Startup and VC events in Australia

Demo dayThis weekTUE

ilab Accelerator Pitch Night (Chapter 2, 2026)

UQ Ventures · Brisbane

NetworkingThis weekTUE · 1:00–6:00pm

AI Solopreneur Accelerator - Melbourne

Stone & Chalk · Melbourne

WorkshopThis weekTUE · 5:30–8:00pm

Clay Data & List Building SYD: How RevOps teams build lists in Clay

Startmate · Sydney

NetworkingThis weekTUE · 6:00–7:30pm

Sydney Tech Pickleball

Startmate · Sydney

Demo dayThis weekTUE

Plus Eight Demo Night 2026

Plus Eight Accelerator (Spacecubed calendar) · Subiaco

NetworkingThis weekTUE

Engineering the Future: The Entrepreneurship Paradox (UNSW Engineering)

UNSW Engineering / UNSW Engineering Spinout Club · Sydney (Darlinghurst)

NetworkingThis weekTUE · 9:00am–5:00pm

Coworking Day: Antler x Notion 💻

Aussie Founders Club · Melbourne

NetworkingThis weekTUE · 1:00–2:30pm

Founders Unfiltered: Dawid Naude

Stone & Chalk · Melbourne

NetworkingThis weekWED · 5:30–8:00pm

NVIDIA Open Season Part 2: Building in the Open

Startmate · Melbourne

WorkshopThis weekWED · 7:00–8:00pm

Build your brand design system with Claude in 60 minutes

MLAI · See event page for venue

NetworkingThis weekWED · 11:00am–4:15pm

Melbourne - One Roof Women's National Conference (#OWNCon)

Startmate · Melbourne

NetworkingThis weekWED

StartupHaus Sydney - Nov 2026: Where Founders, VCs & Startups Meet

LiveHaus · Sydney

PitchThis weekWED

Enterprise Angels November Pitch Night – Hamilton

Enterprise Angels · Hamilton

WorkshopThis weekWED · 12:00–1:00pm

[NEXT] Lunch & Learn: How to Navigate ESOPs in 2026

Cremorne Digital Hub · See event page for venue

WorkshopThis weekWED

Idea to Impact: Driving Growth

Canberra Innovation Network · Canberra

WorkshopThis weekWED · 3:30–5:30pm

NVIDIA Open Season Part 1: Build With AI You Control (Nemotron)

Startmate · Melbourne

NetworkingThis weekWED · 5:30–7:30pm

Stripe Connect: Embed payments into your platform or marketplace

Aussie Founders Club · See event page for venue

Enterprise Angels November 2026 Online Pitch Night

Enterprise Angels · Online (NZ)

Macquarie University Incubator Pitch Final 2026

Macquarie University Incubator · Sydney

Enterprise Angels November 2026 Pitch Night in Tauranga and Angel Awards

Enterprise Angels · Tauranga

NetworkingThis weekTHU · 5:00–7:30pm

Aussie Startup Padel

Aussie Founders Club · Melbourne

NetworkingThis weekTHU · 6:00–9:00pm

Codex Community Meetup | Adelaide

MLAI · Adelaide

Demo dayThis weekTHU · 6:00–9:30pm

Victor:AI Showcase

MLAI · Melbourne

Pitch & Pizza Night

Darwin Innovation Hub · Darwin

NetworkingThis weekFRI · 6:00–8:00pm

DevDay Exchange Community Builderthon: Sydney

MLAI · See event page for venue

NetworkingThis weekFRI · 9:00am–12:00pm

Notion AI Labs Melbourne

Cremorne Digital Hub · See event page for venue

WorkshopThis weekFRI · 12:30–5:30pm

[Melbourne] Graph AI Workshop with Neo4j and AWS

MLAI · See event page for venue

NetworkingThis weekFRI · 12:30–2:00pm

💻 Close the Lid: Taking Coding Agents from Laptop to Factory

Stone & Chalk · Adelaide

NetworkingThis weekFRI · 9:00am–3:00pm

Female Founder Fridays - Coworking Day in Sydney

Startmate · Sydney

PitchThis weekFRI

Startup Valley Sydney Pitch Night (November)

Startup Valley · Sydney

NetworkingThis weekFRI · 7:30–9:00am

Clay & AI BNE Breakfast: How are reps using AI and Clay today?

