Startmate

Last week we heard the exciting news that we were selected into the Summer 22 Startmate cohort! Startmate is the best and most renowned Australian start-up accelerator. This was our second time applying — we did not make the Winter 21 cohort. I will use this article to: Highlight the…

She was wild and silly And I am a rain child- lively, fast, special. There are quiet truth talks, pretending we are clever, And we leave much time to walking home in Spring

We are naught but stars and dust, Tiny particles coalesced. Accidents of evolution. But our hearts contain GREAT POWER And we are energy and LOVE. Amazing faith and thought and THAT That makes us majestic.

Both Mahesh Muralidhar and Daniel Purchas were voted by the most recent Startmate cohort as two of the most valuable investors/mentors, just behind the ‘signal’ Rayn Ong! …

Emily Casey has always had a passion for helping people, medicine, changing the world and having a scalable impact. She is also reflective, kind and has an increasingly strong internal compass. She dropped out of med school in 2019 when she realised the path that awaited her wasn’t something she…

The Startmate Fellowship is a two-month program helping ambitious women find their dream job in a rocketship startup. It’s a fast-paced, action-packed journey into the world of tech, venture capital and startups. So many people, so many opportunities — where to begin? Our Fellow Alumni share their top tips to…

A guest post from Startmate Mentor Matt Ryall. A few people have asked me about my work with Startmate, Australia’s leading startup accelerator (and now in NZ too!), and how they can get involved with investing in or mentoring startups. Today I wanted to answer this and share a bit…

Happy Birthday, Startmate! 10 years ago, Niki Scevak and 25 first believers launched Startmate in a coffee shop in Surry Hills with not much more than a ‘strayan name, skin in the game and conviction that Aussies have a shot on the global stage they can claim. In the first…

Back in April, US venture capital veteran Marc Andreessen published a call-to-arms to the US economy titled ‘It’s Time to Build’. As the country watched the pandemic spiral out of control, Andreessen lamented the fact it was ill-equipped to respond, ultimately lacking the capacity to build the infrastructure and equipment…