";s:4:"text";s:4514:" While we have 80+ mentors and 100+ alumni, Startmate is run by a small team, across two cities.
During SYD18 we had three teams raise $1m or near $1m rounds while the program was running. Australia's most ambitious accelerator . Startmate Fellowship Applications Open. Software as well as hardware. David Jones Board Member 2011. The best times to post on LinkedIn during COVID 19“We’re very keen to involve the Startmate community in high-level strategy—this is part of an ongoing effort to include a diverse set of voices at the point decisions are made,” he said.Why remote-first workplaces will win out in a post-Covid-19 eraPodcast 237: How to maximise your online presence on a budgetSURVEY: How is your business coping with COVID?FROM THE FRONTLINE: How startups are tackling the coronavirus crisisWorkplace tech unicorn SafetyCulture buys EdApp in $40 million dealHe was previously Associate Editor of Business Insider Australia and before that a full-time restaurant critic, editor of The Good Food Guide, and a newspaper proprietor, having spent more than 25 years in journalism and publishing.Reinventure’s Partner of Platform, Lauren Capelin, has moved to Startmate as Principal, while New Zealand-based Blackbird partner and Startmate alumnus Samantha Wong will join the board, replacing her Blackbird colleague Nick Crocker, who is stepping down after three years.Why connecting with people you don’t know on LinkedIn is wasting your time We think of this as increasing the surface area upon which luck can strike.We also believe in helping founders overcome challenges. Andrew Rothwell Board Member 2015. We also bring in a professional voice coach. notion.so. We want our founders to inspire their teams, their customers, their partners, and, their investors.
Then they LOVE it.Twice each year founders spend four months with us. Startmate Startmate About Us Team Accelerator The Program New Zealand Climate Cohort Alumni Fellowship Fellowship Coaches FAQ Liminal* Office Hours Mentors Blog. Startmate Alumni: Black.ai, Deliciou, Honee 19. Geoff McQueen Advisor. They then invest in the next generation of Startmate founders — strengthening the community by building up the next cohort.The teams also met the Startmate Partners who are like our “super-mentors”. Starmate Fellowship in San Francisco. Australia's most ambitious accelerator . Startmate is powered by its mentors - successful startup founders who invest their own time and money in each batch. Some of the investors in the room for MEL18 included:After the program, your journey is not over. We are ready to launch our first fund and cohort in New Zealand. Wollongong start-up and Startmate alumni Grabble has been acquired by US retail giant Walmart, which will see the company's digital receipts technology and team relocate to Silicon Valley. Startmate Accelerator: Application “What I love about Startmate is the power of the community, the success mindset and the unstructured learning which gives founders the space to grow.” — TERESA APRILE, CEO @ BRANDCRUSH, MEL19 ALUMNI “What I love about Startmate is the power of the community, the … Startmate was created in 2011 when there was latent creativity and potential in Australia, but no venture capital or accelerators to support it. Startmate backs New Zealand’s most ambitious founders.
At first. I had Jon Williams advising me on marketing, Matt Allen on fundraising and general cheerleading, Hollie King on enterprise sales, and Chris Hexton on running hybrid bootstrap/funded SAAS companies.”This might sound a bit cliche, but there’s no roadmap for the ambitious startups we invest in.You never know who can kickstart your next seed funding or can recommend your next great hire. Simon Baker Advisor.