Fishburners: Join Australia's Largest Startup Community

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Who we are

Fishburners is Australia’s longest-enduring and largest tech startup community. Our purpose is to create a better world by enhancing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Fishburners empowers all entrepreneurs through education, support, resources and experiences that ultimately define our community. Fishburners is the epicentre of the startup ecosystem, building a diverse and inclusive community of operators, founders and partners, powering early stage entrepreneurs to learn and grow. If you’re looking for a community that fuses legacy with innovation, and fosters digital and physical connection — Fishburners has a place for you.

Since 2011, Fishburners as an ecosystem has grown over:

Our Story

Fishburners was established in 2011 by successful tech entrepreneurs Mike Casey and Pete Davison to provide a vibrant community of like minded entrepreneurs who could share ideas and learn from each other as they forged new frontiers, using technology to innovate and develop new products and services and to create new jobs.

That legacy continues and has grown and strengthened to become Australia’s largest startup community with over 35,000 entrepreneurs creating the innovations and jobs that are fueling our economy, today and tomorrow.

 

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Our Team

Martin Karafilis

Martin Karafilis
CEO

Rhea Mozo

Rhea Mozo
Head of Operations

Sabrina Zeng

Sabrina Zeng
Head of Ecosystem

Majella Campbell

Majella Campbell
Head of Product

Aayush Patel

Aayush Patel
Finance Manager

Tegan Harlow

Tegan Harlow
Operations Manager

Sharon Li

Sharon Li
Events Manager

Ilakkiya Elangovan

Ilakkiya Elangovan
Content Lead

Our Board

Clive Mayhew

Clive Mayhew
Chair of the Board

Bilyana Smith

Bilyana Smith
Board Member

David Jones

David Jones
Board Member

Rod Bishop

Jacqui Feeney
Board Member

Jessica Walker

Jessica Walker
Board Member

Jacqui Feeney

Rod Bishop
Board Member

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