Freo Startup Fest 2024 – Tek Talks and the Tech Award Winner

Freo Startup Fest for 2024 was a blast right? 💥

We always think it is the highlight of the West Tech Fest week, and this year didn’t fail to deliver – from the founders panel, to the reverse pitches and pitch frenzy, we were sooooo happy with the energy throughout the day!

Congratulations to the winners too, especially Emily Zhen who pitched Materia Health, and received the Golden Ticket!

Plus, don’t forget Caitlin McKeown who pitched We Spot Turtles! She also put on a spectacular performance winning the Tekkon FSF Tech Award for 2024, which gives her access to 5 days of UI/UX Design or DevOps from our team.

A special mention to our Tek Talk speakers, who generously shared their expertise on stage with the audience, including:

Melissa Houghton from MakerX – Github for Startups for startups!
Brian Foody – Vertical AI – the last 9.99%!
Nina Ajnira Karisik from MadeApt – Why a Lean Tech-Stack Matters!
Sean Oldenburger from AI Advancements – From Pixels to Profits: Computer Vision in Action!

We were so impressed with the turnout this year – and really appreciate everyone who came out and supported the event, the founders, speakers, organisers, MCs, facilitators, supporters, sponsors, musicians, participants and everyone else who I haven’t mentioned … you know who you are 👏

And a final shout out to Rob Nathan, Patrick Green and the rest of the FSF Organising Committee and Team for putting on yet another fantastic event for 2024!

Bring on 2025 🎇 !!!