Startup Shakeup – North East Vic Innovator Ecosystem

Welcome to Startup Shakeup

Startup Shakeup is a community for you, the movers, shakers, and change-makers in North East Victoria. It’s your ticket to networking and educational events that will support your mission to solve local problems and support causes that shape our future… whether you’re a Startup, Shakeup or Innovator, we’re here to support businesses who do it differently.

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Things To Do & Programs

Startup Fusion: Business Advisory ‘Speed Dating’ event

Step into the world of innovation and opportunity at the Startup Fusion: Business Advisory Speed Dating event. This exciting gathering brings an array of seasoned professionals under one roof, including the Startup Shakeup Alumni, Startups, Regional Skills Advisors and others involved in the innovation landscape, and a host of thriving small businesses.

Startup Shakeup Online Bootcamp

Ready to kick off your business idea or step it up to the next level? Join us for our online Startup Bootcamp, where we will guide you through the initial phases of either kick starting your business or advancing it to the next level. This interactive workshop will help you drill down on your idea or business and learn about using tech to help grow your concept or business further and faster, even without a technical background!

Ag to Food Discovery

Join us for an exciting Ag Innovation event in Numurkah, Moira Shire. With three engaging and interactive experiences, the day will start with a bus tour looking in person at on-the-ground innovation and travel to Katunga Fresh to see their straw to synthetic gas plant and Booth’s Transport to see their Solar/Tesla battery commercial setup, world leading worm farm and bio-digester waste treatment facility. Return to Numurkah, and check out the Expo with some of the latest Agtech innovations and the opportunity to engage with the creators and learn more about new developments and how they be utilised in your business. Finish the day with an ideation session where participants from students to famers and innovation experts share their thoughts and insights and work together on developing solutions to current problems.

Ready to launch?

Start your new business in the best environment you can, and use techniques used by successful Startups all over the world.

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our Skills Network?

One on one business advice for regional Startups & Businesses

The Startup Shakeup Skills Network is an opportunity for founders, startups, and business owners to connect with skilled advisors on a range of topics.

The network offers a chance to solve challenges, brainstorm some ideas, and be pointed in the right direction so that your business can grow.

Latest News

Help Put NE Vic on the Global Startup Map!

Calling all startups in regional Victoria! It’s time to pay it forward and help tell the growth story of the Victorian Startup Ecosystem! Participate in the Startup Genome ecosystem survey with Startup Shakeup and LaunchVic to help us grow our talent and capital!

A Day in the Orchards

Startup Shakeup's Program Coordinator, Sarah Parker attended Launch Vic's A day in the orchard looking at all things AgTech for the Horticulture Industry.

Breakfast with Victorian Rural Woman of the Year Finalists

Startup Shakeup’s Sarah joined Rural Women’s Awards Alumni Chair Catherine Marriott, Senior Policy Officer Lara McPherson, and the Victorian Rural Women’s Award finalists in Melbourne for a networking breakfast on International Women’s Day.

Wangaratta Business Breakfast

Startup Shakeup's Program Coordinator, Sarah Parker joined business owners at the nbn Wangaratta Business Breakfast to learn about NBN Business Fibre Zone in Wangaratta and the the Top Cyber Security Tips for Business in 2022.

Benalla Future Work Summit

Startup Shakeup's Lead Digital Coaching Facilitator Bree Nightingale and Program Coordinator, Sarah Parker supported the Benalla Future Work Summit, facilitating break out sessions. Over seventy people from business, industry, employment, all levels of government and community agencies including Startup Shakeup’s Bree and Sarah attended the Benalla Future Work Summit.

Ecosystem Hero of the Year Finalist!

We are very excited to announce that our CEO, Ilena Young, has been a finalist for the Ecosystem Hero of the Year two years in a row at the Victorian Governor’s Startup Awards. Now, a new business ‘incubator’ program is helping ten entrepreneurs from regional Victoria take their ideas to the next stage using innovation and technology.

nbn joins Startup Shakeup as a Foundation Partner

Some of the nation’s smartest minds in business growth and innovation have committed to support businesses within North-East Victoria to become stronger and more resilient to change. Now, a new business ‘incubator’ program is helping ten entrepreneurs from regional Victoria take their ideas to the next stage using innovation and technology.

Local and global experts commit to support North-East businesses ready to innovate

Wangaratta duo makes waves with underwater robotics technology

The Wangaratta students have been engaged by Melbourne startup ROVing Intelligence to develop software for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) used to survey underwater assets including jetties, weirs and bridges.

New Program helps regional entrepreneurs bring business ideas to life

Plenty of people have a great business idea, but that’s often as far as it goes because they simply don’t know what to do next. Now, a new business ‘incubator’ program is helping ten entrepreneurs from regional Victoria take their ideas to the next stage using innovation and technology.

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