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Startmate has invested in 230+ companies that are worth $3.5 billion combined.
Pick your own adventure
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Startmate Accelerator
Are you one of the most ambitious founders?
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W22

Raised $1.3M Pre-Seed to roll out insurance-at-checkout vision.

SM12

Raises $72 million Series B to help property managers, lenders and investors make better management decisions.

NZ20

Raises Series A to take its electric boat motors global.

SYD17

Raised $170M Series B to accelerate the manufacture and distribution of its energy efficient, long-range WiFi chips.

S21

Raised $24M Series A to end the world's reliance on petroleum-based plastic packaging.

SM12

Raised $25M Series B to provide comprehensive cyber security risk assessments.

MEL19

Raised $1.28M Seed to make the fashion industry more sustainable with their unique circular wardrobe.

SM13

Raises $30M in Series D to expand its bug bounty platform.

S21

Raises $8M Seed to replace plastics with seaweed.

MEL18

Raises $17.8M Series A helps people with chronic conditions learn to manage their health.

“We’ve done Startmate twice now. Startmate helps you turn you into someone who can run a company. Having some forcing us to talk to 100 customers per week
 you won't have that pressure anywhere else”

Rory San Miguel
Co-founder @ Propeller Aero

“When we went through Startmate we had only a pilot factory that we didn’t know how to run. Now we’re a team of 30 manufacturing 100,000 rolls of compostable stretch wrap every day. Startmate was incredible for us. It really helped build out our network and be surrounded by founders going through the same challenges, and we still use that network today. We wish we could go through it again.”

Julia Kay
Co-founder @ Great Wrap

“I can remember just being absolutely disbelieving that we actually got in, I was running around the house screaming ‘this is going to change our lives forever!...And it has.”

Tracie Thompson
Co-founder @ Hackhunter

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“We’ve done Startmate twice now. Startmate helps you turn you into someone who can run a company. Having some forcing us to talk to 100 customers per week
 you won't have that pressure anywhere else”

Rory San Miguel
Co-founder @ Propeller Aero

“When we went through Startmate we had only a pilot factory that we didn’t know how to run. Now we’re a team of 30 manufacturing 100,000 rolls of compostable stretch wrap every day. Startmate was incredible for us. It really helped build out our network and be surrounded by founders going through the same challenges, and we still use that network today. We wish we could go through it again.”

Julia Kay
Co-founder @ Great Wrap

“I can remember just being absolutely disbelieving that we actually got in, I was running around the house screaming ‘this is going to change our lives forever!...And it has.”

Tracie Thompson
Co-founder @ Hackhunter

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Launch Club
Validate a problem & launch your startup

“We hear it time and time again: having someone who sees something in you that no one else does is a powerful ambition raiser. We’ll push you, but we’ll also be your biggest champions forever”

Learn more about Launch Club

“We’ve done Startmate twice now. Startmate helps you turn you into someone who can run a company. Having some forcing us to talk to 100 customers per week
 you won't have that pressure anywhere else”

Rory San Miguel
Co-founder @ Propeller Aero

“When we went through Startmate we had only a pilot factory that we didn’t know how to run. Now we’re a team of 30 manufacturing 100,000 rolls of compostable stretch wrap every day. Startmate was incredible for us. It really helped build out our network and be surrounded by founders going through the same challenges, and we still use that network today. We wish we could go through it again.”

Julia Kay
Co-founder @ Great Wrap

“I can remember just being absolutely disbelieving that we actually got in, I was running around the house screaming ‘this is going to change our lives forever!...And it has.”

Tracie Thompson
Co-founder @ Hackhunter

The epicentre for startup ambition across Australia and New Zealand 🚀

We accelerate the most ambitious founders, operators and investors through our programs, propelled by a highly-trusted mentor-driven community, and backed by the best angels, venture funds and tech startups in the region.

Over the past decade we have invested in 230+ startups, with a collective portfolio value of over $2 billion.
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What’s more, we’re just getting started. Are you?

Are you one of the region’s most ambitious founders? Are you ready to take your startup to the next level?

The Startmate Accelerator unleashes the ambition of Australia and New Zealand’s best founders, and propels them toward their goals.

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Have you got a burning desire to make a bigger impact through your work? Have you got an interest in working with startups, but don’t know where to start?

Startmate’s Fellowships are a pathway for talented individuals to find their sweet spot in a rocket ship startup.

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Are you excited by the idea of backing and believing in the next generation of great founders? Do you want to be exposed to practical insights from Australia’s top investors?

First Believers educates and supports budding and aspiring investors to back under-the-radar founders.

First Believers
First Believers
Community
Christie Jenkins
Athletic Ventures
First Believer
Kate Morris
Adore Beauty
Mentor
Rachael Neumann
Flying Fox Ventures
Mentor
Nicole Liu
Eucalyptus
Women Fellow
Hannah Field
Resonance.co
Coach
Christian Iacullo
Index
Mentor
Ajay Prakash
EntryLevel
Founder
Phoebe Gardner
Bardee
Founder
Assem Ongarbayeva
UPowr
Women Fellow
Maxine Minter
Co Ventures
Coach
Tsamara Ramadhanti
Law On Earth
Student Fellow
Usman Iftikhar
Catalysr
First Believer
Rory San Miguel
Propellor Aero
Founder
Jaddan Commerford
UNIFIED
First Believer
Lee Lubner
Unpac
Coach
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