Startmate · Brisbane

NOV16

NetworkingMON · 5:00–8:00pm

Global AI Conference Sydney

MLAI · Sydney

NOV17

PitchTUE

Flying Kiwi Angels – Pitch Night

Flying Kiwi Angels · Not stated on page

NOV17

NetworkingTUE · 7:00–8:15pm

The First Customers Challenge (3x Tues pm sessions)

Startmate · See event page for venue

NOV17

NetworkingTUE · 6:00–7:30pm

Sydney Tech Pickleball

Startmate · Sydney

NetworkingWED · 6:30–9:00pm

Find Your Sydney Co-founder

Startmate · Sydney

NetworkingWED · 5:30–8:00pm

The Leap🏃‍♀️‍➡️ from IBM Corporate Leader to Startup Founder, a Fireside Chat w/ Winnie Nguyen

Startmate · Melbourne

Impact X Showcase 2026 (UNSW Founders)

UNSW Founders Program · Sydney (Kensington)

Angel Investors Marlborough – Pitch Night

Angel Investors Marlborough · Blenheim

NetworkingTHU · 5:30–8:00pm

Humans Still Buy: AI Agents and the Future of Ecommerce (TestFeed X CDH)

Cremorne Digital Hub · Melbourne

NetworkingTHU · 9:00am–12:00pm

AFC presents: Coffee with Giant Leap for Women's Entrepreneurship Day

Startmate · Melbourne

NetworkingTHU · 9:00am–5:00pm

AFC Presents: She Means Business for Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

Startmate · Melbourne

NetworkingTHU · 11:00am–4:15pm

Adelaide - One Roof Women's National Conference (#OWNCon)

Startmate · Adelaide

NetworkingTHU · 12:00–1:00pm

What If You’ve Been Selling the Wrong Thing?

Startmate · See event page for venue

Founders Edge: In Conversation with Alexey Mitko

Startmate · Sydney

AFC presents In Conversation: Three Founders, Honestly Speaking

Startmate · Melbourne

NetworkingTUE · 5:30–8:00pm

PitchTHU · 5:30–8:30pm

Start-Up Tank #5, pitch live to Investors and lock in your investment

MLAI · Sydney

NOV20

NetworkingFRI

GROWTH | Mandurah Tech Fest 2026

PropTech Hub WA · Mandurah

NOV24

WorkshopTUE

EDGE

Ampere · Sydney

NOV24

The Year That Was for Founders: What CDH Saw in 2026

Cremorne Digital Hub · Melbourne

NOV24

NetworkingTUE · 6:00–7:30pm

Sydney Tech Pickleball

Startmate · Sydney

NetworkingWED · 6:00–9:00pm

No Small Talk, Melbourne: Casual networking drinks for the sex-positive business

Aussie Founders Club · See event page for venue

NetworkingWED · 8:00–11:00am

Navigating Net Zero in an ever-changing landscape

Cremorne Digital Hub · See event page for venue

NetworkingWED · 6:00–8:00pm

🏵 Adelaide Community Dinner

Startmate · Adelaide

Australian Climate Tech Connect & Awards 2026

Climate Salad · Sydney

NetworkingTHU · 4:00–5:30pm

Founders Unfiltered: In conversation with Karen Lawson

Stone & Chalk · Sydney

NetworkingTHU · 5:30–9:30pm

Stone & Chalk X The Community Collective: Christmas Party

Stone & Chalk · Melbourne

AFC's Wrap Up Panel: The Good, The Bad & The F*ck-Ups They Won’t Forget 🎄

Aussie Founders Club · See event page for venue

NetworkingTHU · 11:00am–4:15pm

Sydney - One Roof Women's National Conference (#OWNCon)

Startmate · See event page for venue

NOV30

WorkshopMON · 8:00–10:00am

Better Story, Better Brand - An introduction to storytelling

Startmate · Gold Coast

WorkshopTHU

AANZ Angel 103 – November Online

Angel Association New Zealand (AANZ) · Online

Demo dayTHU

Sprout Accelerator Spring26 Showcase Event

Sprout Agritech · Online

NOV16

AVCJ Private Equity Forum Hong Kong 2026

ION Analytics (AVCJ) · Hong Kong

December 202611 events

DEC1

StartupHaus Melbourne - Dec 2026: Where Australia's Top Founders, VCs & Startup Operators Meet

