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StartupWA
StartupWA is a not-for-profit organization based in Perth, Western Australia, focused on promoting and advancing the local startup sector through collaboration with various stakeholders.
Overview
What StartupWA does
What StartupWA is
StartupWA is a not-for-profit organization based in Perth, Western Australia, focused on promoting and advancing the local startup sector through collaboration with various stakeholders.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2015
- Approximate age
- About 11 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 2, 2026
Official channels
Find StartupWA elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
StartupWA as a community
Community overview
StartupWA is a not-for-profit organization established in 2015, based in Western Australia. It is dedicated to promoting and advocating for the startup sector, which includes entrepreneurs, investors, universities, corporates, tech hubs, accelerator programs, and early-stage scalable businesses.
Community focus
StartupWA focuses on advocating for the startup ecosystem in Western Australia. Its activities include amplifying the voice of founders and early-stage tech businesses, conducting research and publishing insights on the startup sector, building community connections among founders, investors, and institutions, and lobbying for supportive funding, procurement, and policy frameworks.
Member value
Members benefit from networking opportunities, access to insights and research on the startup sector, and participation in various accelerator programs designed to help startups grow and scale.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators · Students
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community and accelerator
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+
Community activity
- Annual events
- 26
Events and activity
StartupWA organizes several events, including the fortnightly 'Morning Startup' meetup, the annual 'West Tech Fest' featuring over 30 events, and regular 'Innovate Australia Summits' focusing on various aspects of innovation.
Notable members
Notable members include Purpose Ventures, FundWA, Health Translation Group, Brandon Capital, BetterLabs Ventures, and Perth Angels.
Common questions
What to know about StartupWA
Upseed classifies StartupWA under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 2, 2026
Known limits
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