Connect and celebrate with Sydney's diverse and inclusive startup ecosystem

Australia’s original and much loved grass-roots startup and innovation festival is happening again from the 2-6 September. Since 2016, Spark has been an independent not-for-profit organisation coordinating and producing startup-focused events that spark engagement into and across the ecosystem. This time, it's about kicking back and enjoying a casual and relaxed night out with friends in our ecosystem community, making new ones, and farewelling another year of Spark Festival.

Hear from the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards winners!

Our winners of the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards will be pitching their winning ideas and businesses, for an all-time pitch experience to help us all see where the hard work leads. Complimentary drinks and snacks thanks to our wonderful partners at TURO. RSVP is essential.

PLUS A very special once-off event starting a little earlier...

Join us beforehand for a very special once-off UTS Startups Confessions with Murray Hurps and Danny Adams, Founder of GOFAR. Register for this separate event if you'd like to join the live audience, here.

About Startup Daily

Startup Daily delivers news, insights and stories from the Australian & New Zealand tech ecosystem. Spark Festival is proud to partner with Startup Daily on the Best in Tech Awards, 4 September in Sydney.

About Fishburners

Australia’s Largest and Leading Ecosystem of Startups and Entrepreneurs, we're excited to work with the Fishies team and host our Closing Celebration in their wonderful event space at 11 York St, the Sydney Startup Hub. Check out their ongoing events for entrepreneurs, here.

About TURO

Turo is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace, where you can book the perfect car for wherever you’re going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Find your next drive, here.

About Spark Festival

Spark Festival has a mandate to coordinate and promote startup-focused events that spark engagement into and across the startup ecosystem.

Spark Festival 2024 is proudly supported by the City of Sydney, and has been made possible by support from the Australian Government Department of Industry, Science and Resources, ACS Labs and Harbour City Labs, Herbert Smith Freehills, Stone and Chalk, Atlassian Foundation, Startup Daily, Net Nada and Startup/Angels.

By registering for this event, you grant full rights to use the images from any photography/video footage for publicity and education purposes. This may include (but is not limited to), the right to use them in their printed and online publicity, coursework presentations, social media and press releases. If you do not wish to be photographed, please inform an event organiser.