West Tech Fest

Attendees, exhibitors & solutions

Who this event is for

New this edition

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  The festival format is built around a week of events spread across Perth and Fremantle sites, including a Fremantle hub, rather than a single exhibition floor. Plan travel between venues when building your agenda.

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  The programme mixes investor-facing sessions and founder content with showcase and community events, so the same week serves fundraising conversations and public technology showcases. Check each session's access rules before you plan meetings.

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  Content tends to spotlight areas where Perth has industrial depth - resources and mining technology, space and remote operations, agtech and clean energy - alongside general SaaS and AI topics. Use the sector framing to choose sessions relevant to your sector.

Industry trends

Key trends shaping this market and its wider industry.

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Hotel tiers

A range of accommodation options near the venue and across key areas.

Local transport

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Frequently asked

Glossary

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Startup

An early-stage company built around a repeatable, scalable business model, usually still searching for product-market fit and funded by founders, angels or venture capital rather than operating cash flow.

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Scaleup

A company that has found product-market fit and is now growing revenue and headcount quickly, typically past a seed round and into Series A or later funding.

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MVP (minimum viable product)

The smallest version of a product that can be released to real users to test demand and learning, before investing in full engineering and go-to-market.

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Product-market fit

Evidence that a product solves a real problem for a defined market, seen in retention, repeat usage and organic demand rather than one-off launch spikes.

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Pre-seed and seed round

The first priced or SAFE/note-based funding rounds, usually used to build the founding team, ship an MVP and prove early traction.

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Series A

The first institutional venture round after seed, normally raised once a company has repeatable revenue and a clear plan for scaling sales and product.

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Venture capital (VC)

Professional funds that invest pooled capital into high-growth private companies in exchange for equity, usually targeting a fund-returning exit within 7-10 years.

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Angel investor

An individual who invests their own money, often small tickets at pre-seed or seed stage, sometimes alongside mentoring and network access.

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Accelerator

A fixed-term, cohort-based programme that provides seed capital, mentorship and structured milestones, usually culminating in a demo day to investors.

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Term sheet

A non-binding summary of the key terms of an investment round, covering valuation, instrument, liquidation preference, board seats and investor rights.

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Cap table

The register of who owns what in a company - founders, employees via options, and investors - showing share classes and fully diluted ownership.

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ARR (annual recurring revenue)

The annualised value of subscription or recurring contracts at a point in time, a standard yardstick for SaaS and other recurring-revenue businesses.

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Runway

How many months a company can operate before cash runs out at its current burn rate, a core planning metric between funding rounds.

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Deep tech

Companies built on scientific or engineering breakthroughs - hardware, materials, robotics, space, biotech - with longer development cycles and harder technical moats.

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Pitch deck

The short investor presentation that covers problem, solution, market, traction, team and the ask; usually the first document shared in a fundraise.

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Exit

A liquidity event for founders and investors, most often a trade sale or acquisition, and less commonly an IPO on a public market.