Startmate helps talented, ambitious people from a multitude of backgrounds gain the network and skills needed to thrive in the startup world.
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We want to spearhead a tenfold increase in the number of founders, operators and investors building world-changing companies in Australia and New Zealand.
You can dive into the details about our current programs below, as well as register your interest for future programs. We will be actively prioritising programs to launch based on interest.
Explore working in tech startups
Looking for a meaningful career change? Know nothing about startups?
Whether you want to found a company, invest or land your dream job in a startup, we will give you the connections, tools and confidence to translate your skills into startups and take the leap into a startup in Australia or New Zealand.
Current Programs
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Women Fellowship
The Startmate Women Fellowship is a two-month program helping ambitious women find their dream job in a startup
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Student Fellowship
Intrigued by the idea of working at a startup after graduation? Eager to connect with like-minded, ambitious students across Australia and New Zealand?
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Future programs
Does one of these groups resonate with you? - Register interest below so we can launch the program that will help you achieve your goals!
Some of our past fellows
Eleven reasons why startups should hire athletes
Christie Jenkins
Sport is one of the greatest education tools we have in our country.
How Maddi Ingham landed her dream job as Chief of Staff at ChefPrep
Bronte McHenry
Thanks to some encouragement from friends, the Women Fellowship and the power of LinkedIn, Maddi Ingham has a dream role at ChefPrep.
How Brianna Fitzpatrick created her dream job at Mr Yum
Millie Lester
Brianna Fitzpatrick is one of Mr Yum's fresh hires, working in a new role she designed for herself.
Up-skilling programs
Startmate partners with world-class subject-matter experts to design and deliver programs that will build your domain knowledge and give you the techniques and confidence to supercharge your career, alongside a network of highly-curated peers.
Interested in partnering with Startmate on a program below or have another idea? Register your interest here.
Functional up-skilling
Learn how to make an impact in your function from renowned industry leaders who have been successful in doing just that. You’ll gain knowledge, connections and skills alongside a highly-curated group of peers, and join the biggest startup community in ANZ.
Current Programs
Future programs
Does one of these groups resonate with you? - Register interest below so we can launch the program that will help you achieve your goals!
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Hardware Engineering Fellowship
Hardware is hard. But it can be easier when you surround yourself with the best hardware engineers to share learnings, stories and mis-adventures. The Hardware Fellowship will open your eyes to new possibilities and startup opportunities.
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Software Engineering Fellowship
For the front- and back-end engineers in Australia and New Zealand. Work on a mission and problems that will make you jump out of bed in the morning creating future industries. The Software Engineering Fellowship is designed to expose you to dozens and hundreds of startups from very early, just-founded stages all the way to the Canvas and Culture Amps. It will give you a whole new world view of all the new possibilities in the startup industry.
Register InterestStartup skills
Have you tried googling one of these topics and ended up overwhelmed by the competing and contradictory information? Cut to the chase and learn from someone’s who has successfully done it before, alongside a community of peers looking to solve the same problems.
Future programs
Does one of these groups resonate with you? - Register interest below so we can launch the program that will help you achieve your goals!
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Strategy for startups program
This program dives into best practice for everything from vision/mission setting, translating that into a strategy, setting clear and motivating goals, and making those goals the centre of how you work. For anyone who wants to level up how they think about growth and set strategy.
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GTM strategy program
Startmate’s Go-to-Market program offers an actionable approach to help startups develop and execute a successful go-to-market strategy by providing expert guidance, real-world case studies, and hands-on practice in areas such as market research, product positioning, pricing, and distribution channels.
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Setting up & scaling finance for early stage startups
For Founders & early finance hires, finance is a critical support function to get right. This program will give you the tools to decide what to in-house and what to outsource, build processes that scale to meet business needs and connect you to talent pools, consultants and finance partners that best suit your business needs.
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Finding Product-Market Fit program
Startmate’s PM-Fit program offers an actionable approach to help startups develop their product with customer needs of their target market, by aligning its features, pricing, and distribution with the demands of that market. This programs will work through a combination of up-skilling in market research, customer validation, iterative product development, and data-driven decision making, that will help drive the startup to find PM-Fit.
