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  • City of Joondalup Pre-Accelerator Program Showcase

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Showcase / Pitch / Demo / Tour

    You’re invited to an evening of bold ideas, local innovation, and next-generation entrepreneurship. The latest cohort of founders from the Plus Eight City of Joondalup Pre-Accelerator take the stage to showcase their businesses and journey after six weeks of intensive mentoring, learning and growth. Over the course of the program, these founders have refined their […]

  • Stop Writing Code like it’s April 2026!

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    In this talk, Aidan Morgan will draw on twelve months of hands-on experimentation with agentic engineering teams assembled for an AI-first delivery model. He’ll introduce a mental model for AI-first delivery, share how he’s using deterministic tooling to create fast, automated backpressure to keep agents on track, and challenge some long-held assumptions about software delivery. […]

    Free

  • Innovation Shed – Develop Skills. Build Business. Create Momentum.

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Innovation Shed is a hands-on learning session for early-stage Perth Innovators, from idea stage through to pre-revenue businesses. Work directly on your idea alongside experienced mentors across six skill stations: Strategy & Validation, Product Development, Financial Planning, Marketing & Growth, and Innovator Wellbeing & Leadership. Less theory, more doing, leave with real progress on your […]

    $79

  • Meshpoints Town Hall: Introducing Our Resilience & Wellbeing Challenge

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Join the second Meshpoints Town Hall of 2026, which will share key updates, introduce new opportunities, and outline how you can get involved in the next phase of Meshpoints’ Challenge-led funding model. Key announcements and opportunities include: 🧠 Introducing Challenge #2: focused on resilience and wellbeing for founders across WA’s innovation ecosystem. This will be […]

    Free

  • WA Innovators of the Year Launch 2026!

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Information Session / Launch

    Morning Startup is proud to host the official launch of the 2026 Western Australian Innovators of the Year (WA IOTY) Awards, celebrating WA’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit for 20 years. The WA Innovators of the Year Awards recognise the people, ideas and technologies shaping Western Australia’s innovation ecosystem. Delivered by the Department of Energy and […]

  • Spacecubed x CSIRO ON: Perth Innovation Connect

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    ​Join for an evening bringing together founders, researchers, investors and ecosystem leaders from across Western Australia. ​Hosted by Spacecubed in partnership with CSIRO’s ON Innovation Program, this Innovation Connect is designed to align the full spectrum of the innovation community, from early-stage ideas through to commercialisation and scale. ​Hear from two founders sharing different pathways […]

    Free

  • Why Turning Down Investment is a Good Thing

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Presented by: Kate Hall, PlayIndies Morning Startup is a fortnightly morning catchup where founders, potential entrepreneurs and others in the startup community (VCs and Angels welcome) get together to learn something interesting, get feedback on idea, vent frustrations, and meet some new friends in the game.Kate co-founded Playindies through a chance connection with her row […]

    Free

  • Lessons from the Front Line of Innovation

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Join Digital Transformation Perth on Wednesday 25 March for a special session with guest speaker Shawn Fernando, to explore how emerging technologies are solving real operational problems in one of WA’s key sectors. As Head of Technology at Woodside Energy, Shawn has spent the last 10 years leading and shaping the energy sector’s operational landscape. In this session, […]

    Free

  • CORE Connect – Perth – March

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    CORE Connect is where Perth’s innovators, founders, operators and industry leaders come together to shape the future of mining, energy and resources. From emerging technologies and commercialisation pathways to capital, capability and collaboration, CORE Connect focuses on the practical realities of building and scaling solutions in the resources sector.  

  • Pitch your Startup!

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    A chance for upcoming new startups of Perth to practice their pitch in front of the non-intimidating and supportive Morning Startup audience. Each startup will get exactly three minutes to pitch (they'll be clapped out at the three minute mark), followed by a couple of minutes of questions and feedback from the audience.

