Tech Startups Sunshine Coast: Health Tech & Innovation Hub

The Sunshine Coast's technology and startup ecosystem has grown remarkably over the past five years, driven by the pandemic-accelerated migration of technology workers and digital nomads from Sydney and Melbourne seeking lifestyle quality and lower cost of living without sacrificing career opportunity (the widespread normalisation of remote work has made the Sunshine Coast's lifestyle proposition viable for technology workers who were previously required to live in Sydney or Melbourne to access quality employment). The USC Health Science Hub (adjacent to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, one of Australia's newest public hospitals), the Digital Sunshine Coast initiative, and the growing community of technology co-working spaces in Maroochydore and Noosa are building the infrastructure for an increasingly serious tech ecosystem.

Health Technology and the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (Birtinya, opened 2017, the most modern public hospital in Queensland) and the adjacent health precinct are the anchor for a growing health technology sector on the Sunshine Coast. The hospital's advanced digital health infrastructure (electronic medical records, telemedicine capability, and remote monitoring systems) creates a test and demonstration environment for health technology companies, and the USC Health Science programs provide a pipeline of clinical talent that can contribute to health technology development.

Digital Nomad and Remote Work Economy, the Sunshine Coast's extraordinary success in attracting remote technology workers (the region has been ranked among Australia's top five destinations for digital nomads and remote workers in multiple surveys) is creating a technology skills base that is increasingly supporting local startup formation. Co-working spaces including Spaceship Maroochydore, The Bureau at Noosa, and the SunCentral Maroochydore development's commercial precinct are providing the workspace infrastructure for the growing remote tech worker community.

Sunshine Coast Innovation Centre, the Sunshine Coast Innovation Centre (University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs) provides startup support, co-working, and commercialisation infrastructure for USC student and staff technology companies and for Sunshine Coast-based startups seeking university partnership and support.

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