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Our Fellowship Vision: The startup ecosystem’s magnet for ambitious talent
Startmate Collective
Career

Our Fellowship Vision: The startup ecosystem’s magnet for ambitious talent

By

Sophia Witherington

August 15, 2025

The Startmate Fellowship exists to tangibly increase the economic growth generated by startups by systematically removing the bottlenecks to finding exceptional talent and upskilling the leaders of tomorrow.
A noob's guide to networking: Takeaways from the Startmate Student Fellowship
Student Founder Bootcamp

A noob's guide to networking: Takeaways from the Startmate Student Fellowship

By

Evan Lim

August 15, 2025

Evan Lim never really understood what networking meant until the Student Fellowship rolled around.
Everything Moonshot's co-founders learnt from applying for Y Combinator
Launch Club

Everything Moonshot's co-founders learnt from applying for Y Combinator

By

Daniel Han-Chen

August 15, 2025

"I wasn’t expecting anything; I was sure we had a horrible application."
No such thing as a ‘maths brain’: How Sophie and Christian Silver are rebranding arithmetic
Accelerator

No such thing as a ‘maths brain’: How Sophie and Christian Silver are rebranding arithmetic

By

Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

August 15, 2025

Kiwi power-couple Sophie and Christian Silver are on a mission to rebrand mathematics for kids, through their app making learning engaging, personalised and genuinely fun. Polymath turns maths questions into games tailored to the individual, using situations kids might be familiar with.
Niki Scevak on the best thing young people can do for their futures
Student Founder Bootcamp

Niki Scevak on the best thing young people can do for their futures

By

Michael Lew

August 15, 2025

According to Blackbird's Niki Scevak, the secret to succeeding professionally and attaining long-term wealth is maximising your rate of learning.
How Brianna Fitzpatrick created her dream job at Mr Yum
Startmate Collective
Career

How Brianna Fitzpatrick created her dream job at Mr Yum

By

Millie Lester

August 15, 2025

Brianna Fitzpatrick is one of Mr Yum's fresh hires, working in a new role she designed for herself.
Why medtech founder Lauren Barber’s unflinching honesty makes her an inspiration for aspiring women founders
Startmate Collective
Career

Why medtech founder Lauren Barber’s unflinching honesty makes her an inspiration for aspiring women founders

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Royina Bakshi Lock

August 15, 2025

In a world where female founders constantly portrayed as ‘girl bosses’, I found it was hard to get authentic insights into what the journey entails for ‘regular’ women. Then I met Lauren Barber.'
Meet gridmo: The software startup un-blocking the renewables bottleneck
Accelerator

Meet gridmo: The software startup un-blocking the renewables bottleneck

By

Stephanie Palmer-Derrien

August 15, 2025

While Australia has wind and solar farms in abundance, getting that power into the main electricity grid is a tad more challenging than one might have thought. gridmo is a software platform tackling that challenge, and ramping up the rate at which renewable energy can be connected for regular, everyday use.
Meet Startmate Mentor Matthew Tracey
Accelerator

Meet Startmate Mentor Matthew Tracey

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Lauren Capelin

August 15, 2025

Matthew Tracey likes political podcasts, is passionate about simplifying the employee equity process, organises his day thematically and is a Startmate Mentor.
What May Samali’s journey can teach you about building your dream life through courage, hard work and introspection
Startmate Collective
Career

What May Samali’s journey can teach you about building your dream life through courage, hard work and introspection

By

Royina Bakshi Lock

August 15, 2025

It is easy to look at May Samali's professional achievements and attribute them to talent, luck or a great life plan. But it's years of consistent hard work, effort in the face of fear, failure and honest introspection that's helped her get to where she is today.
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