LiveHaus · Melbourne (Docklands)

NetworkingTHU · 5:30–11:30pm

The AFC Christmas Party and Startup Awards

Aussie Founders Club · Melbourne

NetworkingTHU · 11:00am–4:15pm

Brisbane - One Roof Women's National Conference (#OWNCon)

Startmate · Brisbane

PitchTHU · 11:00am–12:15pm

Founders worldwide: Incorporate your startup, manage funds, and fundraise

Startmate · Virtual event — access link sent to registrants

NetworkingFRI · 8:00–9:30am

AFC Sydney EOY Christmas Drinks

Aussie Founders Club · Sydney

DEC4

Startup Coffee Social #39

Startmate · Sydney

DEC5

NetworkingSAT · 10:00am–1:00pm

Melbourne | AI Founder Co-working Day x StartSpace

MLAI · Melbourne

DEC7

WorkshopTUE · 6:00–9:00pm

West Tech Fest 2026 — Perth

West Tech Fest · Perth

DEC8

[Sydney] Build AI x NeurIPS: Physical AI & Koalas After Dark

MLAI · Sydney

DEC9

NetworkingWED · 5:00–8:30pm

AFC Brisbane EOY Christmas Drinks

Aussie Founders Club · Brisbane

DEC9

NetworkingFRI · 12:00–12:00am

Idea to Impact: Funding & Investor Pitching

Canberra Innovation Network · Canberra

January 20271 event

JAN29

HarbourHack

Startmate · Sydney

February 20272 events

FEB2

Founders Unfiltered: In conversation with Michelle Perugini (Adelaide)

Stone & Chalk · Adelaide

FEB23

NetworkingWED · 8:30am–5:00pm

Emergence 2027: The Acceleration - Sydney (Wholesale Investor)

Wholesale Investor · Sydney

March 20274 events

MAR3

57th Intrigue MAdverse Summit Sydney

Startmate · Sydney

MAR10

AANZ Summit 2027 ("From Talk to Traction")

Angel Association New Zealand (AANZ) · Auckland

MAR17

WorkshopTHU · 12:00–1:30pm

SouthStart 2027

SouthStart · Adelaide

MAR11

🏵 Save The Date: Notion x The CC Online Workshop

Startmate · Online

November 20271 event

NOV9

Sydney Tech Expo

Sydney Tech Expo · Sydney

Date TBC1 event

Wade VC Fundamentals — Self-Paced Introduction to VC

Wade Institute · Online

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Past events (84)

