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Morning Startup - Perth
If you're involved in a startup, or thinking about starting one, chances are you can learn from others that are doing and thinking the same.
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.
If you're not a morning person, we also host a casual afterwork catchup on the first Wednesday of each month called Founder Sundowner.
We look forward to seeing you there!
You can contact the organisers either by sending a message through this meetup group, or via:
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Building a thriving WA innovation ecosystem — and how you can get involved
Location not specified yetMeshpoints exists to build a stronger culture of entrepreneurship and innovation across Western Australia, connecting people, organisations, and ideas to create a more resilient, collaborative ecosystem.
We’re excited to share that Meshpoints has secured an additional three years of support from Lotterywest, enabling us to continue and expand this work across the state.
Between 2022–2025, Meshpoints:
- Supported 86 new ecosystem initiatives through $2.6M in devolved grant funding
- Directly impacted 14,172 Western Australians
- Engaged 170 partner organisations across all sectors and regions of WA
- Delivered activity including the WA Innovation Leaders Congress, multiple Town Halls, and a range of Communities of Interest
The impact speaks for itself:
- 82% of partners report a more connected ecosystem
- 76% report increased cross-sector collaboration
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 an optional 90-minute workshop (9:00–10:30am) for those who want to dive deeper into the first upcoming funding round. Applications for this round will open on 4 February 2026.
This session is ideal for founders, ecosystem builders, community leaders, and organisations interested in shaping the future of innovation in WA.
Agenda:
- 7:30 am: Shameless plugs and announcements. Introduce yourself or announce your startup to the Perth startup community!
- 7:45 am: How Meshpoints is building a thriving WA innovation ecosystem — and how you can get involved
- 8:30 am: Networking & delicious breakfast treats
- 9:00 am: Finish
- 9:00am-10.30am: Optional workshop on the Promotions and Storytelling Challenge
About Meshpoints
Meshpoints is a collective impact project that exists to advance the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in Western Australia. It was established by Spacecubed Foundation in July 2022, following a $5.9m grant from Lotterywest.
About Charlie
Charlie Gunningham has spent more than 26 years in our local innovation ecosystem, as a startup founder, angel investor, university lecturer, media commentator and federal/state government executive. He is currently Head of Ecosystem Engagement at Meshpoints, Chair of StartupWA (the advocacy membership body), and on the WA Government's Innovation Advisory Board and advisory board of WA Leaders.
Live stream
This event will also be live streamed by the amazing folks at Perthvideo.com.au.
Access the live stream and all our post-event recordings here:
https://perthvideo.com.au/morning-startup-perth/
Coffee, Food and Sponsors
Tell Joey Zaza's you're heading to Morning Startup on the way in for a free coffee courtesy of Purpose Ventures, and enjoy some of their delicious breakfast treats courtesy of Everest Engineering.
And thanks to the amazing folks at Ammo Marketing and Beacham Group for keeping this meetup alive 🙏 ❤️2 attendees
Founder Sundowner
Nowhereman Brewing Co, 25 Harrogate st, West Leederville, Perth, AUCalling all startup founders!
On the first Wednesday of each month, let's get together for a tasty beverage or two, celebrate and/or commiserate the month that was, and share plans and ideas for the month yet to be!
You might even meet your future Co-founder, Lead Programmer, or Chief Ninja of Ideation and Crypto Research.
As Elon Musk could have once said, "All my success is due to drinking with other startup founders as often as possible".
This is a very casual, monthly, after-work event, in addition to our fortnightly Morning Startup meetups at Spacecubed. So if you're not a morning person, this is for you!
There will be no speakers or formalities. Just a bunch of startups, in a pub, having fun, and learning from each other.
Pizza will be provided courtesy of our amazing Morning Startup sponsors (see below), but make sure you save up ahead of time to cover the cost of your own exotic cocktails and Perth-priced-drinks.
To find us, ask the bar staff for the Founder Sundowner table and they'll point you in the right direction.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Get around our amazing sponsors!
Thanks to Ammo Marketing, Beacham Group, Purpose Ventures, and Everest Engineering for your support of Morning Startup and the Perth startup community! If you need help with marketing and growth, hiring awesome people, VC funding, or app development check them out and tell them Morning Startup sent you!5 attendees
Morning Startup
Riff Perth, 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth, AUMorning Startup is a fortnightly meetup for WA startups, founders and entrepreneurs to help inspire and support entrepreneurship in WA. We're run by founders, for founders and our meetups are 100% free! Come along and connect with the WA startup community!
The details of this specific meetup are yet to be confirmed, but rest assured, if you're a WA startup, you'll walk away with new knowledge, connections, and start the day inspired!
Agenda:
- 7:30 am: Shameless plugs and announcements. Introduce yourself or announce your startup to the Perth startup community!
- 7:45 am: An awesome startup related talk, panel or pitch practice session!
- 8:30 am: Networking & delicious breakfast treats
- 9:00 am: Finish
Live stream
This event will also be live streamed by the amazing folks at [Perthvideo.com.au](https://perthvideo.com.au/), courtesy of the New Industries Fund from the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation!
Access the live stream and all our post-event recordings here:
https://perthvideo.com.au/morning-startup-perth/
Coffee, Food and Sponsors
Tell Joey Zaza's you're heading to Morning Startup on the way in for a free coffee courtesy of Purpose Ventures, and enjoy some of their delicious breakfast treats courtesy of Everest Engineering.
And thanks to the amazing folks at Ammo Marketing and Beacham Group for keeping this meetup alive 🙏 ❤️4 attendeesMorning Startup
Riff Perth, 45 St Georges Terrace, Perth, AUMorning Startup is a fortnightly meetup for WA startups, founders and entrepreneurs to help inspire and support entrepreneurship in WA. We're run by founders, for founders and our meetups are 100% free! Come along and connect with the WA startup community!
The details of this specific meetup are yet to be confirmed, but rest assured, if you're a WA startup, you'll walk away with new knowledge, connections, and start the day inspired!
Agenda:
- 7:30 am: Shameless plugs and announcements. Introduce yourself or announce your startup to the Perth startup community!
- 7:45 am: An awesome startup related talk, panel or pitch practice session!
- 8:30 am: Networking & delicious breakfast treats
- 9:00 am: Finish
Live stream
This event will also be live streamed by the amazing folks at [Perthvideo.com.au](https://perthvideo.com.au/), courtesy of the New Industries Fund from the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation!
Access the live stream and all our post-event recordings here:
https://perthvideo.com.au/morning-startup-perth/
Coffee, Food and Sponsors
Tell Joey Zaza's you're heading to Morning Startup on the way in for a free coffee courtesy of Purpose Ventures, and enjoy some of their delicious breakfast treats courtesy of Everest Engineering.
And thanks to the amazing folks at Ammo Marketing and Beacham Group for keeping this meetup alive 🙏 ❤️6 attendees
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