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Accelerators Explained: How They Fuel Early-Stage Startups
Accelerator
Accelerators Explained: How They Fuel Early-Stage Startups

Holly Brooks

September 23, 2025

Starting a company is exhilarating, but it’s also lonely, messy and full of blind corners. An Accelerator exists to speed up that journey.
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From $0 to $4.5 Billion: How the Startmate Pay-It-Forward Mentorship Model Built a Startup Powerhouse
Accelerator
Community
Startmate
Startups 101
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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July 2021 Monthly Update
Startmate
July 2021 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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January 2024 Monthly Update
Startmate
January 2024 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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July 2022 Monthly Update
Startmate
July 2022 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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January 2023 Monthly Update
Startmate
January 2023 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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January 2021 Monthly Update
Startmate
January 2021 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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January 2022 Monthly Update
Startmate
January 2022 Monthly Update

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Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
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How to find the perfect co-founder, according to five Startmate Alumni who’ve been there, done that
Launch Club
How to find the perfect co-founder, according to five Startmate Alumni who’ve been there, done that

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Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Rory San Miguel, Alan Jin, Alexandra De Bonis and Mike and Tracie Thompson reflect on what to look for when choosing a co-founder.
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How Katie Sizeland is launching herself from the public service into startup ops
Startmate Collective
Career
How Katie Sizeland is launching herself from the public service into startup ops

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Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Katie Sizeland was born in New Zealand, is as curious as they come, and upon reflection, sees her impressive career in science as fairly inevitable.
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How to ask someone to be your mentor
Startmate Collective
How to ask someone to be your mentor

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Phoebe Pincus

August 28, 2025

Finding the right mentor is like unlocking a career cheat code.
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How Leesy is shifting the goalposts so homeownership is no longer the goal for the next generation of renters
Accelerator
How Leesy is shifting the goalposts so homeownership is no longer the goal for the next generation of renters

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Holly Brooks

August 28, 2025

If you haven’t personally experienced the horrors of renting, chances are you know someone who has.
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