NOV4

GRIC2026 — Japan's Largest Growth Industry Conference

for Startups, Inc. · Tokyo

NOV2

Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK 2026

InvestHK / Hong Kong FinTech Week · Hong Kong

OCT29

Demo dayTHU

UNSW Founders 10x Accelerator — Demo Day

UNSW Founders · Sydney

OCT27

SWITCH 2026 — Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology

Enterprise Singapore · Singapore

OCT19

PitchMON

FALL VENTURE Forum 2026

Venture Forum · Online

Demo day

Startmate Accelerator Demo Day 2026

Startmate · Sydney

OCT12

Auckland Startup Week 2026

Auckland Startup Week · Auckland

NetworkingTUE · 9:00am–5:00pm AEST

OWN Conference 2026 — One Roof Women's National Conference

One Roof, Tech Ready Women, Scalare Partners · Melbourne

SEPT29

Yield & Growth 2026 — Sydney

Wholesale Investor · Sydney

SEPT17

PitchTHU

1:1 VC Pitch Conf — Virtual

InNiches · Online

SEPT16

NetworkingWED · 8:00–10:00am AEST

Airtree Explorer Meetup — Sydney

Airtree · Sydney

SEPT9

Demo dayWED · 8:30am–6:00pm

Cicada x Tech23 2026 — Australia's Biggest Deep Tech Festival

Cicada Innovations · Sydney

SEPT7

Merton Lawyers Startup Board Conference 2026

Merton Lawyers · Sydney

WorkshopTHU · 12:00–1:00pm AEST

Wade The AI Conundrum — AI Strategy for Leaders

Wade Institute · Melbourne

AUG27

WorkshopTHU

The Capital Raising Summit

Wholesale Investor / CapitalHQ · Online

AUG27

How To Structure Your Business For Growth

Sprintlaw · Online

AUG26

WorkshopWED · 8:00am PT

[VC Lab] LP Archetypes

VC Lab / Founder Institute · Online

AUG25

PitchTUE · 6:00–9:00pm

TSN Fintech Pitch Night

The Startup Network · Melbourne

AUG20

WorkshopTHU · 5:30pm AEST

Galactic Horizon Accelerator — Information Session 2026

Galactic Horizon Accelerator · Online

AUG19

WorkshopTUE · 6:00pm AEST

LaunchVic NOVA Program Info Session

LaunchVic · Online

AUG19

PitchWED · 8:30am AEST

Stripe Tour Sydney + Startup Battlefield

Stripe · Sydney

AUG18

Preparing for U.S. Expansion — Oz2US Masterclass Tour

Oz2US Ventures · Melbourne

AUG17

Demo dayMON

Antler Australia Residency — Cohort Starts Aug 17

Antler · Sydney

AUG12

WorkshopMON · Tuesday evenings

LaunchVic Experience Victoria Challenge Info Session

LaunchVic · Online

AUG10

Founder Institute ANZ Spring 2026 — Sydney Cohort Begins

Founder Institute ANZ · Sydney

AUG1

WorkshopSAT

Startmate Launch Club — Applications Close Aug 1

Startmate · Online

Blackbird Giants — Virtual Cohort (ANZ)

Blackbird Ventures · Online

Demo dayTHU · 5:30–7:30pm

Wade Impact Catalyst — Invest for Impact

Wade Institute · Melbourne

JUL30

PitchTHU

UNSW Founders Pitch Night — South West Sydney

UNSW Founders · Sydney

JUL30

CivVic Labs Circular Agriculture Challenge Showcase

LaunchVic / CivVic Labs · Melbourne

JUL29

NetworkingMON · 8:30am–5:00pm

Capitalizing on a Hot Market

VC Lab · Online

JUL27

Venture & Capital 2026 — Private Market Investment Conference

Wholesale Investor · Sydney

JUL27

NetworkingMON · 8:30am–5:00pm

Venture & Capital 2026 — Private Market Investment Conference

Wholesale Investor · Sydney

JUL23

WorkshopTHU · Full day (both days)

I2N Cleantech Accelerator Bootcamp — University of Newcastle

University of Newcastle / I2N · Newcastle

JUL23

NetworkingTHU

What LPs Actually Want

VC Lab · Online

JUL22

WorkshopWED · 9:00am AEST

AI for VC: Easier than Ever

VC Lab · Online

JUL22

Y Combinator Insights for Australian Founders

Australia

JUL20

NetworkingMON · 8:30–10:30am ACST

Space Community Town Hall #20 — South Australia

Stone & Chalk Adelaide · Adelaide

JUL16

WorkshopTHU · 5:30pm AEST

Startup Survival Guide — What I Wish I Knew

Australia

Startup World Cup 2026 — Brisbane

Startup & Angels · Brisbane

LP, GP, Founder Roundtable — How Capital Flows in the Agentic Era

VC Lab · Online

NetworkingWED · 5:30pm AEST

2026 ASTN Sports Innovation Report Launch

Australian Sports Technologies Network · Australia

WorkshopWED · 5:30pm AEST

From Idea to Shipped: How Founders Build a Validated Product, Fast

Aussie Founders Club · Australia

JUL11

PitchSAT

Enterprise Challenge 2026 — Startup Weekend New Zealand

Entré (Enterprise Challenge) · Christchurch

JUL10

WorkshopFRI

Generation AI 2026 — Applications Close

Generation AI · Melbourne

JUL9

NetworkingTHU

Venture Trailblazers VIP — Meet Tim Draper

VC Lab · Online

JUL8

WorkshopWED · 4:00–6:00pm AEST

Mid-Year Investor and Executive Update

CapitalHQ / Wholesale Investor · Online

JUL7

WorkshopTUE · 10:00am AEST (online)

