Five founders on stage: five minutes to pitch, then questions from the people at the event. Tables on topics Sydney voted for, and an open hour after the stage.
Every guest is checked in at the door. Investor attendance is not guaranteed.
The same evening on Luma
Investor seats: apply on Luma at least three days before the evening and, once approved, come free. Or take an Investor Pass on Eventbrite. The small fee keeps seats for people who actually come.Pitch + Founder Listing is one of the evening's tickets.
Open on LumaAfter you register
Your ticket and confirmation arrive from Eventbrite to the email you used. Right after, two emails from us: an invitation to our Luma calendar and an invitation to the Sydney community, which opens in Slack or in the browser.
Nothing arrived? Contact the team.
The evening
Five founders on stage in Sydney. Three reasons people come back:
01
You pick a topic the room voted on and stay there for the hour, instead of wandering with a drink looking for a gap in somebody else's conversation.
02
Five minutes to pitch, no slides read out loud, then questions from the people at the event. The questions are the good part.
03
The stage ends, nobody is performing any more, and the floor stays open. That is the hour people actually remember.
After the night
Most events end when you walk out. This one hands you a link: your profile, who else is coming before you get there, a chat for this specific evening, and a recap afterwards of who you actually met. Then you land in your city's space and stay there. That is where the second conversation happens, the one you meant to have before the room got loud.
Free with your ticket: ascentvalley.com/communityWho it is for
Yes, if you are building something, anywhere from the first line of code to Series A. Or you run a function at a company that is scaling, write the code, build the team, or you are still deciding whether to start.
Probably not, if what you are picturing is a room full of investors. How that actually works is below, and it is better than the picture.
The stage
Five founders an evening. Applying to pitch is free. A person reads every application, and we answer everyone, including the people we don't pick. You need a regular ticket for that evening, like everyone else at the event.
Never pitched before? Five minutes is short enough that it's over before the nerves have finished arriving.
Before you apply: How the five seats are filled
Straight answers
We don't
Instead
Why it's worth an evening
01Watching somebody explain their company in five minutes teaches you more about explaining yours than another evening alone with the deck.
02You'll hear the question you've been quietly avoiding asked out loud to somebody else, and watch how they handle it.
03That skill travels: to a first meeting, a performance review, and the dinner where somebody asks what you do and you have twenty seconds before their eyes move on.
So bring the friend who keeps saying they have an idea. Five minutes on that stage is the shortest distance between having an idea and finding out what a room full of strangers thinks of it.
Times in Australia/Sydney
Name sticker on, then the table closest to what you are building. You stay for the hour.
Five minutes to pitch, then questions from the people at the event — about eight minutes in all.
The stage is done and the floor stays open.
What brings you here?
Most asks sound like one of these. Any of them is a good reason to come.
Frequently asked
Yes, early-stage founders are welcome. The event focuses on networking, idea validation, and connecting with investors and talent in Sydney.
No, you don’t need an active startup.
Yes, selected founders may have the opportunity to pitch. Please check the event details or apply in advance if a pitch session is included.
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