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| 29.06.2024 | Glimmers of hope for startups with capital raises in 2024 up 30% | On the up: selected SmartCompany raises from 2024. Source: SmartCo article-article-body
Earlier this year, we took a pulse check on the startup ecosystem, and detected early signs that a (slight) increase in women-led startup raises in 2024... |
| 22.12.2023 | Seed fund Startmate to return with expanded program | article-article-body
Startmate, the mentor-driven seed fund, has opened up applications for its second funding round, expanding the program to seven start-up businesses.
The scheme, which invests $25,000 for a 7.5% stake in chosen tech star... |
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| 03.12.2020 | 6 Alt Protein Female VCs Who Are Changing The Future Of Food | 128
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Faced with the challenge of feeding a planet of 10 billion people in the midst of a climate crisis, it’s never been more crucial for the world to shift towards a more sustainable food system. Making it their missi... |
| 27.11.2020 | Weekly Wrap #30: Hungry Caterpillars, Psychedelics and Powerful Poo | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 30.10.2020 | Weekly Wrap #26: The New Unicorn, Record Results and South Park's Deepfake | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 23.10.2020 | Weekly Wrap Lite #25: IPO Pops and Flops, FOMO Investing and the Cloud Space Race | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 16.10.2020 | Weekly Wrap #24: APIs Eat The World, Startup Babies and An ASX Pop | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 25.09.2020 | Weekly Wrap #21: Embracing the online revolution, podcast movies and in-home drones | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 07.08.2020 | Weekly Wrap #14: Capital Raising Inception | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 19.06.2020 | Weekly Wrap #7: Another Day, Another Virus | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
While in the throes of writing this week's wrap on Friday morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared ... |
| 05.09.2019 | Accelerators seeking entrepreneurs in Australia | They include 25Fifteen, INCUBATE Accelerator, muru-D and The Melbourne Accelerator Program
For startups, there are numerous paths for getting their name out there. One way, which Vator has been covering recently, are startup competitions, b... |
| 08.10.2017 | Australia’s Startmate accelerator announces its most recent class | As the startup tech scene blossoms in Australia, despite challenges like a small pool of local institutional investors and natural threats like the predatory Dropbear, one of the key components of its success has been the development of its... |
| 22.04.2016 | A survival guide for young entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley | My name is Jade and I’m a Sydney-sider coffee addict that’s currently in San Francisco for two months to learn about what it’s like to be here in the heart of Silicon Valley.
I’m currently working on a startup called Homeful, to help people... |
| 02.02.2016 | Seven tips for novice angel investors so you can take advantage of the innovation statement and “Atlassian effect” | The innovation statement tax incentives and Atlassian IPO millionaire effect will create a new wave of tech startup investors in 2016.
These are the strategies I wish someone had shared with me when I first started my angel investing journe... |
| 30.09.2015 | Australia’s Biggest Tech VC Firm On What’s Happening Right Now | Earlier this month, a three-year-old venture firm that’s focused on Australian entrepreneurs, Blackbird Ventures, raised an impressive $200 million for its second fund.
That’s nearly seven times the $30 million it raised for its debut fund.... |
| 07.08.2015 | Startmate ready to pour more money into eight startups | Australian mentor-driven seed fund Startmate has increased its investment for promising startups to $150,000 as applications open for its 2016 program.
The eight startups eventually selected by Startmate will receive an initial $50,000 inve... |
| 29.07.2015 | Preparation, practice and persistence – the perfect pitch recipe | Edrolo co-founder Duncan Anderson says he’s doesn’t think the startup’s team would have been able to raise money from investors without the help of mentors.
Edrolo is a graduate of the Startmate accelerator program, but differs from many St... |
| 24.07.2015 | The SaaS Fundraising Death Zone | TL;DR: the ecosystem of early-stage investors (angels, seed and VC) has a structure and set of incentives that creates ideal (or even necessary) points in a SaaS startups life for raising capital. Unfortunately, changes in the ecosystem hav... |
| 14.05.2015 | ‘We’re not small businesses’ – Australian startups react to the budget | The latest federal government budget continues to confuse tech startups with small businesses.
Here’s a definition of a startup, from Startmate and Blackbird Ventures founder Niki Scevak.
“These lighthouse companies grow to tens and hopeful... |
| 12.05.2015 | Ninja Blocks collapses after Kickstarter money dries up | Internet of things startup Ninja Blocks has shut down after running out of money.
