From Milan to Wollongong, there’s no boundaries to where you can operate a business and service customers, if buy now, pay later start-up ‘unicorn’ Scalapay’s experience is any measure. Why would a company like Scalapay establish its tech operation here? There’s two key reasons: world-class talent and connection with the University of Wollongong.

Mercer is a global financial services organisation with over 500 employees on the Wollongong site that support the administration of its clients. Work-life balance has been a huge benefit to the staff at Mercer, and the business.

Wollongong is home to new ground-breaking technology that is leading the charge to a cleaner, greener energy future for the world. One core ingredient needed to reach this goal is the ability to create cost-competitive renewable hydrogen, and Hysata is revolutionising the economics of green hydrogen by commercialising a high-efficiency electrolyser developed at the University of Wollongong that will deliver the world’s lowest cost green hydrogen.

Green Gravity, a Wollongong-based innovator and developer of gravitational energy storage technology, aims to lead the world in creating the future of energy from the legacy of mining. Founded in 2021, Green Gravity has developed a technology that utilises heavy objects moving vertically through legacy mineshafts to exchange electrical and gravitational potential energy.

With its proven manufacturing capability and industry research collaboration, Wollongong was an obvious choice for Green Gravity.