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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 Summer’26 Accelerator Cohort
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Meet our Summer’26 Accelerator Cohort

Holly Brooks

February 16, 2026

19 companies. 42 founders. The ambition is bigger, the problems are harder, and the calibre of builders sets a new bar for what’s being built in ANZ.
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June 2023 Monthly Update
Startmate
June 2023 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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June 2024 Monthly Update
Startmate
June 2024 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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June 2021 Monthly Update
Startmate
June 2021 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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Kate Morgan and Kirk Reynoldson won't rest until every household is a happy household
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Kate Morgan and Kirk Reynoldson won't rest until every household is a happy household

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Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Crunchbase News recently reported that overloaded families are turning to famtech — but this isn’t news to Eggy founders Kate Morgan and Kirk Reynoldson.
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July 2024 Monthly Update
Startmate
July 2024 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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July 2023 Monthly Update
Startmate
July 2023 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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July 2021 Monthly Update
Startmate
July 2021 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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January 2024 Monthly Update
Startmate
January 2024 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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July 2022 Monthly Update
Startmate
July 2022 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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January 2023 Monthly Update
Startmate
January 2023 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

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