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Prefactor

Prefactor is the trust layer for AI agents. As organisations deploy more agents across customer service, operations, software development, and decision-making workflows, understanding what those agents can access, what they can do, and whether they can be trusted becomes increasingly difficult. Prefactor provides a single view of an organisation's agent estate, helping engineering, AI, security, and governance teams understand how agent capabilities accumulate, where risk exists, and when intervention is required. By combining visibility, risk intelligence, and policy enforcement, Prefactor helps regulated enterprises move AI agents from proof of concept to production with confidence. Because deploying agents is easy. Trusting them is hard.

paperlab.co

Paper art is a mixture of art and science. The name Paperlab reflects this. I never went to art school but I am a scientist. I spent years working in laboratories, surrounded by test tubes and scalpels. Eventually, the creative call was much too strong and I left to follow my passion. Paper. I kept the scalpels but now when I cut, I create. Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to work with some amazing people and now Paperlab is part of their story too. Paperlab is a group of artists that work across a variety of disciplines with paper at the heart. My team has worked with some of the biggest brands in Australia, fusing artistry and creativity with science and reliability. I love to collaborate and hope I can help others find their creative path sooner. The public speaking work I do is part of this. Louise

Paloma

Australasia’s largest & leading venture studio. Helping founders, growing startups and corporates incubate, create and accelerate new ventures & digital products. "Paloma have done an excellent job of supporting Afterpay with creativity, agility and technical proficiency. I would enthusiastically recommend Paloma to any business looking for a genuine partner to work with." - Nick Molnar, Founder of Afterpay

SPC Global

The Original Juice Co, SPC, Nature One Dairy and Natural Ingredients were brought together under SPC Global in December 2024, with the company’s listing on the ASX (ASX:SPG). The Group has a portfolio of brands with a focus on providing nourishment and wellness for consumers. The Group’s products span packaged fruit and tomatoes, baked beans and spaghetti, ready-made meals, beverages, juice and wellness shots, powdered milk products and vegetables and fruit supplies to the food service industry. With a strong agricultural heritage, around 800 employees and operations in Australia and Asia, the company has ambitious plans to grow both domestically and internationally.

Wildfire Energy

Wildfire Energy is a privately held renewable energy startup developing technology for gasification and waste to energy applications. Wildfire has developed a novel, proprietary gasification process to enable cost effective conversion of low value biomass and waste feedstocks into high quality syngas for electricity generation and production of fuels and chemicals. The technology employs a unique, scalable configuration which avoids common problems typically associated with biomass and waste utilisation. Testing is currently underway at a pilot plant located in Brisbane, Australia prior to scale up and commercialisation of the technology.