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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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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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Meet our Summer’26 Accelerator Cohort
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Meet our Summer’26 Accelerator Cohort

Holly Brooks

February 16, 2026

19 companies. 42 founders. The ambition is bigger, the problems are harder, and the calibre of builders sets a new bar for what’s being built in ANZ.
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Factories run at full speed but quality control hasn’t caught up: Zabidou is changing that.
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Factories run at full speed but quality control hasn’t caught up: Zabidou is changing that.

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Holly Brooks

April 15, 2026

Zabidou enables low-cost, AI inspection on industrial production lines to catch defects in real time
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Marketing got faster, strategy didn’t: Brainwaves is fixing that.
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Marketing got faster, strategy didn’t: Brainwaves is fixing that.

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Holly Brooks

April 15, 2026

Brainwaves accelerates marketing strategy by cutting through process, helping brand teams get to sharp insights and bold ideas faster.
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A $500 order starts as a WhatsApp message: FlowGo handles the rest.
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A $500 order starts as a WhatsApp message: FlowGo handles the rest.

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Holly Brooks

April 15, 2026

FlowGo is an AI accounting workforce that runs inside your Chat & Email
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Your landing page is leaking revenue & cascayd is plugging the gap
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Your landing page is leaking revenue & cascayd is plugging the gap

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Holly Brooks

April 15, 2026

cascayd lets growth teams create and launch website A/B tests in seconds
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Money shouldn’t take days to move: iBnk is fixing that
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Money shouldn’t take days to move: iBnk is fixing that

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Holly Brooks

April 15, 2026

iBnkVault helps businesses move money across borders instantly and at lower cost
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The hidden complexity behind every major event and how Evatto is solving it
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The hidden complexity behind every major event and how Evatto is solving it

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Holly Brooks

April 15, 2026

Evatto is the enterprise AI system automating admin and decision-making for major events
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The work that decides billion-dollar deals still runs on email, spreadsheets and hope: Deeligence is changing that
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The work that decides billion-dollar deals still runs on email, spreadsheets and hope: Deeligence is changing that

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Holly Brooks

April 15, 2026

Deeligence uses agentic AI to deliver precise legal due diligence reports for law firms and investors in hours, not weeks.
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Startmate returns to San Francisco, reviving a decade-old founder tradition
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Startmate returns to San Francisco, reviving a decade-old founder tradition

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Holly Brooks

April 13, 2026

For the first time since 2020, Startmate founders will land in the city that has shaped generations of global technology companies.
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Construction runs on paperwork. Alloovium wants to change that
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Construction runs on paperwork. Alloovium wants to change that

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Holly Brooks

April 10, 2026

Alloovium helps construction teams find answers fast and cut admin work
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Solar powers your home during the day, then you buy it back at night: Thermal Dawn is changing that
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Solar powers your home during the day, then you buy it back at night: Thermal Dawn is changing that

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Holly Brooks

April 10, 2026

Thermal Dawn makes home heating and cooling cheaper using thermal storage
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