Startup Founder Coworking - Mon, Sept 1
Co-work with other startup founders, Square Peg, and the AWS Startup team from 1-5pm at the AWS offices at 300 George St, Level 30 in Brisbane.
1pm - Free lunch and networking.
1:50 pm - Quick tour of working places. There is one large conf room and 6 small rooms booked out as well as some cubbies so you can go heads down on your work or work in the open to socialise.
2-4pm - Coworking, Square Peg Office Hours (8 x 15 min sessions requested and VC selected ahead of time), & AWS Office Hours (6 x 20 min sessions sign up onsite).
Grace Dalla-Bonna of Square Peg is our VC guest: grace-dalla-bona-840693163
4pm - Drinks Served. We often have a founder fireside with Jacob Banks of Sophiie AI (bio below) and VC fireside conversation with Grace as well. Hang until 5:30pm for a drink or two.
Please let others register first if you’re been to one of these recently as we limit these 25 to 30-ish max per session (every month or two).
We'll share everyone’s LinkedIn profiles ahead of time to promote connection ahead of the day.
Thanks! Square Peg & AWS Startups
More about Square Peg:
Square Peg is a venture capital firm that helps founders from our corners of the world shape the future. Founded in 2012 in Australia, Square Peg combines the best of a local partner with a global network of companies and now backs founders early and repeatedly from three of technology’s most exciting regions: Australia & New Zealand, Israel, and Southeast Asia. Five funds in with more than US$3.6 billion in assets across its venture capital and public equities funds, Square Peg is the only investor that backed Canva, Airwallex, and Rokt, three of Australia’s highest-valued private tech companies, and is honoured to partner with Fiverr, Aidoc, and Tomorrow.io in Israel and Doctor Anywhere and Kredivo out of Singapore.
Learn more at https://www.squarepeg.vc/
More about Jacob Banks and Sophiie AI:
Jacob Banks is the Founder & CEO of Sophiie AI, an out-of-the-box AI office manager built to eliminate admin and unlock revenue growth for service businesses. Acting as a proactive team member, Sophiie handles everything from the first enquiry to the final invoice. Whether it's answering calls, scheduling, follow-ups, quotes and customer communications, so service-based business owners can focus on what they do best, delighting clients, and scaling faster. A 3× founder, Jake began his entrepreneurial journey 13 years ago by launching Service.com.au, a trades marketplace he bootstrapped to $3.4M ARR and 35,000 businesses on the platform. Today, with Sophiie AI, he’s reached seven-figure ARR in just eight months, helping teams work smarter, reclaim their time, and accelerate growth.