InvestFest 2025 wrapped up after two packed days on the Gold Coast, bringing collectively founders, traders, and ecosystem companions for a celebration of innovation, connection, and alternative.
Day one befell at Cohort Innovation Area, whereas day two unfolded on the newly opened Mondrian Resort in Burleigh Heads, that includes the headline Mayor’s Tech Lunch.
The GC Minute had the chance to attend InvestFest 2025, assembly founders, traders, and companions shaping the town’s innovation story. It was an opportunity to attach, share insights, and see firsthand how the Gold Coast is constructing its status as a nationwide innovation hub.
InvestFest confirmed that the Gold Coast isn’t simply becoming a member of the nationwide innovation dialog, it’s main it. The pageant created an area for collaboration between founders, traders, and ecosystem builders, showcasing the town’s rising energy in enterprise, expertise, and inventive industries.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate’s keynote on the Mayor’s Tech Lunch bolstered the town’s ambition to be certainly one of Australia’s most engaging locations for funding and enterprise.
The pageant strengthened the Gold Coast’s status as an rising innovation hub, supported by robust partnerships with Financial Improvement Queensland, the Gold Coast Well being and Information Precinct, Make investments Gold Coast, QIC, Cake Fairness, Create Monetary, and AWS.
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Over 175 curated investor-founder conferences helped forge lasting enterprise connections.
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4 panels and three keynotes explored the way forward for enterprise capital and innovation.
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Greater than 200 traders, startups, and enterprise leaders joined the sold-out Mayor’s Tech Lunch on the Mondrian Resort.
Day one at Cohort Innovation Area opened with a keynote from Wayne Gerard, who shared classes from either side of the desk as a founder elevating capital and as an investor funding development.
The VC panel ‘Cash Grows Up’, that includes Kate Coffey (Airtree), Ben Weinberger (Big Leap), and Ben Lindsay (Investible), explored the present enterprise capital panorama and what founders have to know when elevating in 2025.
Day two featured the Mayor’s Tech Lunch, combining networking with keynotes and full of life discussions. Audio system included Kara O’Dwyer, Gregg Thatcher, and Sam Naidoo, who joined the panel to share insights on expertise, funding, and the way forward for innovation on the Gold Coast.
InvestFest balanced enterprise with way of life by way of morning surf, yoga, and startup basketball periods, fostering connection past the boardroom.
The Official Afterparty at La Luna Seaside Membership closed out the weekend with vitality and celebration.
With robust turnout and engagement this yr, InvestFest organisers are already planning for an expanded InvestFest 2026, aiming to draw much more traders, founders, and companions to the Gold Coast.
