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How Everbility is using AI to change the working lives of allied health professionals
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How Everbility is using AI to change the working lives of allied health professionals

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Harshdeep Kaur

August 15, 2025

Angela and Mani are the co-founders of Everbility, a documentation AI co-pilot for allied health professionals, to assist them with their administrative load, and ultimately help them “provide better health services and outcomes for their patients.”
Here we are, giving it a go: Why I decided to do the Climate Tech Fellowship
Community
Here we are, giving it a go: Why I decided to do the Climate Tech Fellowship

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Annelieke De-Wit

August 15, 2025

Climate change, climate action, climatetech, greentech, cleantech, deeptech… the list of names and buzzwords goes on. No matter your definition, the future of business is green. Net zero. Carbon negative. Regenerative. Because it has to be. Coming from a non-climate and not-really-tech background, it felt daunting to even start wrapping my head around this world. ‍
Gen-Z startup Zello is transforming the 140-year-old fitting room experience
Accelerator
Gen-Z startup Zello is transforming the 140-year-old fitting room experience

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Holly Clark

August 15, 2025

In 1883, French writer Émile Zola documented the first in-store fitting room, but according to Zello co-founder Olyvia Munro, not much has really changed since then. ‍“Bricks-and-mortar fashion retail has remained largely untouched by technology,” says Olyvia, 23.
How Femmi is smashing gender barriers and redefining female fitness globally
Accelerator
How Femmi is smashing gender barriers and redefining female fitness globally

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Royina Bakshi Lock

August 15, 2025

Lydia and Esther have both been athletes since they were teenagers. Now, they're also the co-founders of female fitness startup Femmi.
From mussels to marijuana: NE Tech is disrupting a $300 billion industry.
Accelerator
From mussels to marijuana: NE Tech is disrupting a $300 billion industry.

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August 15, 2025

‍Ron 'The Mussel King' Park has invented a new technology that's been 5 years in the making. With the ability to radically transform how we extract nutrients out of everything from fish to fungi, his new venture, NE Tech, is set to disrupt the entire global supplements industry.
Media 3.0 will be boom time for mediatech and emerging content creators alike
Startups 101
Media 3.0 will be boom time for mediatech and emerging content creators alike

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Lauren Capelin

August 15, 2025

Over the next decade, there is an incredible opportunity for the next generation of media companies to rise in parallel with the success of startups across the region.
From on-site frustrations to success: Nomad Fleet’s blueprint for transforming the construction industry
Accelerator
From on-site frustrations to success: Nomad Fleet’s blueprint for transforming the construction industry

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Royina Bakshi Lock

August 15, 2025

Nomad Fleet is modernising construction fleet management. Founded by Will Smith, it replaces paper systems with real-time digital workflows—helping operators reduce downtime, stay compliant, and scale
From big idea to big impact: How Olivia took Empathix from Launch Club idea to a Startmate Accelerator company
Launch Club
From big idea to big impact: How Olivia took Empathix from Launch Club idea to a Startmate Accelerator company

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Royina Bakshi Lock

August 15, 2025

Ever had an idea that you were irrationally obsessed with? A brainchild so brilliant, it held the key to solving a big, hairy audacious problem, yet left you wondering: how do I start? Olivia Dyet found herself here. Then she decided to apply to Startmate’s Launch Club program. In a whirlwind of weeks, she validated and breathed life into their idea for Empathix, an AI-powered recruitment platform, and secured a highly coveted spot in Startmate’s upcoming Accelerator cohort. Here’s here extraordinary journey.
From pediatrics to pandemics, Misti is a breath of fresh air
Accelerator
From pediatrics to pandemics, Misti is a breath of fresh air

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August 15, 2025

When Dr. Anushi Rajapaksa was just 7 years old, she was so terrified of needles that she had to be sedated to receive a simple injection. Now, after 15 years of dedicated research, she and her team have created a breakthrough technology with world-changing potential. ‍“Misti is a multi-award winning, novel and non-invasive lung delivery system that uses ultrasound waves to turn life-saving biomolecules into a mist that can deliver treatments to the deep lungs.” No needle required.
Footy to Founder: Bulldogs great Brad Johnson embarks on a new challenge with Zena Sport
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Footy to Founder: Bulldogs great Brad Johnson embarks on a new challenge with Zena Sport

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Holly Clark

August 15, 2025

Seventeen seasons with the Western Bulldogs taught AFL great Brad Johnson a thing or two about the slings and arrows of startup life.
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