Startup Fest 2024

Witness some serious pitching – and prize money.

Join us for Startup Fest, where three emerging startups will unveil the business ideas they've developed during the La Trobe University Startup Year program. The initiative has taken these founders on a transformative 12-week journey, enhancing and refining their business ideas through intensive masterclasses, workshops, and coaching sessions. Now it's showtime!

Our Startup Fest participants are pitching for the chance to win:

1^st Place - $5,000
2^nd Place - $2,500
3^rd Place - $1,250

Date: Tuesday 22 October 2024
Time: 5pm to 7.30 pm
Location: John Scott Meeting House, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus
Parking: Carpark 7 (Campus Map, REF J6)

What's on the agenda?

• Dr Megan Fisher, Pro Vice-Chancellor Industry Engagement, La Trobe University shares the University's innovation and entrepreneurship vision
• Dr Katrina Phillips, Director, Australian Government Department of Education. puts Startup Year initiative in the spotlight
• Student entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to entrepreneurial leaders in a bid to take home 1^st Place - $5,000, 2^nd Place - $2,500 or 3^rd Place - $1,250
• Networking opportunity with students, industry partners, alumni entrepreneurs, and the wider La Trobe and start-up network.

Contact us

For more information, reach out to the Innovation & Entrepreneurship team at accelerator@latrobe.edu.au

Can't make it? To stay up to date with future La Trobe entrepreneurship activities and opportunities, submit a general Expression of Interest.