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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
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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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Stories from The Fellowship - Nicole Tang, Winter20 Fellow
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Stories from The Fellowship - Nicole Tang, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Having concluded our third Fellowship cohort (first women-only cohort) one month ago, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program. Hear from Nicole Tang.
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Stories from The Fellowship - Rachel Chong, Winter20 Fellow
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Stories from The Fellowship - Rachel Chong, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

We are catching up with our Fellow alumni to hear what they have been up to since finishing the program.
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Stories from The Fellowship — Maria Fernanda Ayala
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Stories from The Fellowship — Maria Fernanda Ayala

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

As we conclude our fourth Fellowship cohort with 100 incredible women, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program.
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Stories from The Fellowship - Lucy Wark, Winter20 Fellow
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Stories from The Fellowship - Lucy Wark, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Hear from Lucy Wark from our last cohort on her Fellowship experience.
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Stories from The Fellowship - Katie Noonan, Winter20 Fellow
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Stories from The Fellowship - Katie Noonan, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Having concluded our third Fellowship cohort (first women-only cohort) one month ago, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program. Hear from Katie Noonan.
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Stories from The Fellowship - Gaby Rosenberg, Spring20 Fellow
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Stories from The Fellowship - Gaby Rosenberg, Spring20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

As we conclude our fourth Fellowship cohort with 100 incredible women, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program.
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Stories from The Fellowship - Apoorva Ramesh, Winter20 Fellow
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Career
Stories from The Fellowship - Apoorva Ramesh, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

We are catching up with our Fellow alumni to hear what they have been up to since finishing the program.
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Stories from The Fellowship - Carrie Gray, Winter20 Fellow
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Career
Stories from The Fellowship - Carrie Gray, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Having concluded our third Fellowship cohort (first women-only cohort) one month ago, we are catching up with the Fellows to share their experience of the program.
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Stories from The Fellowship - Emily Burke, Winter20 Fellow
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Career
Stories from The Fellowship - Emily Burke, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

We are catching up with our Fellow alumni to hear what they have been up to since finishing the program.
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Stories from The Fellowship - Annabelle Scott, Winter20 Fellow
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Stories from The Fellowship - Annabelle Scott, Winter20 Fellow

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Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

Hear from one of our recent Fellow alumni - Annabelle Scott - who joined us from PwC and has now started her new job at Tempus Partners. Applications for our current Fellowship program are now closed!
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