Startup Ball 4v4 Tournament 2026 - Friday, May 1

​Welcome to the third annual 4v4 STARTUP BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT in Sydney on Friday, May 1st as part of Blackbird Sunrise.

We expect 70+ startup founders, investors and sponsors for this event and will match the teams across skills, heights and roles to create even competition and maximum networking!

Unfortunately due to demand, we may not be able to accommodate all startup employees and ecosystem supporters this time and likely will limit attendees to 1 per organisation to maximise the number of organistions we can accommodate. But do register if interested and we’ll do our best!

Your rego fee covers a "high quality, and forever yours" reversible Startup Ball jersey for all registrants as well as food and drinks at lunch! The jersey will also help us avoid having teams colour coordinate jerseys themselves as we did in the past.

Register ASAP to save your slot as we have limited entries per category.

​​EVENT SCHEDULE (Subject to change slightly)

​​🚨 8:15am to 11:50am - 4 vs. 4 half court basketball tournament at Hoops Capital East. Teams will get 3-4 games minimum and top teams will face off via single elimination with winner crowned on centre court!

​​🚨 Noon to 2pm - NBA Finals viewing party and mixer at Entertainment Quarter venue. Drinks and nibbles on our wonderful sponsors! Lunch is optional of course.

​Players will be mixed and match based on skill and height to create balanced teams and so people get to know each other. We'll share team deets and LinkedIn profiles ahead of the event for better connecting.

We're here to prioritise fun but players MUST know the rules so nobody gets injured. We've found that players who aren't familiar with the rules can cause injuries accidentally.

Massive thanks to our partners for offsetting the costs of the food/drink afterward, court costs, and jerseys:

TOURNAMENT PARTNERS:

• ​​Zed Law - https://www.zed.law/

• ​​Cloud Assembly - https://assembly.cloud/

​CATAGORY PARTNERS:

• ​​Cloudflare - https://www.cloudflare.com/en-au/

• ​Vercel - https://vercel.com

• ​Performance VC - https://performancevc.vc/

• ​Blackmill - https://blackmill.co/

• ​Superstat - https://superstat.com.au/

• ​Legend Sports AI - https://www.legendsports.ai/

​MEDIA/STORY PARTNERS:

• ​Startup Daily - https://www.startupdaily.net/

• ​Encour - https://www.encour.co/

​MORE TO COME...aka YOUR LOGO HERE! Email us at [email protected] for sponsor details.

Must register for paid founder, investor, or operator ticket before March 31 to get a custom jersey with your name on back as we need 3 weeks for order to arrive.

So run, don't walk to get your slot reserved! ⛹️⛹️‍♀️ - Z

Note to out of town players: Blackbird's Sunrise Conference is April 30 so travel in for the conf and stay an extra half day for Startup Ball!