industry and government partnerships. They have helped on all these fronts to position our company as a national leader in sustainable urban mobility.
I highly recommend gemaker’s services to businesses at all stages of growth.
The marketing collateral gemaker produced for our conference stall was high quality. The team were all pleasant to work with, and we appreciated their help in organising and editing our grant application.
I was impressed by gemaker’s dedication, they worked long hours to meet the tight timeframe. We learned so much from them and now better understand how to address grant criteria. gemaker’s service and expertise exceeded our expectations.
The gemaker team has greatly enhanced our branding and marketing. We’re impressed by their expertise, flexibility and responsiveness, and especially by their ability to communicate highly technical information clearly and powerfully.
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