    Free

  • Innovation Shed – Workshop Event

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Workshop / Masterclass

    Whether you're an innovator ready to build or an experienced practitioner ready to give back, Innovation Shed welcomes you to Perth's community of builders. On 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬 𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗳𝗳, there will be two sessions - 𝟵:𝟯𝟬𝗮𝗺 and 𝟭𝟭:𝟯𝟬𝗮𝗺. Each are 𝟵𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 long, and 𝟰 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 across the sessions, covering strategy, product […]

  • Founder Story: How Ida Sports’ Discovery Cut Costs & Raised $2.5M

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    In this practical session grounded in the Disciplined Entrepreneurship model, you’ll see the actual deck that raised the first $2.5 million for Ida Sports and unpack the customer discovery work that shaped it. Ben will share how early customer interviews helped Ida Sports more than halve production costs, refine their feature set, and avoid building […]

    Free

  • Unlocking Global Tech Talent: A Founder’s Visa Playbook

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Seminar / Panel Discussion / Conversation

    Join for this exclusive Perth Landing Pad event, delivered in collaboration with our global partner TechVisa, designed to help founders access and mobilise international tech talent strategically, compliantly and at speed. TechVisa Co-Founder Natasha Prévot and General Manager Emily will break down the four visa pathways most relevant to scaling tech companies — 400, 482, […]

  • Transforming How Industries Connect

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Seminar / Panel Discussion / Conversation

    The difficulty of getting independent systems to share data and work together — the interoperability challenge — has been navigated ad hoc for decades, but the problem continues to grow. And while industry change is never easy, the time is right for a more complete and audacious vision. Tim will introduce us to an innovative open and federated platform, […]

    Free

  • Mobilising WA’s GreenTech Ecosystem: Meet the WA GreenTech Hub

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Hear from the recently launched Western Australian GreenTech Hub, about their mission to support green entrepreneurship and innovation in WA. The Hub hosts innovation challenges to help solve WA’s most pressing sustainability issues. These challenges see participants develop solutions that align directly to the needs of industry and communities, whilst accelerating their own enterprises. Learn […]

    Free

  • CORE Connect – February

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Build It or Kill It is a CORE Connect event designed to help founders, operators and industry partners sense-check real ideas before investing more time, money or energy. A small number of participants will put forward an idea they are genuinely unsure about, and the room will work through it together — pressure-testing assumptions from […]

    Free

  • Building with AI without breaking the product, the business or your reputation

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Presented by: Amar Karisik, Made Apt Morning Startup is a fortnightly morning catchup where founders, potential entrepreneurs and others in the startup community (VCs and Angels welcome) get together to learn something interesting, get feedback on idea, vent frustrations, and meet some new friends in the game. Founders are using AI to brainstorm and plan […]

    Free

  • How Meshpoints is building a thriving WA innovation ecosystem

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Seminar / Panel Discussion / Conversation

    In this session, Charlie Gunningham, Head of Ecosystem Engagement at Meshpoints, will outline how the next phase of Meshpoints will operate, building on the foundations of 2022–2025. This includes: Refreshed funding opportunities for the ecosystem New ways for partner organisations and individuals to contribute and collaborate There will be time for open Q&A, followed by […]

    Free

  • StartupWA 2026 AGM

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    The Startup WA 2026 AGM will be held at Riff in Perth CBD. 📅 Wed 28 Jan ⏰ 5–6pm + networking drinks afterwards Attending the AGM is the best way to hear what they have planned for 2026, ask questions directly, and help shape StartupWA’s priorities for the year ahead. All members welcome!

    Free

  • Work on your Tech Projects at She Codes Hack Day

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Enter.... She Codes Hack Day! This is your opportunity to do one of three things: Work on your own projects, surrounded by other folks who are coding along on their own projects - instant motivation and body doubling. Mentor and support our She Codes Plus cohort who will be finishing off projects to demo at […]

    Free

  • Morning Startup F*ups! A West Tech Fest Special!