The startup was founded in 2012 and is a graduate of the Startmate accelerator program. Late last year it raised $700,000 from SingTel Innov8, Blackbird Ventu... |
| 11.05.2015 | High-profile startup Ninja Blocks pulls the plug as money dries up | Internet of things startup Ninja Blocks has shut down after running out of money.
The startup was founded in 2012 and is a graduate of the Startmate accelerator program. Late last year it raised $700,000 from SingTel Innov8, Blackbird Ventu... |
| 13.04.2015 | What we learnt from Startmate and our Shark Tank experience | Like all co-founders, Richard Hordern-Gibbings and I are working hard to make our startup Nexus Notes a success. Late last year we did two things to help us on our way: we pitched to be a part of the tech accelerator, Startmate, and the tel... |
| 02.04.2015 | Aussie software startup gets a boost from Microsoft Surface 3 pre-installation | Mobile annotation software startup and Startmate graduate Drawboard will see a huge jump in users after Microsoft announced its software will be pre-installed on every Surface 3.
Alistair Michener, founder and chief executive officer of the... |
| 05.02.2015 | ASX listing the way to growth for startups, says tech investor Brendan O’Kane | More Australian startups should consider the Australian Stock Exchange when looking to raise capital, according to OtherLevels founder and Startmate investor Brendan O’Kane.
O’Kane launched OtherLevels in Brisbane in 2012, and it’s since gr... |
| 20.01.2015 | Lack of diversity and ambition still big problems: Startup Muster survey | The results from the latest Startup Muster survey indicate Australia still needs work when it comes to diversity in tech, as well the ambition of founders, according to a number of investors.
BlueChilli chief growth hacker Alan Jones says i... |
| 11.11.2014 | Angel investor Alan Jones throws his support behind That Startup Show | For the last decade the startup industry has been “envied, pilloried and lots of other things but it hasn’t been understood”.
It’s a lament that led to angel investor Alan Jones, also chief growth hacker at BlueChilli and investor at Startm... |
| 10.11.2014 | Should you stay or should you go? The big question for many Australian startups | Startup founders need to get out of Australia and see the standard set by entrepreneurs in successful tech hubs around the world, according to Startup Victoria’s Scott Handsaker, but that does not necessarily mean they should move there.
“N... |
| 30.09.2014 | How a failed idea led to the birth of Vero | In our continuing video series on Startmate companies, here is the story of Vero.
Success so often is measured in the dollars you have raised or your staff headcount, but ultimately these are only proxy signals for something that really mat... |
| 29.09.2014 | The top 15 tips in applying for a tech accelerator | I’ve just finished reviewing 180 business pitches for muru-D and will look at another 100+ for Startmate over the next few weeks.
I’ve whipped together my thoughts on the written applications submitted:
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| 24.09.2014 | The story of Bugcrowd, from Startmate to San Francisco | There are many more bad people hacking computer systems than good ones helping them not get hacked. Each week it seems that some huge institution reveals that their customer’s financial information has been breached or passwords compromised... |
| 22.09.2014 | Braintree and PayPal launch a blueprint for startups | PayPal and Braintree’s Startup Blueprint, a global program to support startups making mobile web software or services, has launched in Australia.
The program was also launched in seven other markets in the Asia-Pacific including Singapore, ... |
| 04.09.2014 | Happy Inspector: The story of one startup’s journey from Adelaide to San Francisco | When Happy Inspector (then known as Happy Landlord) first applied to Startmate they initially did not make it in as it was just Jindou himself. A year later and he had found Andrew and Phil Mayes and had begun to form the product that would... |
| 18.08.2014 | Before ScriptRock: From scrappy startup to $10 million funding rounds | When Startmate began in 2011, I hoped that Australia’s best minds would increasingly choose to do startups instead of working at big companies. Alan Sharp-Paul and Mike Baukes of ScriptRock represent a strong example of what now is a growin... |
| 31.07.2014 | Aussie startups shine at 500 Startups’ demo day | Three Australian startups from the Sydney-based seed funding program Startmate stood out at 500 Startups’ demo day for its ninth batch.
Venturebeat selected over-50s online dating service Stitch, photo organiser and enhancer Lumific, and cr... |
| 22.07.2014 | Stripe launches in Australia, says local market ripe for innovative web businesses | The launch of Stripe in Australia today is the “best thing since vegemite” says Stripe head of Australia/NZ, Susan Wu.
