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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
Accelerator
Investments
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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Engineers Collective: Our “why”
Community
Engineers Collective: Our “why”

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Kaya Moore

August 28, 2025

The tech landscape is shifting. ‍How do you stand out from the crowd? How do you get that next promotion, or work on that epic project?
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February 2022 Monthly Update
Startmate
February 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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The ins and outs of executive coaching
Community
The ins and outs of executive coaching

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Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Leadership is a muscle, strengths are situational, and sometimes founders need a bit of guidance when doing their best work.
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How Daisy Johnson scored a job as Marketing Coordinator at Baraja
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Career
How Daisy Johnson scored a job as Marketing Coordinator at Baraja

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Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

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.
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Why Customer Success roles are complex, vital and “wildly fulfilling”
Community
Why Customer Success roles are complex, vital and “wildly fulfilling”

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Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Today, customer success plays a critical role in every startup’s growth trajectory and ultimate performance, while jobs seem to be popping up left, right and centre.
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Peek behind the scenes of the Women Fellowship
Women
Peek behind the scenes of the Women Fellowship

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Holly Brooks

August 28, 2025

We get a lot of questions about what actually happens in the Women Fellowship, so we’ve put together a bit of a BTS to give you some tangible ideas.
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Disrupting the Symphony of the mind: How Resonait is tackling the Mental Health Epidemic
Accelerator
Disrupting the Symphony of the mind: How Resonait is tackling the Mental Health Epidemic

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Holly Brooks

August 28, 2025

It’s not every day you meet a founder who has spent the last 20+ years solving some of the world’s greatest humanitarian issues.
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Community Growth Associate
Startmate
Community Growth Associate

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Phoebe Pincus

August 28, 2025

The Community Growth Associate will be tasked with finding ambitious people who want to change the world and introducing them to startups.
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Behind the scenes at Startmate
Startmate
Behind the scenes at Startmate

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Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

This is your behind-the-scenes peek at what it’s really like to work at Startmate.
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Community Events Coordinator
Startmate
Community Events Coordinator

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Phoebe Pincus

August 28, 2025

The Community Events Coordinator will activate and engage the Startmate community and broader startup ecosystem.
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