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    It’s West Tech Fest week — the one time of year every founder pretends they’re well-rested, well-funded, and definitely not three bad decisions away from shambles. So, to honour the truth behind the theatre, Morning Startup is proudly hosting: This is a morning dedicated to the beautiful disasters: The launches that face-planted, the “oops” moments that became […]

    Free

  • From Scrappy to Scalable: Fractional Finance Smarts for Startups

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Presented by: Tim Whyte, Tim Macpherson Morning Startup is a fortnightly morning catchup where founders, potential entrepreneurs and others in the startup community (VCs and Angels welcome) get together to learn something interesting, get feedback on idea, vent frustrations, and meet some new friends in the game. Most startups outgrow their tax and accounting firm […]

    Free

  • Industry Inner Join v15 – Data Platforms of Perth

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    This event will shine a spotlight on Snowflake, Databricks and Microsoft Fabric. There will be speakers from each vendor taking attendees under the hood for their platform. They will share a 20-minute overview covering key features and where to learn more. This is for educational purposes. It is not a discussion about which platform is […]

    Free

  • City of Perth Pre-Accelerator Program Pitch Night

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Showcase / Pitch / Demo / Tour

    Over the course of six weeks, these local startup founders across Perth have been participating in the Plus Eight Pre-Accelerator Program, which is designed to elevate their startup ideas with guidance from successful mentors, investors and advisors. Now, these talented entrepreneurs are ready to present their refined pitches and innovative concepts. This is a great […]

    Free

  • How to Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Presented by: Scotty Allen, The Product Bus Morning Startup is a fortnightly morning catchup where founders, potential entrepreneurs and others in the startup community (VCs and Angels welcome) get together to learn something interesting, get feedback on idea, vent frustrations, and meet some new friends in the game. Why do most startups fail? It's rarely […]

    Free

  • The Rise of the Virtual Power Plant

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Seminar / Panel Discussion / Conversation

    This event will present on topics such as the history, operation and functionality of virtual power plants. With decarbonisation efforts driving many changes in the energy landscape currently, virtual power plants are on the rise to utilise the energy we can that already exists in the grid. Come down and learn about virtual power plants, […]

    Free – $10

  • Pitch Your Impact

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Presented by: Morning Startup Morning Startup is a fortnightly morning catchup where founders, potential entrepreneurs and others in the startup community (VCs and Angels welcome) get together to learn something interesting, get feedback on idea, vent frustrations, and meet some new friends in the game.Share your for-purpose pitch with the supportive Morning Startup audience and […]

    Free

  • Spacecubed Breakfast Club, October 2025

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Join Spacecubed October's Breakfast Club at Riff, for an informal conversation with Isabelle Charter, founder of Drip Invest, the Perth-based educational investing app for teens. Isabelle will share insights into Drip’s acquisition by Raiz Invest, including why the timing was right, how discussions unfolded, and what’s next for her and the company. Drip Invest, launched through BetterLabs in 2022, […]

    Free – $20

  • Exploring Innovation and Impact with CSIRO

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    This session will lift the lid on CSIRO’s mission, reach, and impact. Find out how CSIRO is shaping Australia’s future across industries and communities, playing a critical role in tackling Australia's biggest challenges through science and technology. Thespeaker is Rebecca Ostergaard, CSIRO’s Chief Digital Officer. Rebecca will walk attendees through her personal journey with CSIRO […]

    Free

  • Local Innovation, Global Impact: Founders Factory’s WA Accelerator

    Riff 45 St Georges Tce, Perth, Australia
    Networking / Group Meetup

    Presented by: Tamryn Barker, Charlotta Kemp, Founders Factory Morning Startup is a fortnightly morning catchup where founders, potential entrepreneurs and others in the startup community (VCs and Angels welcome) get together to learn something interesting, get feedback on idea, vent frustrations, and meet some new friends in the game.What if your startup could plug straight […]

    Free