We are delighted to announce Jo Ucukalo will Host SydStart 2014 along with SydStart Founder Pete Cooper. Jo Ucukalo is a founder, engineer, geek, celebrity and role model. Jo is a nationally recognised celebrity in the tech startup scene especially in her home town of Brisbane where TV appearances are a regular event. Most startups…
We are pleased to advise that Alex North (Google, Canva, Posse, JamCode, UNSW) Founder and CEO of First Order will run a masterclass at SydStart. The focus for this presentation will be how to build your startup tech team. This an area of challenge for all non-tech and tech founders alike because there are so many options.…
We are pleased to announce the inaugural meet-up for fashion / design tech startups will be held at SydStart 2014. From 8am to 9:15am at the Sydney Hilton prior to the main conference. SydStart is hosting 8 meet-ups for 8 different industry verticals at 8am for $8 which includes your coffee (thanks to PwC for…
The Trophy Is Ready! Are You Ready? We are pleased to announce the SydStart 2014 Top 10 Finalists who will pitch at the SydStart 2014 main day at the Sydney Hilton on September 2nd. The pitching finals are part of a jam packed agenda with 50 speakers and panellists over 3 floors with 6 streams of content…
We are pleased to announce that finance startup PocketBook will speak and join the FinTech panel at SydStart 2014. PocketBook is one of the hottest startups ever to hit the national scene ever in Australia, facing repeated comparisons to Mint.com in the US which sold for $170m, Pocketbook provide personal financial management and cash management…
We are delighted to announce that Matt Barrie CEO and Founder of Freelancer.com [ASX:FLN] will speak at SydStart 2014 conference as a leading keynote speaker. Triple Webby Award winning Freelancer.com is the world’s largest marketplace for outsourced and crowdsourced services with 12 million participants and 6.3 million projects. Matt Barrie is a long time supporter of SydStart and…
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8am on conference day will see 8+ extra meet-ups happening in the hottest industry verticals.
This is big. SydStart are proud to be a founding partner of StartupBus Pacific bringing the globally successful StartupBus to Sydney Australia for the first time in Asia. Tech entrepreneurs build startups literally on the road on a real moving bus to prove their skills and build an amazing community under extreme conditions of scarcity…
We are pleased to announce Max Kraynov Global CEO of international travel startup JetRadar will speak at SydStart 2014 on Sept 2nd at the Sydney Hilton. JetRadar recently raised $10m from international investors and Max will be presenting his international lessons learned across their four brands from the capital raising as reported earlier this year on Tech Crunch and…
Pitch try outs last Thursday May 22 were a blast. Here are the photos, please share with hashtag #sydstart to spread the joy! With thanks to the award winning legendary international photo journalist Torsten Blackwood here are the highlight photos (in random order each time you load the page) from our first ever pitch qualifying…
Sydney based startup WattCost has topped off an award winning streak with a prestigious international eco award for their smart home and business power optimisation system which targets time poor consumers looking for an easy to use and widely compatible service. The CleanTech Top 300 global and Top 10 Asia Pacific award adds significant credibility…
Today was a landmark day for the University of Technology, Sydney and foretells a landmark year in 2014 connecting UTS with tech and tech enabled startups. Most of the $1.2b the university is investing in new facilities will also open in 2014 and include startups spaces. After a year (and more) of success in developing…
Regular SydStart supporter and people’s choice ‘Best Speaker’ Matt Barrie listed his company Freelancer.com on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday. With champagne flowing it was clear that this was not a typical IPO from a solo founder with just one other major shareholder. Firstly the sheer energy in the room was remarkable, young, smart,…
Another well planned and exceptionally well executed day at Tech23 2013 in Sydney finished in style last night with SlatteryIT organiser Rachel Slattery announcing a large number of awards for the winners. The event was held in front of a solid crowd at the popular Federation Conference centre in Surry Hills, a semi-regular home to…
We are finally getting around to posting all the videos from our massive recent live event SydStart (which is now part of the GreatStart Co. series). Angel list is the largest early stage fund raising platform in the world. Their growth has been simply mind boggling and Angel List are literally revolutionising the industry. Ash…
Please note this expo page has been reconfigured as at May 1st. What Is The SydStart Expo 2013? Three spaces of tech startup companies and other parts of the tech startup ecosystem to exhibit directly adjacent to the main SydStart conference auditorium. Demo Pit Reception Expo ‘Lounge’ Main ‘Lane’ The SydStart 2013 expo dedicated space…
SydStart 2012 speaker Alec Lynch CEO of Design Crowd was recently published in the Sydney Morning Herald encouraging us to focus on the tech boom not the mining boom and gives a very compelling argument. He also gives some credit to SydStart.
Alec was one of the very first pitchers at SydStart in wave two at our very first event and his company has gone on to grow dramatically becoming number two or three in their global design crowd sourcing niche, making two acquisitions and raising millions in funding.
Mick Liubinskas Co-Founder of the great Australian accelerator Pollenizer (also known as Mr focus Focus Focus) is confirmed to speak at Darling Harbour on Sep 10th for SydStart Spring 2012 in front of up to 1,000 tech startup entrepreneurs. Mick Co-Founded the amazing tech startup creation machine Pollenizer along with Phil Morle (Kazaa) and since…
We are very very pleased to announce anchor.com.au have stepped up as platinum sponsors for SydStart 2012 Spring on September 10th at Darling Harbour. We have known some of the lead guys at Anchor for some years now and have always been impressed with their smarts and long term global perspective. No surprise then that…
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