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STARTUP NEWS EVENTS CALENDAR

These events are imported from Meetup and Eventbrite group pages. Please check the links for up-to-date details.

To see an overview of all major events of the year, go to the ‘WA Innovation Calendar 2003 – YEAR OVERVIEW’

STATE OF SOCIAL Conference 2020

Optus Stadium Victoria Park Drive, River View Room 3 - Access via Gate D, Burswood, WA, Australia

Back for a third year, Australia’s biggest, brightest, brainiest digital event is even bigger in 2020. Postponed from June to November 24 and 25th. Join us for State of Social at Perth’s stunning Optus Stadium, where the marketing industry’s shiniest stars will share drinks, laughs, epic Swan River views and equally dazzling insights into the […]

$511.50 – $764.50

BETTERLABS VENTURES Info Sesson (on Zoom)

Online via Zoom

BETTERLABS VENTURES - ONLINE INFORMATION SESSION BetterLabs Venture Fund is a $23m Venture Fund operating out of Western Australia. We work with startups who are ready to launch, as well as Series A and Series B businesses. We are running this information session to help startup founders understand what types of investment we are looking for, […]

Fremantle Markets: Bitcoin Accepted Here

Vin's Tapas 36 South Terrace, Fremantle, au

FREE EVENT! - Guest speaker every month (let us know if you’d like to take the stage) November SpeakerMandy Richardson of http://www.shoeshu.com.au in the Fremantle Markets "Fremantle Markets: Bitcoin Accepted […]

Growing an ethical food business – with Dirty Clean Food

Riff 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, au

Perth-based Dirty Clean Food is the regenerative food brand of Wide Open Agriculture (ASX: WOA) and is quickly becoming Perth’s leading destination for ethical food. Dirty Clean Food uses technology, innovative farming partnerships, and logistics to reinvent how customers think about and access ethical food. The company’s focus is to advance regenerative farming in Western […]

Meet the Innovator: Matthew Stead

Join us on Wednesday 25 November to hear from the founder of Ping Services, Matthew Stead. Join us on Wednesday 25 November to hear from the founder of Ping Services, […]

Lean Startup Regulars: Getting On with Customer Development!

Online event

This "Getting On" meeting is for founders (and potential founders) who understand the Lean Startup with Customer Development approach (and have preferably attended one of the "Getting Started" meetings). It's […]

iDriveWA: Towards Zero Emissions in our South West

Collie Motorplex 643 Powerhouse Road, Collie Burn, WA, Australia

Zero Emissions Tourism & Fleet Conference & Test Drive Day Learn from leading vehicle & equipment manufacturers, professional associations and industry experts how you can transition to electric vehicles in […]

APAC Webinar: Why Partnerships are the Future of Customer Service

Online event

IMPORTANT: Please REGISTER via the below event link ONLY, as we do not own/have the direct virtual link for you to access this webinar- https://www.bigmarker.com/insurtech-insights/Why-Partnerships-are-the-Future-of-Customer-Service  Thursday 26th, November 2020 at […]

Regional Innovation Showcase

Perth Town Hall 601 Hay St, Perth, WA, au

FREE event. Part of West Tech Fest. The Regional Innovation Showcase will feature the latest technologies emerging from regional WA at this expo style networking event. Startups based in regional WA, and those working on solutions to regional problems, will have their innovations on display and pitch for investment opportunities. Drinks and canapes will be provided, featuring […]

Main West Tech Fest Conference 2020 – all day

Beaumonde on the Point 306 Riverside Drive, East Perth, WA, Australia

CELEBRATING THE START-UP ECOSYSTEM & SHOWCASING INNOVATION, INVESTMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Featuring an incredible line-up of speakers including global founders, investors, CEO's and tech industry visionaries. West Tech Fest - Wednesday 2 December, 2020 BEAUMONDE AT THE POINT TICKETS: Affiliate Ticket - $125 + booking fee (Affiliate discount code for $125 tickets from $175 available through your affiliate organisation) […]

$125 – $175

Founder Sundowner

Nowhereman Brewing Co 25 Harrogate st, West Leederville, Perth, AU

Calling all startup founders! On the first Wednesday of each month, let's get together for a tasty beverage or two, celebrate and/or commiserate the month that was, and share plans and ideas for the month yet to be! You might even meet your future Co-founder, Lead Programmer, or Chief Ninja of Ideation and Crypto Research. […]

