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After successfully crowd funding multiple R&D core activities, we decided to share our process to be compliant and successful.

A crowd‑funded R&D platform that guides teams through best practice, captures evidence, and keeps projects audit‑ready while the community funds each milestone.

Crowd-Funded Research & Development

Build the future together. Stay compliant, fund the research that moves Australia forward.

Service R&D guides teams through research & development compliance and best practice. Capture the full scientific process, publish evidence, and stay audit-ready while your community funds each milestone.

We teach the R&D lifecycle end‑to‑end: hypothesis, experimentation, evaluation, and documented outcomes.

Built for Australia: a structured process that aligns with R&D compliance expectations.

Focus areas: clean energy, climate tech, medical science, biotech, transport, defence, resources, agriculture, AI, quantum, and advanced computing.

Community outcomes: healthy ecosystems, thriving communities, and elevated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems.

Why crowd-fund R&D?

Open innovation builds trust. Share milestones, invite feedback, and let supporters fund the experiments that matter most.

Transparent milestones

Publish progress logs and evidence so backers can see outcomes as they happen.

Community-backed impact

Align funding with projects that strengthen technology, resilience, and social good.

Teams that deliver

Build multidisciplinary teams and keep knowledge moving from concept to deployment.

Compliance-First Workflow

Everything you need to meet exact R&D requirements

The workspace is built around the same documentation and evidence trail required for compliant R&D. Every step is captured so your project stays audit-ready from day one.

Built for Tax Agents & Firms

Export complete R&D datasets in minutes—structured evidence, financial records, and activity logs—so claims are prepared quickly and consistently.

Overview

Project metadata, scope, objectives, and timelines.

Planning

Planning documents and evidence that show intent and methodology.

Experimentation

Activity records, hypotheses, experiments, and outcomes.

Financials

Timesheets, invoices, contracts, and bank statements.

Logs & Exports

Trial logs, evidence capture, and CSV exports to prove compliance on demand.

Successfully Funded & Completed

Crowd-funded breakthroughs

These projects were completed with $280,000 in community funding and delivered with full R&D compliance documentation.

CompletedGrant compliant

Black Box Computer

A breakthrough tiny local AI processing computer.

Crowd funded

$120,000

CompletedGrant compliant

Autonomous Streaming Agent

An AI that can do everything a human can do in front of the camera.

Crowd funded

$90,000

CompletedGrant compliant

AI Powered Marketplace

AI that brings products to customers faster than ever before.

Crowd funded

$70,000

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