Register InterestRelevant Articles
How to build and scale a customer-first product
Raveen Kuhadas
Founders from Linktree, Mr Yum, EntryLevel, Heaps Normal, Dovetail, MyGigsters and more share their hard-won customer-centricity insights.
How to actually create a go-to-market strategy
Alisha Geary
When Alisha Geary googled “Go To Market Strategy Template”, Google let her down.
Passionate about an industry?
Do you want to change the future of an industry you’re passionate about through technology? Whether you want to land your dream job or found your own startup, our industry-specific programs will help you do just that. You’ll be equipped with the knowledge, network and confidence to help you transition into and thrive in an industry that keeps you up at night.
Current Programs
Relevant Articles
Andromeda's founders are building robot BFFs to fight the loneliness epidemic
Holly Clark
In 20 years, humanoid robot companions will be as common as the humble robot vacuum cleaner.
Tutero is building the future of personalised STEM education
Bronte McHenry
Joey Moshinsky, Sonny Moshinsky and Richard Mathieson are on a mission to optimise STEM education.
From spreadsheets to AI: How Xylo is fighting species extinction
Holly Clark
Xylo Systems is a conservation-tech startup fighting species extinction with tech and augmented intelligence.
Founding a startup
Whether you’re an aspiring, first time or compulsive founder, we supercharge your learning and connect you with the peers, mentors, talent and investors you need to grow and thrive.
Current Programs
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Launch Club
Just Start, Mate. An 8-week program for aspiring founders to help you validate a problem & launch your startup alongside an ambitious community of founders underpinned by direction from experts.
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Startmate Accelerator
ANZ’s ‘unicorn factory’. 12-week program for early stage founders with a network of peers and mentors, gain investment, and propel toward your startup’s unique goals.
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Future programs
Does one of these groups resonate with you? - Register interest below so we can launch the program that will help you achieve your goals!
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Research Launchpad
Make your research matter. For PhD students and researchers who want to have a real world impact and commercialise research. We’ll give you the tools to navigate IP, engage customers, find a co-founder and investment, and build a company that benefits from your PhD.
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Second-Time Founder program
The Second-Time Founder Fellowship is a program for experienced entrepreneurs who are looking to start their second venture by working with other founders who are serial founders building on each other's learnings.
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How Steppen got into the Accelerator (after being rejected)
Cara Davies
In this article, Steppen Founder Cara Davies reflects on both of her Startmate Accelerator applications.
Smooth as Butter: How Cassie Bell and Steph Skevington are making insurance cool
Harshdeep Kaur
Revolutionary insurance startup Butter is the brainchild of two powerhouse, reformed lawyers who were thrown together by fate and bonded over red wine, broken laptops and a very archaic industry.
Investing in startups
Learn how to be a world-class investor. You’ll gain the knowledge, connections and skills, alongside a highly-curated group of peers, and join the biggest startup community in ANZ.
Current Programs
Future programs
Does one of these groups resonate with you? - Register interest below so we can launch the program that will help you achieve your goals!
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Junior VC Fellowship
For aspiring and just-started Junior VCs. The craft of venture capital is often more art than science. The Junior VC Fellowship helps you ease in, ask any questions, learn with and from other Junior VCs as you practically compare your thinking on startup deals.
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Family Office Fellowship
For Family Offices who want to start exploring and navigating the Venture Capital space. You get to learn from the approach of other Family Offices, build out the network and get practical exposure to funds and startups to build your muscle of investing in alternative assets.
Register InterestRelevant Articles
The best investors come from “the most unlikely of backgrounds”, says Blackbird’s Sam Wong
Bronte McHenry
And if you take a closer look at Silicon Valley and other mature technology ecosystems today, you’ll find most VC investors come from founder and operator backgrounds.
How angel investing gives Gopi Sara the taste of early-stage startup life he craves
Bronte McHenry
Gopi Sara is a self-confessed ‘aspiring startup founder without an idea’, but he says angel investing offers him the taste of early-stage startup life he craves.
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Have a question? Send us an email hello@startmate.com.au
Have a question? Send us an email hello@startmate.com.au