Past event1 May 2026

Startup Ball, Sydney.

Founders, investors and builders played a morning of 4v4 basketball on balanced teams, in custom jerseys, with Renato and Rogério from our team on court. We were one of the two tournament sponsors.

Date
Fri 1 May 2026
Where
Hoops Capital East, Moore Park
Format
4v4 tournament
Host
Startup Ball
Rogério and Renato from Assembly on court at Startup Ball, in tournament jerseys
Sydney

Tournament sponsor

2026 · Community

What players took away

What they left with.

On court

A morning of 4v4

Teams balanced by height and skill, custom jerseys, and game footage and player cards from Legend Sports.

Off court

Founders and investors, same team

Conversations between founders and investors that carried on after the final buzzer.

Our offer

A strategy session on AWS

A two-hour infrastructure deep dive with our senior team, for the first five startups running on AWS to claim it.

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Who was in the room.

Dozens of founders, investors and builders on court, and more on the sidelines.

Why we were there

Where founders play.

Startup Ball brings founders and investors together on the basketball court. The May tournament in Sydney was its sixth, and its second largest to date.

We sponsored it and played it: Renato and Rogério were on court with founders and investors from across the ecosystem.

Highlights

The morning in 17 seconds.

On court, courtside and after the final buzzer, cut together. Sound on.

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