Future Minds Community

Meet the world’s most ambitious young founders

A small group of founders under 30 who actually see each other. They have raised rounds, shipped products, built teams and won things most people twice their age have not.

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Nathaniel Diong

Founder @ Future Minds | Forbes 30 Under 30

Klau Pakos

CEO @ Lafiya | Supported over 1 million women through FP

Niyati Sharma

CEO @ Pratisandhi |Forbes 30 Under 30

Kurt Jones

CEO @ Co-Exist | Young Australian of the Year finalist

Geena Dunne

CEO @ The Cova Project | Raised $2.5M to end period poverty

Hadiqa Bashir

Director @ Girls United for Human Rights | United Nations Youth Leader for the SDGs

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Monal Bhattarai

Director @ Canopy Nepal | Forbes 30 Under 30

Ashleigh Streeter-Jones

CEO @ Raise Our Voice Australia |ACT Women of the Year

Yuma Soerianto

Founder @ Anyone Can Code | Apple's youngest WWDC winner at 10 yo

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Louise Mabulo

Founder @ The Cacao Project | UN Young Champion of the Earth

01 — Always on

Meet like-minded people who actually reply.

People building right now, not people who built something once. People who'll answer at 11pm because they're up too. People who won't perform at you, won't pitch you, and won't pretend the numbers are better than they are.

It's a group chat, and that's deliberately unglamorous. Intros, hiring, a pricing page nobody can make sense of, someone landing in Lisbon on Tuesday with a free evening. Fast enough to be worth opening, slow enough that you won't mute it.

Tap an answer

MEMBERS · 30 ONLINE

[MEMBER 3]

Anyone know a contract lawyer who doesn't charge startup tax?

YOU

Can someone look at my pricing page?

[MEMBER 5]

Send it over. I'll mark it up tonight.

YOU

Looking for a technical co-founder

[MEMBER 2]

Two people come to mind. Both under 30. Intro coming.

YOU

How do I answer 'what's your traction'?

[Member 9]

Say the real number, then say the rate. Never the vanity one.

Can someone look at my pricing page?

Looking for a technical co-founder

How do I answer 'what's your traction'?

02 — Weekly

Four people who remember what you said last month.

You get put in a small group with founders at roughly your stage. Every week you say what you're going to do. The next week you say whether you did it. That's the whole mechanism, and there isn't a clever part.

It's the least exciting thing we run and by a distance the most effective. Momentum is much easier to borrow from four people who notice when you go quiet than to manufacture alone at 11pm.

Tick one yourself

MASTERMIND · WEEK 15

Ship the pricing page

MEMBER 1

SAID LAST WEEK

Talk to 5 customers

MEMBER 2

SAID LAST WEEK

Send the investor update

MEMBER 3

SAID LAST WEEK

Actually take a day off

MEMBER 4

SAID LAST WEEK

1 of 4 Done This Week

03 — EVERY FEW MONTHS

Twenty people, one long table, no panel.

We seat twenty. One question goes around to start and after that it runs itself, usually past the point where the restaurant would like us to leave.

Nobody pitches. Nobody presents. The only rule is that you have to say the true version of how it's going, which is harder than it sounds and is exactly why people come back.

Hover a seat — every one is a member

DINNER · 20 PEOPLE

SEATS

(Member 1) (Founder, Company)

(Member 2) (Co-Founder, Company)

(Member 3) (Founder, Company)

(Member 4) (CEO, Company)

(Member 5) (Managing Director, Company)

(Member 6) (Director, Company)

(Member 7) (Entrepreneur, Company)

(Member 8) (Investor, Company)

(Member 9) (Partner, Company)

(Member 10) (Marketing Head, Company)

(Member 11) (Product Head, Company)

(Member 12) (Technology Head, Company)

(Member 13) (Operations Head, Company)

(Member 14) (Creative Director, Company)

(Member 15) (Business Head, Company)

(Member 16) (Strategy Lead, Company)

(Member 17) (Innovation Lead, Company)

(Member 18) (Community Lead, Company)

(Member 19) (Program Director, Company)

(Member 20) (Founder & CEO, Company)

04— Twice a Month

A desk, and nobody asking what you do for work.

Once ever few months, we take over a space and just work. No talks, no name tags, no agenda. Turn up when it suits you and skip it when it doesn't — it's the most optional thing we run.

The useful part is never the working. It's the twenty minutes at lunch where someone looks at the thing you've been stuck on for a fortnight and says the obvious sentence you couldn't see.

[Melbourne] · free for members · dates move

COWORKING · THIS MONTH

Members

Why they keep turning up.

“Future Minds gave me the perfect support I needed to launch my business. I wouldn't have been able to do it myself."

Kayya

Founder @ Kayya Crafts

“I’ve grown so much. I've gained the confidence to show my art business and tell my story, and it made me more comfortable applying for future galleries and markets.”

Ruesa

Independent artist

“Future Minds helped us sell at real markets, and we had our best sales day yet. Nearly everyone bought something because they'd come to support us. It was humbling to be so supported and recognised.”

Hadija

Co-founder @ Gumnut Echo

"It's like a kickstarter for your business. I'm making more connections and building more opportunities than I ever expected."

Mona

CEO @ HennaHQ

"It's something you shouldn't miss. The journey of running a business can feel lonely at times, since it's not always seen as a 'stable' path, but the people in this program are truly amazing and inspiring."

Ziggy

Founder @ Floria Touch

“Future Minds surrounds you with people who inspire you to grow, so many incredible connections and really cool people who can genuinely help you.”

Ashutosh

CEO @ Ashan Industries

“Future Minds was exactly what I needed. There are many problems in the world, and I knew I wanted to solve them, but it was always difficult to discuss these issues with students my age. It gave me the opportunity to meet with students who wanted to change the world."

Yash

Co-founder @ Startup Link UniMelb

"Participating in FutureHack was one of the best decisions I have ever made. The program opened up my eyes to the power and impact of social entrepreneurship. It helped me see that I could combine my love for helping others with business ."

Hannah

Founder @ Letters Against ISO

"Future Minds kickstarted my career in the social impact space. Their mentorship and guidance helped change me as a leader. "

Arya

Former Chair at Victorian Government's Youth Congress

"It opened my mind to social impact and entrepreneurship, something I never would have discovered without participating. Later, I was inspired to attend the Yale Young Global Scholars program, where I got to meet startup founders from all around the world."

Ewa

Analyst @ Reserve Bank of Australia

"Future Minds has been one of the most influential events in my life! Their ability to scout some of the best mentors and generate an environment of productive innovation is incredible. Immediately after, it helped me land an internship at an edtech startup."

Khoi

Founder @ Aurora

"It’s different from any other event I’ve participated in. Whether you want to work in a startup or not, Future Minds allows you to meet so many new people and make new connections."

Arshia

National Lead @ Encode Justice

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Next intake closes in Dec 2026.

If you're building something and you're under 30, we'd like to meet you.

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Meet the world’s most ambitious young founders

Meet like-minded people who actually reply.

Four people who remember what you said last month.

Twenty people, one long table, no panel.

A desk, and nobody asking what you do for work.

Why they keep turning up.

Next intake closes in Dec 2026.

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