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From $0 to $4.5 Billion: How the Startmate Pay-It-Forward Mentorship Model Built a Startup Powerhouse

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From $0 to $4.5 Billion: How the Startmate Pay-It-Forward Mentorship Model Built a Startup Powerhouse

Bell Allen

October 10, 2025

Since 2010, Startmate has invested in over 350 startups. Often pre-revenue, pre-product, for all our founders, we are their very first believers. Let's meet some of them...

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Meet our Winter ’26 Accelerator Cohort

Emma Grife

July 30, 2026

Meet the 16 companies joining Startmate’s Winter ’26 Accelerator cohort.

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Accelerator

Startmate is investing in ZeroJet, again

Brady Flockart

August 28, 2025

We are proud to announce Startmate's investment in ZeroJet. ZeroJet has developed an electric jet propulsion system for high performance watercraft.

Accelerator

🤯 Startmate Accelerator: Frequent questions and misconceptions

Holly Brooks

August 28, 2025

We want to debunk the myths, clear up the grey areas and communicate unequivocally to our community what the Accelerator IS and ISN’T.

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Startmate 2021 Wrap + 2022 Plan

Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

A year in review.

Accelerator

Startmate Accelerator Investment Terms 101

Nora Schertwitis

August 28, 2025

Startmate invests AUD $120,000 into each startup. If you haven’t raised before: we invest at a $1.5M post-money SAFE valuation cap.

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What is Startmate's Athlete Fellowship?

Phoebe Pincus

August 28, 2025

The key difference between what an elite athlete does every day and what an operator in a high-growth startup does every day is largely in the role title.