Founder Events
2026 Calendar of Events
Founder Events
February 3 | Founder Virtual event | Virtual
February 11 | Founder Education event | Sydney
February 12 | First Round Drinks (all communities) | Sydney
February 18 | Founder Education event | Melbourne
February 19 | First Round Drinks (all communities) | Melbourne
February 25 | Blackstar Session (Invite-only later stage founders) | Sydney
March 10 | Founder Virtual event | Virtual
March 18 | IB x Google Cloud Supercharge | Sydeny
March 26 | First Round Drinks (all communities) | Sydney
April 23 | Founder Education event | Sydney
May 5 | Founder Virtual event | Virtual
May 21 | First Round Drinks (all communities) | Sydney
May 28 | First Round Drinks (all communities) | Melbourne
June 17 | Founder Education Event | Melbourne
June 24 | Table for 20 (invite-only all communities) | Melbourne
July 7 | Founder Virtual event | Virtual
August 19 | Founder Education Event | Sydney
September 8 | Founder Virtual event | Virtual
September 9 | First Round Drinks (all communities) | Sydney
September 10 | First Round Drinks (all communities) | Melbourne
September 16 | Table for 20 (invite-only all communities) | Sydney
October 27-29 | Founder Expedition | Location TBC
November 19 | EOY Founder Event | Sydney
November 26 | EOY Founder Event | Melbourne
December 1 | Founder Virtual event | Virtual
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What people say about our events
“The Innovation Bay team structured one of the most relevant events for business leaders I’ve experienced with room full of positive ego professionals invested in success beyond 2024.”
Steve Lewis | Vigilum, Nabu
“Innovation Bay is really unique. It’s an open forum for discussion. We come and connect and share deals and talk about what we’re struggling with or what we’re aiming for. It’s such a great space to be able to get everyone together and all the different ideas in an open forum.”
Georgia Barkell | Sprint Ventures
“The magic happens when you can put lots of people in a room together who have the right values and intentions. What I’m finding is that everyone wants to help each other. We’ve built some really great relationships.”
Yash Varma | Empress Capital