Inspiring Innovation. Connecting Communities.
Empower
Mobilise regional entrepreneurship through Crowe Horwath's extensive community footprint
Inspire
Upfront value to local startups through engaging meetups, inspiring speakers and valuable business networks
Connect
FoundX is designed to help grow and connect communities both physically, and through our online platforms
Upcoming Meetups
FoundX Hills Shire Pitch Night
Thursday, February 28, 2019 — 6pm
Pioneer TheatreLevel 1/14 Pennant Street,
Castle Hill
NSW, 2154 View on map
You are invited to our 2019 Pitch Night!
We are pleased to announce our next FoundX event where startups have the chance to pitch to our panel of industry experts.
Meet the panel
Steve Vamos
Chief Executive Officer, Xero
Richard Case
Managing Director, Artesian
Matthew Games
Chief Financial Officer, Findex
Philippe Perzi
Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group Goldman Sachs
Dunedin, NZ
Tuesday, March 5 — 5.30pm
Innov8HQ123 Vogel Street,
Dunedin 9016
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Guest Speaker
Simeon is passionate about developing New Zealand businesses into successful international ventures. Prior to co-founding Snowball Effect, Simeon held many different roles at Fonterra, gaining extensive experience in M&A, external fundraising, international business strategy development and financial portfolio management. He is passionate about building businesses and the New Zealand capital markets, and loves getting away to a remote beach with his family.
Dunedin, NZ
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 — 5:30pm
Event highlights
We went out with a bang in Dunedin, to end 2018! At this pitch night event, eight startups pitched their businesses to a packed room of community members, business people and investors. The four judges, representatives of Crowe Horwath, Startup Dunedin, NZTE and 2Degrees, had a difficult job to choosing the winner out of a lineup of impressive startups! However, after a long deliberation they granted the first place to Winely, a startup that is introducing the use of AI in the winemaking process!
Ballarat, VIC
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 — 6:00pm
Key takeaways:
Kate has over 10 years of experience in the food industry. Her desire to make Ballarat the culinary centre of Victoria inspired the launch of Plate Up Ballarat. Kate joined us in Ballarat to share her passionate plans for the food future of Ballarat. She left us with the mantra that inspired Plate Up: “Great food starts with good produce.”
Guest Speaker
Launceston, TAS
Wednesday, 21 November, 2018 — 6:00pm
Key takeaways:
David Warren is the co-founder of $3 billion tech company Altium Limited. Altium provides software to multinational giants such as BMW, IBM and NASA. David joined us for our Launceston FoundX launch and shared his journey as an entrepreneur and science guru.
Guest Speaker
Invercargill, NZ
Thursday, 15 November, 2018 — 5:30pm
Key takeaways:
Every two years, the Frew brothers turn their 1052-hectare sheep farm into an event destination for some of the biggest names in two-wheeled action sports. Dan and Brett Frew joined us to discuss how they applied innovation to put their family sheep farm, which has been run by the family for 55 years, on the map for a whole new unique reason!
Guest Speakers
Dan Frew
Founder, Farm Jam
Brett Frew
Founder, Farm Jam
Dubbo Pitch Night
Tuesday, 13 November, 2018 — 5:30pm
Key takeaways:
Jillian Kilby, CEO and Founder of the Infrastructure Collaborative, shared her entrepreneurial journey and then joined our judging panel as seven up and coming startups pitched for their chance to win a bundle of exclusive prizes!
Guest Speakers
Plus, many more meetups were held throughout 2017 and 2018!
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