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Fishburners is hosting a LGBTIQA+ Pride pitch night

- February 9, 2024 < 1 MIN READ

Fishburners and high-performance coach and speaker, Veronica Mason are collaborating to host an LGBTIQA+ Pride pitch night next Friday, February 16. ‘ The event is for queer founders, who will be paired with judges to pitch their business and will compete for a judge’s choice and a people’s choice award. Mason was inspired to create… Read more »

Majella Campbell COO Fishburners
People

Fishburners Appoints Majella Campbell as COO

- December 13, 2023 2 MIN READ

Fishburners, Australia’s largest startup community, is expanding its leadership team with the appointment of Majella Campbell as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). The move comes on the heels of Fishburners’ strategic vision to expand and deepen its influence on the Australian startup ecosystem as it continues to advance innovation in Australia, aligning with the broader… Read more »

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People

Taryn Williams and Samantha Martin-Williams join Fishburners board

- September 14, 2023 2 MIN READ

Fishburners has appointed Taryn Williams and Samantha Martin Williams to the board of the Early-stage startup community hub. They replace Jacqui Feeney, who leaves to become CEO of Screen Queensland, and Andrew Thornton, whose term has expired.   Taryn Williams is the founder and CEO of theright.fit and WINK Models, and entrepreneurship thought leader.  Fishburners CEO… Read more »

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Accelerator

Fishburners names 10 ideas for its new media program

- October 31, 2022 2 MIN READ

Sydney startup hub Fishburners has chosen 10 ideas for the inaugural Google News Initiative (GNI) startups bootcamp The nine-week professional development program delivers support and coaching to aspiring news media entrepreneurs for independent journalism, with entrepreneurs including Sinorbis CMO Vijay Solanki, BindiMaps cofounder Tony Burrett, and Stem Media cofounder Emily Dawson providing one-on-one coaching. It’s the… Read more »

Other tech

Stroke detection medtech Nuroflux wins Fishburners Tech for Good awards

- September 16, 2022 3 MIN READ

Medtech startup Nuroflux, which has developed a device to monitor brain activity and blood flow following a stroke, was chosen as the best of seven category winners the inaugural Fishburners Tech for Good Awards. The awards, held at the Fishburners Sydney startup hub, celebrated startups harnessing technology to help solve the world’s most pressing environmental,… Read more »

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Alan Jones takes over as Fishburners CEO

- June 20, 2022 2 MIN READ

Sydney startup hub Fishburners has changed its leadership with CEO Nicole O’Brien standing down, replaced by entrepreneur and investor Alan Jones as interim CEO. The organisation marked a decade of operation last year, and has received strong support from the NSW government to help it survive the pandemic lockdowns. Earlier this year it launched theTech… Read more »

NIcole O'Brien
Climate Tech

Fishburners launched Tech for Good Awards to recognise startups tackling social impact and climate change

- November 22, 2021 2 MIN READ

Sydney startup innovation hub Fishburners is celebrating 10 years since it first launched with a new awards program called Tech for Good. The awards, backed by the NSW government through Investment NSW, span six categories including climate action, social justice, disability, diversity and inclusion. They’ll recognise early-stage ventures that are using technology to make a… Read more »

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Fishburners is now a big banana in Coffs Harbour

- August 30, 2019 < 1 MIN READ

The country’s largest startup coworking nextwork, Fishburners, has begun its regional rollout, launching in Coffs Harbour – home of the Big Banana – on the NSW mid-north coast. The Fishburners presence is virtual in a partnership with the local council entity 6 Degrees. The Coffs Harbour hub gives local founders the same benefits as physical… Read more »

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Next gen entrepreneurs join Pitch Fest at Fishburners

- April 11, 2019 2 MIN READ

To celebrate Youth Week, Australia’s largest startup community, Fishburner, is coming together with Job Getter and Test-ED to hold an ‘Apprentice Pitch Fest in Sydney on April 12. The Pitch Fest will see over 50 high school students from all over NSW attend a pitch festival with Fishburners’ startups and representatives from industries that need… Read more »

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Incoming CEO at Fishburners: Social enterprise leader Nicole O’Brien

- March 28, 2019 3 MIN READ

Fishburners, Australia’s largest startup community, has appointed senior leader and social enterprise champion Nicole O’Brien as its new CEO. Ms O’Brien will take over the role from outgoing CEO Pandora Shelley in April, who completes her successful eight-year career at Fishburners in March to pursue overseas opportunities. Ms O’Brien’s most recent role has been with… Read more »