CORE Innovation Exchange 2020

Australia 191 St. Georges Terrace, Level7, PERTH, WA, Australia

The CORE Exchange is our annual startup and technology showcase for the resources, energy, space, and defence sectors. CORE Innovation Exchange: 2020Evolving from our previous expo style events, the CORE […]

Inside WA’s Innovation Support Ecosystem

Innovation Central (Curtin Uni) Level 2, Building 216, Kent St, Bentley, WA, Australia

Part of West Tech Fest. FREE EVENT. Join us as we showcase what's available within WA's innovation support network with a panel of experts. This event will showcase the various organisations around WA that provide support in the form of grants, coaching, mentoring, business model and service advice and facilitating linkages with innovative companies in […]

XR:WA

Various Perth locations

VR, AR, Games & Interactive Conference + Festival Presented in association with the Revelation Perth International Film Festival WA's XR Festival is back: https://xrwa.com.au/schedule/    

Freo Startup Fest

Little Creatures Brewing 40 Mews Rd, Fremantle, WA, Australia

Heading into it’s second year, the Freo Startup Fest is scheduled for Thursday 3rd December during West Tech Fest, Western Australia’s premier innovation festival. Tickets are only $25 and include food, drinks and entertainment https://events.humanitix.com/freo-startup-fest-2020 The event includes PlUS EIGHT PITCH COMPETITION. Plus Eight, powered by Spacecubed, will be running a pitch event presenting the […]

Freo Startup Fest 2020 (WTF event)

Little Creatures 40 Mews Road, Fremantle, WA, Australia

Freo Startup Fest 2020, Thursday 3 Dec during West Tech Fest   2-5pm, Sonar Room, Little Creatures, 40 Mews Rd, Freo FOUNDERS PANEL: Covid? We smashed it!  Dan Joveski, WeMoney founder (raised $2M this year) Renae Bunster, Bunsters co-founder (raised $2M in ECF this year) Matt James, VGW CTO ($70M profit, $780M revenue this year) PLUS EIGHT […]

$25

Rotto Tech Fest 2020

Rottnest Rottnest Island, WA, Australia

Join us for ROTTO TECH FEST 2020 on Friday 4 December 2020. BEACHSIDE CONVERSATIONS AT HOTEL ROTTNEST SUNSET AFTER PARTY at HOTEL ROTTNEST with canapés, cocktails, live music and summer vibes. LIMITED TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE: INCLUDED IN TICKET PRICE, RETURN FERRY, MORNING TEA, NETWORKING LUNCH, RTF2020 CLOSING RECEPTION & RETURN FERRY  Student Ticket - $200  + booking fee […]

$250

TechKnow Invest Perth – Tuesday 8 December | The Ritz Carlton Perth, WA

The Ritz-Carlton, Perth 1 Barrack Street, Perth, WA, Australia

Australia’s Largest Investment Conference for the Tech Sector is Coming to Perth! Tuesday 8 December 2020 | 8am-5pm (approx) | The Ritz Carlton Perth, WAThe ideal environment for investors and […]

Creating win-win-win Ventures for Founders, Investors and Advisors

Riff 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, au

Building High Growth Ventures single-handedly is unquestionably very difficult, but today we examine an approach which will make the process considerably easier. In previous presentations we have heard from Founders who have succeeded through bootstrapping or (the opposite extreme) listing on the ASX. While these approaches are technically possible and viewed as a bit of […]

Lean Startup Regulars: Getting On with Customer Development!

Online event

This "Getting On" meeting is for founders (and potential founders) who understand the Lean Startup with Customer Development approach (and have preferably attended one of the "Getting Started" meetings). It's […]

Freo Founders Sundowner

National Hotel 98 High St, Fremantle, WA, Australia

This is a catchup for startup and tech founders who are keen to shoot the breeze with other founders whilst enjoying a drink in the real world at the National Hotel. This is a casual event with no agenda but with a mission to inspire and help founders grow their business by sharing successes, failures […]

Indie Hackers Perth – December Meetup

Riff 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, au

December, like every month, we like to come together at the clean and abundant facilities of Spacecubed's Riff (Vault) and chat with other people who have an idea or want […]

Thrive Australia Challenge

Online

Eleven Australian startups will present their ideas before an audience of top agricultural leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs. The THRIVE AUSTRALIA Challenge, in partnership with CSIRO, is part of THRIVE's Global Initiative which aims to enable the needed transformations in Australia’s food value chain as highlighted in the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals. The Challenge will accomplish this by […]

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