It's a wrap - Future of Venues Showcase (Entain Venues, Cherry Hub/ebet)

Anddd our first showcase is done!!! Stoked to have had representatives from 350 venues across Australia come through.

Massive congrats to Sunflower AI and Wirely for taking home the choccies. $10k of cold hard cash from Entain Venues to Chuhao Liu and the team at Sunflower. The $10k of recruiting/talent support from DMCG Global and the prize we are so excited by, 1 month sales support into the Entain Venues network goes to Simon and the team from Wirely. Hotttt dammmn!

Thank you sooo much to all of the startups for taking the time away from building to support our first showcase. David Harris, Hailey Brown, Mark Adams, Patrick Murphy and those who flew up Anna Wright, Mladen Jovanovic, Chuhao Liu, Simon Etchells, Peter Bergin you’re awesome!

To all of our partners it would not have been possible without Folklore Ventures (thanks for lending us Rebecca Wendland (Bannan), Overnight Success Amazon Web Services (AWS), SportsPlus.

Finally to Cherry Hub/ebet (Amanda you’re the best) and Entain Venues (Mark Sturdy Nicole Thomas sooo good to work with you both, awesome to bring the vision to life. Leoni Barnett, Courtney Thompson) for making a serious commitment to backing the startups who are changing the face of entertainment. It’s only the start and we can’t wait to do more 🥳🥳.

To celebrate we've put together a digital zine which you can view below, you can also view a brief of each startup below with their contact details.

FUTURE OF VENUES DIGITAL ZINE

BINDIMAPS - Navigating the great indoors (mladen@bindimaps.com)

BindiMaps is a suite of digital wayfinding tools designed to help everyone find their way seamlessly around large, complex indoor and precinct environments. We help everyone, whether they see or don't see, whether they roll or walk.

CLIVE.AI - Engage Every Fan: Custom Experiences for Every Interest (peter@peterbergin.xyz)

Tackling the challenge of engaging every fan, our platform revolutionizes the fan experience for entertainment venues, sports media brands, and sports organizations by offering AI-powered, dynamic interactions tailored to individual preferences. Leveraging real-time sports data and bespoke brand datasets, we ensure every fan, from the avid to the casual, discovers joy in every interaction. Our personalized experiences transform how fans connect with their favorite sports, making every moment an unforgettable experience.

CONFIRM CONTROL - DRIVING accountability and awareness for risk management (patrick@escalateconsulting.com.au)

Confirm Control is a tech-based solution, creating efficiency in the risk management landscape by streamlining the risk assessment process and fostering accountability for risk control measures. Our platform empowers organisations to effectively manage risks while maintaining control, ultimately closing the gap between risk identification and implementation of treatment actions.

CUR8 - Create, discover, curate and display digital visual content (david@cur8.io)

Cur8 is revolutionising the way we create, publish and consume digital visual content. With Cur8, you can easily discover, manage and engage with digital art, video and promotions.

SUNFLOWER AI - LIVE CAPTION TRANSLATOR (chuhao@sunflowerai.io)

1 in 6 people has hearing loss in Australia with the number increasing to 1 in 4 in 2026. Our mission is to provide an affordable AI live captions tech to make every live event accessible for everyone, from Opera House to local venues.

TILLERED - MAKING THE INTERNET GO FASTER (mark@tillered.com)

Tillered is revolutionising enterprise IT making the Internet up to 10x faster. Our mission is to offer high-quality internet performance solutions at competitive prices for all, from small businesses to large corporates, powered by cutting-edge automation technologies. We10x your data backups, cloud migration, large file transfers, remote applications and more.

We provide an innovative network edge solution designed to seamlessly integrate with your existing infrastructure, eliminating the necessity for costly hardware investments and complex software management for your clients.

VACAYIT - YOUR AUDIO GUIDE TO THE WORLD (hailey@vacayit.com)

Vacayit is revolutionising the way that the world promotes its destinations and experiences by creating accessible, high quality, immersive audio experiences. We make the choice of travelling easy for all.

WIRELY - MANAGE TRANSACTIONS & CASH MOVEMENTS (simon.etchells@wirely.com.au)

Designed for the hospitality industry to manage the many different transactions & cash movements through the business. Wirely ensures that there is tight controls and clear visibility for all transactions processed, streamlining the cash up process, saving valuable labour costs and minimising risk of theft and poor practice.