GreaseBoss co-founders Peter Condoleon, Steve Barnett and Tim Hall. Source: supplied. Queensland startup GreaseBoss has been selected to take part in the prestigious Silicon Valley Y Combinator accelerator program, shortly after banking $100,000 in grant funding from the Qld state government. Founded during the COVID-19 lockdown, the startup secured the grant funding from the Advance Queensland Ignite Ideas Fund, to help with a rollout across Australia. It has since signed its first major pilot contract, bringing mining giant Glencore on board. And, since January, chief executive Steve Barnett and his co-founders Peter Condoleon and Tim Hall have been taking part in the Y Combinator program.