10 May: Help us grow Startmate Nation
Ahoy there.
I’ll preface this week’s newsletter with a promise that I won’t overdo the Demo Day content I swear (the team is still buzzin’ but life must go on?).
*If you want a Demo Day wrap - you’ll have to scroll to the very bottom of this email.
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?? Help us build Startmate Nation. Refer a friend to Startmate.
?? Want to meet more cool people in the community? Sign up to StartMatch.
?? Looking for a job? Check out Talent Engine.
?? Climate Co-Founder Speed Networking | Next Thursday 16 May.
?? Winter’24 Accelerator applications close 26 May.
?? We’re putting on an event for uni students in Melbourne - tell them to come!
?????? Student Fellowship applications close 27 May.
?? Take a look at the pictures we took at Demo Day (add your own in there too if you’d like)
?? Like this post if you want to see the full Demo Day DJ set (we need 500 likes)
?? Ladymates Leadership kicked off this week!
Soooo cool to finally see Ladymates Leadership come to life.
On Wednesday night we hosted our first ‘level up’ workshop in the Sydney and Melbourne office with our founding Ladymates Leadership members.
What is Ladymates?
Ladymates is suite of solutions designed to help women excel at all stages of their career. More than that, it’s a community of courageous, clever and powerful women who are hungry to tackle the world’s greatest challenges and are roaring to get started. You can read our White Paper here.
What is Ladymates Leadership?
Ladymates Leadership is a highly vetted, mentor-driven community for women in leadership. It’s a membership model where emerging leaders learn skills such as navigating board meetings, asserting influence, honing leadership style and more. More info here .
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Huge shout out to Gener8Media for the incredible photography and videography at Demo Day last week.
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Take a look at the pictures here .
We’d love for you to share them far and wide - just don’t forget to tag us!
?? Refer a friend to Startmate
We are always looking to grow the Startmate community. After all, our end goal is to build Startmate Nation - the best place in the world to grow a startup.
Do you know a Founder, Investor or Operator who has to do a Startmate program?
You have our promise that we’ll (1) reach out to each one of them individually, (2) help ahead of the program and (3) loop back with you wether they made it into the program!
If there is someone on your mind, who has to do Startmate ?? tell us here .
P.S. YOU CAN REFER YOURSELF.
?? Read up on Summer’24 Accelerator cohort
?? Carbonaught Pty Ltd : Using basalt as a synthetic fertiliser replacement to grow more food, on less land at a lower cost with lower emissions.
?? Everbility : AI-powered report writing co-pilot for allied health professionals.
?? Graphics et al. : Software that enables health professionals to create accessible health information diagrams and animations for their patients in minutes, ie. Canva for medicine.
??? Keeyu : Predicts and prevents post-purchase e-commerce customer complaints.
?? Kite Therapy : On a mission to make evidence-based therapy for autism more affordable and accessible by combining best-practice therapy with world-class technology.
?? KiwiFibre : Harnessing composite materials to solve technical and ecological problems of global industries.
?? Learna : A microlearning app for people skills at work; it uses the platform data to provide unique insight into an organisation’s workforce.
?? NOA The Brand : Developing next-gen wireless charging technology to power up industrial devices.
?? Telemattica : Providing heavy industry customers with real-time data on the condition of their critical infrastructure to increase reliability, reduce cost and improve safety across their operations.
?? Venu | Startmate S24 : One rewards program for every restaurant, bar, and café.
?? Final call outs
?? Want to take next steps with the Summer’24 Accelerator companies, whether investing, becoming a customer, employee or connecting with the Founders?
?? You can invest in the Startmate Accelerator Funds .
?? PSA: Startmate Founders’ Syndicate is open : some S24 Accelerator companies have set aside a slice of allocation for the community.