StartupAUS was an Australian not-for-profit organization. [1] StartupAUS was disbanded in 2021 and subsumed by the newly formed Tech Council of Australia.
In March 2013, Alan Noble, then at Google Australia, convened a meeting of 50 members of Australia's tech startup community. [2] [3] Later, in May 2013, StartupAUS was founded by Alan Noble, [2] Peter Bradd (then at Fishburners) [4] and Bill Bartee (then at Southern Cross Venture Partners). The board was later joined by Stephen Baxter (then at River City Labs), Jana Matthews, and others.