Peter Farrell Cup 2021

PFC 2021

Celebrating its 21st year, the Peter Farrell Cup (PFC) is UNSW’s longest-running student-led competitive ideas program designed to fast-track the next generation of entrepreneurs.  

In 2021, from a pool of 113 applications, 81 student teams were selected to participate in a series of experiential workshops to help build the skills and mindset necessary to test, integrate, pitch and potentially launch a real business. Each team was also matched with an industry mentor to enhance their personal growth and knowledge.  

After pitching their ideas in a first-round competition against 57 fellow teams, 10 teams have been chosen to compete for a share in over $20,000 at the PFC Finals Night. This year’s finalists are incredibly inspiring and represent a great cross-section of faculties including Business, Engineering, Science, Medicine, and more.

We welcome you here today to celebrate our top 10 teams and all participants in the competition. 

The PFC is generously supported by the Farrell Family Foundation.

Watch the PFC 2021 Final's Night recording here (Facebook live from 26 May 2021 - no log in required). 

PFC 2021 Vox Pops

• Aaron Tran • Adam de Jong • Adam Callender • Adeline Chu • Alexander Soeriyadi • Alexander Tran • Alison Beavis • Alvin Ng • Amy Cheung • Anne Irene Wong-Yeow • Andrew Law • Angelique Mentis • Anna Linke • Ashur Lazar • Ben Hatton • Bernard Wong • Betty Andrews • Brad Deveson • Britt Nabarro • Caleb Gibbins • Chai Lim • Chetan Shah • Chris Jackson • Chris Styles • Chris Quirk • Christina Chun • Christopher Kommatas • Colin Holgate • Courtney Brown • Craig Simon • Daniel Bar • David Garberg • David Monaghan • David Nguyen • David Rowe • Deepak Ramanathan • Diana Omuoyo • Duco van Breeman • Emma Holman • Emma Johnston • Eric Belarbre • Fan Bi • Felix Wong • Garry Huang • Gary Cobain • Gary Elphick • Gary Zamel • George Hawwa • Gilbert Wong • Hayden Smith • Hemang Shah • James McGregor • James Smith • Jane Qiu • Janet Salem • Jeff Deutsch • Jen McCrea • Joanna Chua • Johanna Barclay • Joshua Boccamazzo • Karl Vaupel • Kate Alderman • Karnig Momdjian • Kate Ringvall • Katherine Kawecki • Kerry Roxburgh • Kin Ly • Krista Walter • Lane Litz • Laura Rodriguez • Lochie Burke • Marco Tallarida • Mark Drasutis • Mark Uncles • Mark Velik • Mary-Anne Williams • Matt Chandler • Maz Zaman • Mike Biagio • Miles Williams • Minh Lee • Narelle Anderson • Natasha Rawlings• Ned Moorfield • Nick Gonios • Nikhil Autar • Niklas Olsson • Pasha Rayan • Petr Adamek • Peter Farrell • Peter S Mayne • Rakesh Routhu • Rian Finnegan • Robert Georges • Rosa Miller • Sam Carigliano • Sanket Bhasin • Sean Greenhalgh • Sebastian Adams • Shahe Momdjian • Siran Zhan • Sophia Choi • Soumi Paul Mukhopadhyay • Stephen Francis • Suzanne Toumbourou • Terry Hilsberg • Tim Walker • Tom Caska • Topaz Conway • Trevor Folsom • Uzair Moosa • Vaibhav Namburi • Vesna Todorovski • Vijay Paul • Vito Grigorov • Vivid Savitri • Zali Steiner

1st Place Early Stage Idea - $8,000: Team Teach Flows

TeachFlows transforms any classroom resource into an unforgettable online activity in less than five minutes. Real-time reports that inform teachers’ pedagogy so they can spend more time teaching and less time marking.

1st Place Higher Degree Research - $8,000: Team Beagle

Beagle is Australia’s first non-invasive device for early lung cancer screening. We believe that chemical innovations can help save lives.

2nd Place - $3,000: Team VidUp 

VidUp is a video creation platform that leverages Artificial Intelligence. We make video creation as simple as the click of a button and it takes less than a minute. Our mission is to empower video creators through AI and democratize video.

Dean of Science Award - $2,500: Team We Save

WeSave is an early cancer diagnostics company that detects biomarkers from simple blood test. Our vision is to detect cancer when it can be cured.  

People’s Choice Award - $1,000: Team Osteon

Enabling enhanced bone healing through 3D-printed, patient-specific replacements.

 

2021 PFC Finals Teams

Click on the team logo below to watch their pitch. 

Enabling enhanced bone healing through 3D-printed, patient-specific replacements.

VidUp is a video creation platform that leverages Artificial Intelligence. We make video creation as simple as the click of a button and it takes less than a minute. Our mission is to empower video creators through AI and democratize video.

Beagle is Australia’s first non-invasive device for early lung cancer screening. We believe that chemical innovations can help save lives.

EmberEye is a home bushfire defence system. Integrating IoT, thermal imaging cameras and data vision algorithms, EmberEye aims to conserve water and allow home owners to leave their home hours before a bushfire front.

Phoenix PV aim to expand the newest recycling technology to silver, the most value part in solar panels.

TeachFlows transforms any classroom resource into an unforgettable online activity in less

than five minutes. Real-time reports that inform teachers’ pedagogy so they can spend more time teaching and less time marking.

WeSave is an early cancer diagnostics company that detects biomarkers from simple blood test. Our vision is to detect cancer when it can be cured.

Flowstate is a vending machine connected to the central water system, able to assemble and fill bottles on site, as well dispense drinks directly into your own drink bottle.

AVY instruments provides full-stack quantum computing educational resources for high schools and universities, bridging the gap between theory and practice, and enabling hands-on quantum education.

We’re Club Melon - four women with a passion to empower the 1 billion plus-size women in the world to embrace their bodies and improve their fitness. So we’re designing a radically adjustable sports bra that will allow women of ALL shapes and sizes to create their perfect fit.