Innovation Bay
Innovation Bay is a community dedicated to supporting startup founders and investors in Australia and New Zealand. The organization aims to accelerate the success of visionary entrepreneurs and investors by fostering valuable connections and creating a dynamic ecosystem. Innovation Bay offers distinct communities for different stages of founders and investors: Canopy for early-stage founders, Summit for later-stage founders and CEOs, Horizon for angel investors, and Aurora for venture capitalists. The community emphasizes collaborative learning, shared experiences, and strategic collaborations to fuel growth and success. Innovation Bay also provides insights through blogs and podcasts, hosts events, and offers a job board for startup-related positions.
- Business model
- Community/membership platform
- Founders
- Ian Gardiner, Phaedon Stough
- Markets
- Australia, New Zealand
Sources: innovationbay.com, innovationbay.com
The team on Day One
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▶ ▶ What others say about Innovation Bay
Moments from other conversations on the network where Innovation Bay comes up.
met with a few people who got me into work at Innovation Bay with Faden Nean, which is awesome and a great, great bunch of people.”
So I went to this Innovation Bay event called Angel Education, Angel Ed. Funnily enough, I sat next to Nicky, and he told me about Startmate and Blackbird”
Rayn OngPartner, Archangel Ventures First Cheque · The Art of Building a Network: How Rayn… · 6:35 ▶ Sam did a pitch event with Innovation Bay down in Sydney, who are basically angel investors, high net worth individuals who are interested in innovation technology space.”
we've got a lot to thank for those guys in Innovation Bay, Faden and Ian, who set the charge and recognized the opportunity to bring people together.”
Trevor FolsomCo-Founder and Chairman, Investible The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · Trevor Folsom discusses the challenge of… · 10:08 ▶ Their show
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