Commercialising Science, Technology and the Arts

More than $2.2 billion raised for clients and partners

Dr Patrick Silvey

I am a specialist in commercialising innovations and establishing new ventures in science, technology, and the arts. I work with organisations in industry, government and the university sector to grow businesses, identify new income streams, build enterprise value, secure investment and progress ideas and innovations to commercial solutions. I advise government clients on the design of policies, programs and strategies that stimulate industry growth and attract new investment.

I have raised more than $2.2 billion in capital for my clients. I sat on the Investment Panel for the $80 million QIC Business Development Fund for 3 years, the ILab Tech Incubator Advisory Board and the QUT Research and Commercialisation Committee for more than a decade and I have been an Advisory Panel member for dozens of other organisations over 20 years.

I have a PhD in biotechnology and an MBA (major: new venture finance; University Medal). I have completed the AICD Company Directors Course and I was previously a Director in Corporate Finance at PwC and a Postdoc in Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland.

Services.

  • Pat has worked with hundreds of groups to prepare the plans and budgets to commercialisie products and technologies and raise the investment needed.

  • Pat identifies, connects and brings organisations to collaborate on exciting commercialisation projects

  • Pat has more than 25 years of experience in scoping innovation and commercialisation projects and articulating their likely impact

Examples of some of the amazing projects …

The $150 million Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program and the $440 million Reef Trust Partnership. I worked with the wonderful teams at the Australian Institute for Marine Science, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and more than a dozen major partner organisations to develop and secure the funding for these major globally-relevant programs.

Clients
Australian Institute for Marine Science (AIMS); Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF). The University of Queensland, James Cook University, Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University, the Queensland Government.

Year
2017 - 2020

National Soil Monitoring and Incentives Program, Scoping Report. The Australian Government announced an allocation of $196 million to the National Soil Monitoring and Incentives Pilot program in May 2019 as a centrepiece of the Interim Action Plan for the National Soil Strategy.

Client
Commonwealth Government, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.

Year
2019

One of the first projects when VenturePro was established was the business case to establish The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research at Herston. The project received over $76m in funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, and the Queensland Government.

Client
The University of Queensland.

Year
2005