Fishburners
Fishburners is Australia's largest startup ecosystem, supporting over 1,000 entrepreneurs annually through both physical and online platforms. It offers coworking spaces in Sydney and an online Founders Hub, providing access to a global network of founders, investors, and mentors. Fishburners provides resources like pro bono mentoring and discounts from partners such as Hubspot and AWS. The organization hosts events like Friday Night Pitches and Thursday Lunch & Learns to foster innovation and networking. Fishburners has been instrumental in the success of startups like Koala and V2 Foods, contributing to over $500 million in investments and creating more than 7,000 jobs.
- Sector
- Startup coworking community
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- Sydney
- Markets
- Australia
Sources: fishburners.org, startupdaily.net, fishburners.org
The team on Day One
Peter Davison Former Co-Founder, Fishburners “Government never creates ecosystems. Government jumps on the back of the flywheel as it starts to really turn.” 3 episodes → 
Nicole O'Brien CEO “Surround yourself by other smart people. People that have been there before, that have got skills that can fill in some of those skills gaps you might not have.” 2 episodes → Hear from the team
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▶ ▶ What others say about Fishburners
Moments from other conversations on the network where Fishburners comes up.
River City Labs was for anyone starting a business. Business, Fishburners, even Fire Station 101 when I started it, you know, we didn't have our verticals per se.”
Chad RenandoChair, GEN Australia The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · Chad Renando talks definitions of a stro… · 34:02 ▶ Fishburners was the only, the only sort of network that I am aware of that was available back then.”
Georgie TurnerPartner, Tidal Ventures The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · Georgie Turner discusses the next steps… · 7:31 ▶ started building through a media mailing list and then through regular events that were hosted at Fishburners a large community.”
Bruce TullochDirector of Intelligent Systems, Mayman Aerospace The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · Bruce Tulloch on some of the key challen… · 5:49 ▶ the pitches were held at Fishburners, which was still in Ultimo at the time, just like the top level of the Ultimo building, we kind of got to meet a couple of people there”
Alumni on Day One
People who worked at Fishburners before, and what they're doing now.
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