Founder Institute ANZ — Stop Guessing, Start Raising: Investor Q&A

Founder Institute ANZ · Online

JUL6

PitchMON

Summer VENTURE Forum 2026

Venture Forum · Online

SaaS Summit 2026 — Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne

Five V Capital · Sydney

NetworkingTUE · 5:30–9:00pm

Venture Capital World Summit — Sydney 2026

VC World Summit · Sydney

JUL1

PitchWED · 6:00–7:00pm

QUT Entrepreneurship Open Pitch Night — July 2026

QUT Entrepreneurship · Brisbane

JUN30

WorkshopTUE

Spacecubed Plus Eight Sprint — EOI Close (Perth / Western Sydney)

Spacecubed / Plus Eight · Perth

JUN30

PitchTUE · 6:00–9:00pm

TSN Impact Pitch Night

The Startup Network · Melbourne

JUN30

StartupHaus Melbourne — June 2026

LiveHaus · Melbourne

JUN26

Demo dayFRI

Hatch: Taronga Accelerator 2026 — Demo Day

Taronga Conservation Society / Hatch · Sydney

JUN25

NetworkingTHU · 5:30–9:00pm

TechHaus Sydney — June 2026

LiveHaus · Sydney

JUN24

WorkshopTUE · 8:30am–5:30pm

Startup Grind Melbourne — Gabby Leibovich (CatchOfTheDay) Fireside

Startup Grind Melbourne · Melbourne

JUN23

Velocity — The Capital & AI Intensive

Wholesale Investor · Sydney

JUN22

NetworkingTHU · 9:00am–5:30pm

UTS Tech Festival 2026

University of Technology Sydney · Sydney

JUN19

PitchFRI · 6:00–9:00pm

Startup Pitch & Networking Melbourne — June 2026

Startup Valley · Melbourne

JUN18

SmartCompany Growth Summit Sydney 2026

SmartCompany · Sydney

JUN18

WorkshopTHU · 9:00am–5:30pm

Growth Summit Sydney 2026

SmartCompany · Sydney

JUN18

NetworkingTHU · 12:30–2:30pm

Founders Unfiltered: In Conversation with Pascale Helyar OAM

Stone & Chalk · Sydney

JUN17

WorkshopTUE · 10:00am AEST (online)

Startup World Cup 2026 — Sydney

Startup & Angels · Sydney

JUN16

Founder Institute ANZ — Founder Mindset Framework Workshop

Founder Institute ANZ · Online

JUN16

NetworkingTUE · 5:30–9:00pm

StartupHaus Sydney — June 2026

LiveHaus · Sydney

JUN14

WorkshopSUN

Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP) 2026 — Applications Close

Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre / University of Melbourne · Melbourne

JUN11

NetworkingTHU · 6:30–10:30pm

Victorian Startup Gala 2026

LaunchVic · Melbourne

JUN10

WorkshopWED · Full day

Wade UpSchool Complete — Teach Entrepreneurship

Wade Institute · Melbourne

JUN10

PitchTUE · 5:00pm onwards

SuperAI 2026 — World's Leading AI Conference

SuperAI · Singapore

JUN9

Plus Eight Perth — City of Canning Pre-Accelerator Pitch Night

Spacecubed / Plus Eight / City of Canning · Perth

JUN4

NetworkingTHU · 12:30–2:00pm

Stone & Chalk: Embodied AI & Robotics — Research to Real-World Deployment

Stone & Chalk · Sydney

JUN3

PitchWED · 6:00–7:00pm

QUT Entrepreneurship Open Pitch Night — June 2026

QUT Entrepreneurship · Brisbane

JUN3

PitchWED · 5:00–8:30pm

[Re]Launch Pre-Accelerator Pitch Night — Circular Startups

RMIT Activator · Melbourne

JUN3

NetworkingWED · 5:30–8:30pm

Ventures Uncut: Lessons from Failure

UQ Ventures · Brisbane

LaunchVic 30x30 Scaleup Program — 2026 Registrations

LaunchVic · Melbourne

Demo day

SBE Women's Health Accelerator — Demo Day Showcase

Springboard Enterprises (SBE Australia) · Melbourne

Pitch

ATC Sydney Launch 2026: Investor Ready Pitch Night

ATC (Australian Tech Council) · Sydney

Founder Institute Perth 2026 — Applications Open

Founder Institute · Perth

VC Connect 2026 — Founders × Funders Roundtable

VC Connect · Melbourne

Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP) 2026 — Registrations Opening

University of Melbourne · Melbourne