Startmate Demo Day - S25 (at Sunrise) SOLD OUT
🚨 This event is sold out. Register to join and we will accept as space opens up.
Meet the Aussie and Kiwi founders shaping the future.
The Summer'25 Accelerator cohort is made up of visionaries who see a different future for the world: one where Gen Z’s are more connected than lonely, where commerce is collaborative, and where the 4 million tonnes of surplus textiles created a year are pulled back into the economy. Because of their work, more people will have the opportunity to buy homes, parents will be better equipped to support their families and childhood development will be personalised to unlock every kid’s potential.
16 wildly different, yet profoundly impactful goals, pursued by 28 hungry, fast-moving, relentless founders, each charging toward their vision at full speed.
👉 Details
When: Thursday, 1st May @ 5:00PM
Where: Carriageworks (at Blackbird's Sunrise Festival)
What: Pitch night (16 companies)
🎫 Ticket pricing
Early bird price: $25 (150 tickets available)
First release: $30
Final release: $35 (if available - tickets on the door)
🚨 Demo Day sells out in advance. Get your ticket asap.
*This is an 18+ event
🦄 Overview of the night
3.30 pm - Registration opens
5.15 pm - Doors open
5.30 pm - Registration cut off
5.40 pm - Show starts
7.00 pm - Show ends
7:00 pm till late - Afterparty at Brewdog
🚨 We have a strict start and finish time. This means you MUST arrive and check in before 5.30 pm. If you do not check in by 5.30 pm you will forfeit your ticket.
Now, watch this.
We are proud to host this event at Blackbird's Sunrise Festival in Carriageworks.
🚨 Sunrise Australia 2025 is a separate ticketed event. Your Startmate Demo Day ticket does NOT grant you entry to other Sunrise sessions. 🎟️ Get your ticket to Sunrise Australia 2025 here.
🌅 What is Sunrise?
Sunrise Australia 2025
📆 30 April - 1 May
📍Carriageworks, Sydney
Sunrise is Blackbird’s love letter to founders and the beautiful things they create. It’s a celebration of exceptionalism in Australia and New Zealand where people from the startup community come together to dream up the future.
Sunrise is a festival of creativity, technology and ambition. Where unexpected ideas collide. At Sunrise, you can immerse yourself in our startup community, become a part of it, help to shape it.
🪩 What is Demo Day?
Every 6 months we unearth ANZ’s grittiest, hungriest founders; the ones with cosmic dreams and colossal drive. These companies join our Accelerator and spend 12 weeks laser-focused on their customer, building the best product fathomable and setting the foundations they need for exponential growth.
Demo Day is the grand finale - an event where our Accelerator founders unveil radical progress, boundless ambition, and their world-changing startup ideas to the world.
These companies will be joining the ranks of Upguard, Morse Micro, Heaps Normal, Andromeda, Mindset, Propeller, Sitemate, Amber, Edrolo, Great Wrap, 5B, Aquila, Happy Co & Bugcrowd as Startmate Alumni.
🚀 For founders
Get Funded through Startmate
Spark Fund: $25k - all-year round
Accelerator: $120k - apply by 18 May
Get Supported with Startmate
We've got 3 initiatives for founders depending on where you're at:
LaunchClub - start a new company
Accelerator - raise your pre-seed or seed round
Ladymates - for female founders at any stage
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