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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
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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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Startmate's Woman Leader of the Year 2024
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Startmate's Woman Leader of the Year 2024

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Michael Batko

February 5, 2025

A huge congratulations to the winner and the 26 nominees for Startmate’s 2024 Women Leader of the Year Award.
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Hurtec is reinventing firefighting with electric pumps and big data
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Hurtec is reinventing firefighting with electric pumps and big data

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Daniel Simons

November 1, 2024

Hurtec has invented a breakthrough technology with the potential to save countless lives, prevent billions in damages and transform firefighting on a global scale.
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