From today, the global payments platform is available to all Australian merchants, having been limited to a number of bet... |
| 21.07.2014 | Stripe launches in Australia, says local market ripe for innovative web businesses | The launch of Stripe in Australia today is the “best thing since vegemite” says Stripe head of Australia/NZ, Susan Wu.
From today, the global payments platform is available to all Australian merchants, having been limited to a number of bet... |
| 06.07.2014 | Australia’s Local Startup Scene Is Facing Challenges | Cuts in Australia’s 2014-15 federal budget are making things look bleak for Australia’s local startup companies, who depend on funding from companies like Commercialisation Australia, which in the past has provided more than AU$200 million ... |
| 23.03.2014 | Blackbird Ventures turns one and closes first $25 million fundraising | Blackbird Ventures has finished raising its first $25 million, which it will use to back early stage technology start-ups with up to $500,000 each.
The fund has invested $4 million in eight companies and two intakes of the associated accele... |
| 21.03.2014 | Blackbird Ventures turns one and closes first $25 million fundraising | Blackbird Ventures has finished raising its first $25 million, which it will use to back early stage technology start-ups with up to $500,000 each.
The fund has invested $4 million in eight companies and two intakes of the associated accele... |
| 25.09.2013 | African Accelerators Change Tack As ‘Savannah Valley’ Emerges From The Wilderness | Kenyan accelerators, following mixed results from their rookie season, have tweaked their strategies for mentoring and investing in local entrepreneurs, in a bid to produce more successful startups. Accelerators 88mph and Savannah Fund are ... |
| 25.04.2013 | FounderFuel, Seedcamp, and Startmate hosting combined international demo day in San Francisco | The largest accelerator in Canada, the biggest seed investor in Europe, and one of the top seed funds in Australia are joining forced to put on one major demo day for 15 of their top startups Wednesday, May 1, in San Francisco.
“I think it’... |
| 25.04.2013 | FounderFuel, Seedcamp, and Startmate hosting combined international demo day in San Francisco | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The largest accelerator in Canada, the biggest se... |
| 18.03.2013 | Meet the Startmate class of 2013 – part one | Above: Chris Raethke, Damien Brzoska and Saxon Fletcher from Supportie (Image: Zach Kitschke).
Startmate may have evolved from a trailblazer in the start-up accelerator scene to one of several incubators offering broadly similar things, but... |
| 04.12.2012 | Why VC firms now take start-ups seriously | It appears that the ‘lean’ spirit of modern entrepreneurship has finally inspired the Australian venture capital industry to invest in early stage start-ups – a trend is set to increase due to the accelerator boom.
Last year the number of s... |
| 01.11.2011 | Playing catch-up in the start-up funding race | Over the past year, the Australian start-up sector has been sprinkled by some much-needed funding stardust.
Start-ups were previously saddled with uninterested VCs, conservative angels and banks that required a house and a first-born in ret... |
| 13.10.2011 | Seed fund Startmate to return with expanded program | Startmate, the mentor-driven seed fund, has opened up applications for its second funding round, expanding the program to seven start-up businesses.
The scheme, which invests $25,000 for a 7.5% stake in chosen tech start-ups, will run from ... |
| 01.09.2011 | Startmate releases investor documents to aid start-ups | Tech start-up incubator Startmate has made available all the documents it uses to make investments, to help new ventures with the legal demands of launching a business.
The documents, which are free to download, are based on a template used... |
| 28.03.2011 | An Incubator From Down Under: Meet StartMate's First Batch of Aussie Startups | Last year, a group of Australian startup veterans and executives created Startmate, a seed fund and incubator designed to provide small, early-stage investment and hands-on mentoring to local startups.
Bringing the Y Combinator model to Aus... |
| 24.03.2011 | Australian Incubator StartMate Graduates Its First Class of Startups | StartMate, a new seed fund that has brought the Y Combinator-model of incubator program to Australia, has just graduated its first class of startups.
StartMate’s three-month program offers mentorship and investment to five selected startups... |
| 17.11.2010 | Playing to the crowd for funding | ‘Crowdsourcing’ has become an oft-repeated term for businesses looking to engage consumers in decision-making; whether it’s coming up with the name for a new Vegemite brand, as Kraft did disastrously with iSnack 2.0, or asking drivers to re... |
| 19.08.2010 | Startmate Announces an Incubator Program for Australian Startups | A group of Australian tech investors and entrepreneur have formed a new seed fund that will offer a Y Combinator-style incubator model, with small early stage investment and up-close mentoring to Australian startups.
Startmate will hold its... |
