More than 175 one-on-one meetings between founders and investors took place in the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct as InvestFest returned to Cohort Innovation Space for 2026.
The two-day festival brought more than 25 investors together with founders from across Australia, creating opportunities for startups from pre-seed through to Series A to connect directly with investors looking for their next opportunity.
Now in its third year, InvestFest has facilitated more than 520 investor meetings, helping bridge the gap between ambitious founders and the capital, connections and advice they need to grow.
This year also brought some big voices in technology and investment to the Precinct, including Steve Solomon from OpenAI, Adam Gilmour from Gilmour Space Technologies and Rachel Yang from Giant Leap.
Across keynotes and panel discussions, conversations explored artificial intelligence, venture capital and the realities of building, funding and scaling a startup.
As an event partner, we’re proud to support InvestFest and the role it plays in bringing founders, investors and industry together within our Precinct.
For us, that’s an important part of what a thriving innovation precinct should do: create opportunities for people to meet, exchange ideas, build relationships and make the connections that can help turn ideas into growing businesses.
With research, startups, established companies, talent and investment increasingly coming together here, events like InvestFest help strengthen the environment for the next generation of businesses to build and grow on the Gold Coast.
InvestFest is delivered by Cohort Innovation Space, managed by CoSpaces, with Invest Gold Coast as major sponsor.
