Welcome
We’re for founders and investors
Our purpose is to create valuable membership communities made up of incredible humans from the tech ecosystem. We bring founders, leaders and investors together to share experiences and learn from one another through carefully curated events, programmes and content.
Our mission is to support startup founders on their journey from idea to IPO. A united, strong, and vibrant tech community leads to better outcomes and more opportunities for startups, investors and the wider ecosystem.
INNOVATION BAY
Our communities
Innovation Bay is made up of two founder communities – Canopy (early stage Founders & CEOs) and Summit (later stage Founders & CEOs) – and two investor communities – Horizon (Angel Investors) and Aurora (VC’s & general partners).
Founder Communities
Canopy
Early stage Founders & CEOs
Summit
Later stage Founders & CEOs
Investor Communities
Horizon
Angel Investors
Aurora
VCs & general partners
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Explore our Job Board
Find your dream startup job via our ecosystem job board. Our startup and VC community has open positions across engineering, sales, marketing, operations, and more.
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Learn
Explore insights from within our community and across the ecosystem at large via the Innovation Bay Blog and Podcast, Open The Pod Bay Doors. Sign up for news here.
E157 James Petrie, CEO & Co-Founder, Nourish
Podcast
We’re seeing a transition to plant based food. Our guest this week is James Petrie, the CEO & Co-Founder of Nourish.
Starting 2023 With a BANG!
Insights
What’s in store for IB in our 20th year! To 2023 and beyond. Come ride the wave.
E156 – Adam Theobald, Ordermentum
Podcast
Our first guest of 2023 is Adam Theobald, CoFounder & CEO of Ordermentum, a double sided marketplace and platform for hospitality suppliers and venues to make orders and payments.
E155 – Sunrise – Part 3
Podcast
For the final episode of our 3 part series with Sunrise we will be hearing from the admirable Flavia Tata Nardini (Fleet Space Technologies), Andy Tsao (Silicon Valley Bank), Matthew Pearson (Fleet Space Technologies & Airspeeder), Lucy Wark (Normal), Tim Moore (Investor), Matt Allen (Tractor Ventures) and Alex McCauley (Tech Council of Australia).
E154 – Sunrise – Part 2
Podcast
Part 2 of 3 of our Sunrise series features a bunch of incredible humans including Joel Connolly (Blackbird), Alex Apoifis (Blackbird), Jekaterina Viktorova (Syenta), Andrea Gardiner (Jelix), Damon Klotz (Culture Amp), Mick Liubinskas (Climate Salad), and Kate Glazebrook (Blackbird).
There’s more to ASX than IPOs
News
Thank you to our wonderful friends at ASX, who are again a supporting partner of our VC community, Aurora.
E153 – Sunrise – Part 1
Podcast
Part 1 of 3 of our Sunrise series features a bevy of incredible humans including Matt Fairhurst (Skedulo), Al Coleman (Folklore), Kristen Durham (Zendesk), Mary Minas (Sense of Self). Mark Dombkins (Forever Projects), Jason Neeve (Punt Club), and Nan Ransohoff (Stripe).
E152 – Mina Radhakrishnan, Co-CEO & Co-Founder of :Different
Podcast
Our guest for episode 152 is Mina Radhakrishnan, Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Proptech startup :Different. Mina co-founded the company alongside her husband, with whom she shares CEO duties. :Different is property management as a service for real estate agents with their mission being to take care of homes and the people in them.
E151 – Mark Tanner, Co-Founder and COO, Qwilr
Podcast
Mark Tanner is the Co-Founder and COO of Qwilr – an online platform that allows the customer to easily create visually compelling sales and marketing collateral at speed. The aim is to deliver a better buyer experience by combining content, price quotes, e-sign, and sales transactions into a single, mobile-friendly webpage.
“The Challenges of being a tech founder are difficult to shoulder alone. Being a member of Summit has given me an instant network of founders that have the same problems, but also, the same passion.“
– Cibby Pulikkaseril | Baraja