Syndicates can benefit founders who are unable to secure much-needed capital at their earliest stages and angel investors who may not be able to access the cap table directly.

Tractor Ventures Co-Founder Matt Allen is on a mission to help founders hold onto as much of their equity as they want to, for as long as they like. 

Employee Share Schemes are commonplace in the startup world... but Australia's ESS approach has typically lagged on the global stage.

After seven years climbing the management consulting ladder very quickly, Kiara Olrich knew it was time for a change.

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.

As a professional creative, Izabela Barakovska was understandably drawn to James Nau’s Student Fellowship talk.

Leadership is a muscle, strengths are situational, and sometimes founders need a bit of guidance when doing their best work.

Stephanie Hall has long been a thrill-seeking, socially conscious generalist. So it makes sense she spent the first part of her career suing dolphin hunters, the second part calling for climate action and the third in sextech.

One of our 10-year goals is to build a 1-million-person technology city in Australia or New Zealand that attracts ambition, ignites innovation, boosts quality of life and fosters human connection.

Tsamara Ramadhanti comes from a family of accountants, so while tech has always caught her eye, she saw herself studying business and following in her family’s footsteps. 

According to Blackbird's Niki Scevak, the secret to succeeding professionally and attaining long-term wealth is maximising your rate of learning.

In the first week of the W21 Student Fellowship, the Pitchblak team ran a no code session. Here are Angela Huang's takeaways.

Out of all our Student Fellowship sessions, Geena Grant was most excited about Linus Lee’s ‘Crash Course in Pulling Off the Impossible’.

For students on the cusp of making career-defining decisions, Folklore VC Partner Hannah Field's journey is both inspiring and reassuring.

Katrina Hau's childhood was dominated by a strong feeling of being other, but she credits her formative years for her present-day passion for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Christie Jenkins' "eye-opening story about her time as a teenage trampoline athlete" left Jayn Wong with four golden rules worth actioning.

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.

Careers in startups are generally filled with high levels of risk and unexpected turns. And Sam Wong’s career is no different, writes Student Fellow Monique Leung.

Lucy Jedlin comes from a family of lawyers and followed in their footsteps after university. That is, until she caught the startup bug, and crafted a new professional identity for herself.

Evan Lim never really understood what networking meant until the Student Fellowship rolled around.

To disrupt the notion of a traditional career pathway, more students need to choose startups as their first option upon graduation.

Vanessa Iezzi has long been the one her friends turn to for advice. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense she ended up in the people and culture space.

Daisy Johnson has always gravitated toward the unfamiliar (and has the passport to prove it), so it makes sense she found her way to startupland.

There’s a narrative in startupland that all you need to get an idea off the ground is a stellar founding team. Pory’s story flips this sentiment on its head.

During the A21 Women Fellowship, Veronica Mason spearheaded a Fellow-led session on LinkedIn personal branding. Here's a peek at what was discussed.

Opvia Co-Founder and CEO Matt Hollis reflects on his Open House experience.

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.

Emily Casey has carved out a niche for herself and launched a healthtech venture. Here’s how she got there.

Katie Sizeland was born in New Zealand, is as curious as they come, and upon reflection, sees her impressive career in science as fairly inevitable.

Eddie Atkinson discovered startups at university when a mate took the plunge and has been hooked ever since.

Carola Velazquez Silva was born in Mexico, loves figuring out how things work, and has had her dream job in sight since she was four.

Rory San Miguel, Alan Jin, Alexandra De Bonis and Mike and Tracie Thompson reflect on what to look for when choosing a co-founder.

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.

If Muso's founding story was a movie, “Hustlin’” by Rick Ross would lead the soundtrack.

Underlying all of Ajay Prakash’s success (and failure) is a commitment to “rapid prototyping and testing”.

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.

Tom McQuillen is a freshly minted climate-focused VC Investor, a "hopeless optimist" and a First Believer too.

Tom Richardson might not be “a conventional angel”, but he did just sign a $20,000 cheque to contribute to Mr Yum’s post-seed round.

‘Office Hours’ is just so 2020. This year, we’re trying something newer, bigger, funner, friendlier — and it’s aptly named ‘Open House’.

The Startmate Fellowship exists to tangibly increase the economic growth generated by startups by systematically removing the bottlenecks to finding exceptional talent and upskilling the leaders of tomorrow.

So many people, so many opportunities. Where to begin?

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.

Students are to startups what pineapple is to pizza. Don't believe us? Read on...

One month before Demo Day, we ask our founders to tell us the Good, Bad and Ugly about their Accelerator experience thus far.

When you mix the right ingredients together, in the right order, with the right proportions in the right environment, magical things can happen.

Matthew Tracey likes political podcasts, is passionate about simplifying the employee equity process, organises his day thematically and is a Startmate Mentor.

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.

Hannah started her career in the music industry, launching and managing a classical record label while freelancing as a violinist. Now, she's an investor at Folklore Ventures.

Sophie Taylor started her career as a corporate lawyer in the intellectual property team at K&L Gates. Now, she is Chief of Staff at Blackbird Ventures.

Anna Prell was a corporate lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills. Now she is Chief of Staff to the CEO at Forage.

Anna Turvoll began her career at Goldman Sachs as an Analyst. Now, she is COO at v2food.

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.

Here is a snapshot of what we will be up to in 2021.

As we conclude our third Fellowship cohort (first women-only cohort), we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program. Hear from Nicole Meaker.

Happy Birthday, Startmate!

Jackie Vullinghs started her career in equities at Citigroup. Now, she is Principal at AirTree Ventures.

Bex Eastwood’s squiggly line career started from the moment she graduated law. Now, she is Partner at Ignition Lane.

As we conclude our fourth Fellowship cohort with 100 incredible women, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program.

As we conclude our fourth Fellowship cohort with 100 incredible women, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program.

We are catching up with our Fellow alumni to hear what they have been up to since finishing the program.

As we conclude our fourth Fellowship cohort with 100 incredible women, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program.

As we conclude our fourth Fellowship cohort with 100 incredible women, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program.

We are catching up with our Fellow alumni to hear what they have been up to since finishing the program.

Having concluded our third Fellowship cohort (first women-only cohort) one month ago, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program. Hear from Nicole Tang.

We are catching up with our Fellow alumni to hear what they have been up to since finishing the program.

Hear from one of our recent Fellow alumni - Annabelle Scott - who joined us from PwC and has now started her new job at Tempus Partners. Applications for our current Fellowship program are now closed!

We are catching up with our Fellow alumni to hear what they have been up to since finishing the program.

Having concluded our third Fellowship cohort (first women-only cohort) one month ago, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program. Hear from Katie Noonan.

Hear from Lucy Wark from our last cohort on her Fellowship experience.

Having concluded our third Fellowship cohort (first women-only cohort) one month ago, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program.

Startmate in 2017 is getting even better.

Startmate has been touring Australia, meeting teams to help find our next batch of great Australian startups.